Behavior-based programs

The ergonomics (or human factors) approach to safety refers essentially to any adjustment of working conditions or equipment in order to reduce the frequency or probability of an environmental hazard or at-risk behavior (Kroemer, 1991). An essential ingredient in these 

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Whiting, James F. The Missing Element of Behavior-Based Programs — Calculating and Evalnating Risk. In Proceedings, ASSE s 2002 Professional Development Conference. Des Plaines, IL American Society of Safety Engineers. 

International pros have implemented behavior-based programs (38%) risk assessments (59%) emergency preparedness programs (57%) PPE policies (64%) and an incident reporting system (57%). 

A basic, yet powerful, tool for risk management was the Safety Observation Program. This was an employee-created and driven behavior-based program in which safety observations were performed at frequent intervals during the day by all employees. The average number of observations reports was 50 a day. 

Is there a behavioral safety program Behavior-based safety is a concept that accidents are a result of human error. Behavior-based programs address the cause of the errors (e.g., attitude, environment)... 

A review of all lots in the stability program, identifying any trends for typical or atypical behavior based on regression analysis. 

The formalism can easily be adapted to a PC-based program for an evaluation of the AH°ads from gas adsorption chromatographic results and, vice versa, to predict the behavior of an adsorbate in gas chromatography from its known adsorption data. The formulas used in the PC-based simulation are given here. For their derivations see [17]. 

Although the author is not a proponent of behavioral-based modification programs, at least not until such time as the basic elements of the program have been established, many safety and loss prevention professionals have been able to communicate their concepts effectively to employees using many ingenious methods. 

Occupational and behavior-based safety programs that help improve the actions and behaviors of individuals. 

In recent years, many companies have invested in behavior-based safety (BBS) programs. BBS is a process that helps employees identify and choose a safe behavior over an unsafe one. It also encourages employees to work with their colleagues on improving their mutual understanding of effective and ineffective behaviors as they apply to safety. 

Jim Howe is the Assistant Director in the Health and Safety Department at the headquarters of the United Auto Workers Union. Jim is often a speaker on behavioral safety, and he takes a strong position that behavior-based safety can be hazardous to your health and safety program. His views are set forth in A Union Critique of Behavior Based Safety, a paper issued by the UAW Health and Safety Department. 

Today s safety professional has moved beyond the standard measurement of safety performance in terms of the number of accidents or injuries and recordable injury and illness rates. More sophisticated techniques that involve safety performance measurement systems, ongoing tracking of results, and continual improvement processes have replaced the early measurements. While today s safety metrics still include accident and illness performance, they also encompass behavior-based safety, safety program implementation performance, and insurance costs and losses. 

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