Behavioral Safety

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Is Behavioral Safety Program Different from Other Safety Programs?

Yes, definitely
Simpler to understand, convince and implement
Practical
More successful
More beneficial both to employees and the organization

Does Behavioral Safety Work?

Positive results over the last decade in many sectors of the UK, Irish and US economies.
Implemented in construction, manufacturing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, paper, foods, steel, paints and offshore oil & gas.

Benefits

40-75 percent reductions in accident rates and accident costs year on year
20-30 percent improvements in safety behavior yearly
Greater workforce involvement in safety
Better communications between management and the workforce
Ongoing improvements to safety management systems
Improved safety climates
Greater 'ownership' of safety by the workforce
More positive attitudes towards safety
Greater individual acceptance of responsibility for safety

Significant Features

Bottom up and mid level approach (not top down)
Participative (participation from the grass root levels)
Behavior to attitude (and not attitude to behavior)
Continuous improvement

Essential Criteria for Behavioral Safety program

It involves significant workforce participation
It targets specific unsafe behaviors
It is based on observational data collection
It involves data-driven decision-making processes
It involves a systematic, observational, improvement intervention
It involves regular focused feedback about on-going performance
It requires visible on-going support from managers and front-line supervision

Training Is the First Step

Duration: 2 days for each batch
Batch size: Maximum 20 participants in a batch
Coverage: Entire population/critical mass
Level of participants: Managers and supervisors and key workers

Behavioral Safety Process or System (Generic Model)

Identify unsafe behaviors and place them on checklists.
Seek approval of those being monitored to ensure they are in agreement with the behaviors on the checklists.
Now the trained observers carry out observations for a certain period of time to establish a baseline (usually four weeks), with which subsequent performance can be compared.
Once the average baseline score has been determined, the intervention is implemented at kick-off meetings, or goal-setting sessions whereby the work groups set improvement targets for themselves.
Subsequently, the observers continue to monitor their colleague’s safety behaviors on a regular basis.
The observation scores are then analyzed so that fine detailed feedback can be given to the work groups or people concerned on a regular basis.
Data is also monitored for trends so that improvements can be highlighted and praised or corrective actions can be taken.

For More Guidance, Assistance, Training and Consultation

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Training in "Behavioral Safety" is provided by Prodcons Group's Mr Shyam Bhatawdekar, eminent business executive, management consultant and trainer- par excellence, with distinction of having trained over 150,000 people from around 250 organizations. Guidance and assistance in implementing "Behavioral Safety System" are also provided by Prodcons Group's team.

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