Analyzing the critical elements of behavioral safety and their impact on process implementation.

摘要

Behavior Based Safety is simply the use of behavioral psychology to promote safety. Behavioral safety within an organization typically involves creating a systematic, ongoing process that defines a finite set of behaviors that reduce the risk of work-related injury, collecting data on the frequency of critical safety practices, and then ensuring that feedback and reinforcement encourage and support those critical safety practices. In a typical behavioral process, employees conduct observations and provide feedback to associates within their work areas. These observations provide data that is used for problem recognition, problem-solving, and continuous improvement.;Today's behavioral safety initiatives also draw heavily on traditions of total quality management (TQM) and organizational development. Behavioral safety involves employees in both conducting observations within their work areas and participating in teams that analyze the resulting data, and then developing action plans targeting improvements in safe practices.;This research focuses on the issues associated with a company's implementation efforts as well as predicting the benefits that should be realized when utilizing a Behavior Based Safety initiative.