Behaviour based intervention for occupational safety - case study

摘要

Safety at work is the subject of continuous debates, studies and researches. Traditional safety programs put the responsibility of accident prevention and safety coordination on the shoulders of upper management in each company. An alternative currently being used in industry is Behaviour Based Safety (BBS) concept. A behavior-based approach to industrial safety management has been advocated by many authors and has been found to effectively improve safety performance in different industrial settings and on different continents. In the paper the BBS approach was characterized and the examples of good practices within this area implemented in businesses running in Poland.