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2015
Improving safety performance by applying Behaviour-Based Safety (BBS) into safety risk control has been adopted in major industry. This approach to prevent incident has a number of advantages. The aim of this paper is to identify the BBS awareness level among workers in manufacturing industry. The methodology of this paper is through quantitative research based on 53 respondents of registered Safety and Health Officers (SHO). The general finding shows that the knowledge level among respondents are higher than understanding and practices level. BBS covers elements of human, behaviour and environment factors. Human factor is influenced by knowledge and understanding of the workers while behaviour factors are influenced by culture and practises in a daily life. Environment refers to equipment, machinery, housekeeping, weather and temperature changes, and engineering. This study can become the reference model for future implementation in other organisation and as a guidance for better s...
Improving the Safety Culture in the Organization by Implementing Behaviour Based Safety (BBS)
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Construction has long been considered dangerous work. In addition, the construction industry is under constant scrutiny for quality of work. Combining safety and quality management principles and methods capitalizes on the similarities between these two management concepts to create a single ‘synergistic’ management system for improving both safety and quality. Behavioural Based Safety (BBS) processes focus on individual behaviours in the workplace that are at the very root of a high percentage of work-related injuries. Once the critical behaviours have been identified, the BBS process involves an observer/coach using positive behaviour modification techniques to change employee behaviours. As the percentage of observed safe behaviours increases, the injury rate should decrease.
Kajian Implementasi Kesehatan dan Keselamatan Kerja Dengan Pendekatan Behavior Based Safety
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Behaviour Based Safety (BBS) - Advantages and Criticism
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Behaviour-Based Safety (BBS) is a popular approach to enhancing occupational safety, with many researchers reporting successes of implementing BBS programs. There are, however, studies that see this approach as illusory, bringing more harm than good. The first goal of this article is to present an overview of literature providing both evidence and elaboration of implementing BBS programs, highlighting both positive and negative views of the approach. The second goal is to discuss the perception of the method, based on a literature review and authors’ own research.
Safety Culture Utilizing Behavioral Based Safety
The purpose of the paper was to develop a framework that would guild the development and sustenance of sound safety culture in the workplace. Benefits accruing from a safe work environment include: reduction in lost employee hour; reduction in hospital costs; reduction in sick leave; reduction in pollution costs; reduction in property damage; and reduction in insurance premiums which ultimately leads to high productivity. The paper highlights the fact that Safety Management System (SMS) alone cannot achieve the safe work environment desired by business organizations and underscores the role of human factor in accident causation and effective functioning of the SMS. This human factor which includes the attitudes, values, norms and beliefs that employers and employees share with respect to risk and safety constitute safety culture. This paper proposes on using behavioral based safety (BBS) to outline a strategy to develop a safety culture.
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Performance Analysis of the Behavior Based Safety Program in Reducing Occupational Accident Rates
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Introduction: PT. X is a company that concentrates on the agricultural sector by producing ammonia and urea fertilizers. Occupational accidents at PT.X are reported and recorded by the Department of Occupational Health and Safety, one of which is a form of monitoring the performance of the BBS program at PT. X. The research objective was to determine the performance of the Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) program in reducing occupational accidents due to unsafe actions at PT.X. Methods: This study is an observational study. Determination and sampling in this study used accidental sampling technique for safety officers as many as 5 respondents, while the cluster sampling technique was used for the workforce of 95 respondents. The data analysis method used was descriptive semi-quantitative. Results: The results showed the fulfillment of the criteria and maturity level of behavior-based safety at PT. X, In general, PT X was already at level 4, namely "High Performing" with an aver...
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Behavior modification… safety management…. attitude adjustment… behavior-based safety… culture change… cognitive alignment… person-based safety… human engineering… social influence. These are all terms used to address the human dynamics of injury prevention. Each can be linked to a set of principles, procedures, or a consultant's service which defines a particular approach to managing the human side of occupational safety. Each of these terms, and most of the accompanying materials, are insufficient. They are either too narrow and restricting, or too broad and nondirective. Some focus entirely on behavior change, while others attempt to target vague and unobservable aspects of other people, like attitudes and thoughts. Still others have the grandiose notion of directly targeting culture change. All of these approaches are well-intentioned, and none are entirely wrong. The human dynamics of an organization include behaviors, attitudes, cognitions, and the context (or culture) in which these aspects of people occur. However, some approaches are too equivocal or ambiguous to be practical, while others may be practical but are not sufficiently comprehensive. The Solution is Not New More than a decade ago, I proposed the need to address both behavior-based and person-based factors to improve workplace safety over the long term (Geller, 1994). I called this approach "people-based safety" and proposed substituting empowerment, ownership, and interpersonal trust for more traditional safety jargon like top-down control, compliance, and enforcement. And I accompanied these new people-oriented concepts with practical procedures. My partners at Safety Performance Solutions began implementing these procedures in 1995 under the popular label: "behavior-based safety" (BBS). Systematic evaluations of our implementations have enabled successive refinements of procedures, as well as the discovery of guidelines for increasing effectiveness and the long-term impact of our interventions. We also developed research-based and practical support materials for the behavior-change and culture-enrichment process. Today we call this approach "people-based safety" (PBS). It strategically integrates the best of behavior-based and person-based safety in order to enrich the culture in which people work, thereby improving job satisfaction, work quality and production, interpersonal relationships, and occupational safety and health. The academic label for this approach is "humanistic behaviorism" (Geller, 1995a).
Using Behavioral Based Safety to Enhance Safety Performance
Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction
Safety in the construction industry has progressed exponentially in the last century. The development of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) may be seen as a major milestone for work place safety. However, the first stages of OSHA were reactive. In the early 2000’s, companies placed aggressive focus on the application of proactive measures in preventing incidents rather than simply reacting. Risk Assessments, Constructability Reviews, and Hazard Identifications were few of the best practices implemented in this time period. Experts now believe the implementation of a Behavioral Based Safety Program (BBS) is the next revolutionary technique to help decrease injury rates further. Several studies were conducted which exhibit a correlation between effective BBS implementation and OSHA classified recordable injury rates. However, there are no previous studies identifying correlation between BBS implementation versus Near Misses, and BBS implementation versus OSHA cl...