Geller, Scott

Geller, Scott E., The Psychology of Safety How To Improve Behaviors and Attitudes on the Job, Chilton Book Company, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1996. 

E. Scott Geller 2001. The Psycholoby of Safety Handbook [M], 2nd ed. Florida CRC Press EEC. 

According to Dr. E. Scott Geller, who is often a writer and speaker on behavioral safety, a problem of consequence has arisen because some of those who offer themselves as behavioral consultants don t, in his view, really practice behavior-based safety. Geller, who is a practitioner in worker-focused behavior-based safety, wrote an article titled Confusion, Controversy, and Clarification, which appeared in the Januaiy 1999 issue of Occupational Health Safety. These excerpts from that article pertain to the ASSE conference on behavioral safety held in Febmary 1998. 

Geller, E. Scott. Confusion, Controversy, and Clarification. Occupational Safety and Health, Dallas, TX, January 1999. 

It s the same with safety programs and it s based on a straightforward psychological principle that Ed Deci and Robert Ryan called Self Determination. It s one that Scott Geller talked about in his book The... 

E. Scott Geller. The Psychology of Safety Handbook, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL, 2001, p. 163. 

Geller, E. Scott and Wills, George V., Leading People-Based Srffety Enriching Your Culture, Coastal Training Technologies Corp., 2008. 

A noted authority on behavior-based safety, E. Scott Geller, identified seven key principles that should serve as guidelines when developing a BBS process or tool for safety management. They are (Geller 1999, 40) ... 

Geller, E. Scott. Behavior based safety. Occupational Health and Safety. January 1999 40- 9. 

Figure 16-10 A Totai Safety Culture requires continual attention to three domains. Adapted from E, Scott Geller, Ph,D The Psychology of Safety Professional Development Conference and Exposition, San Diego. 1996, p, 10. and Professional Safety, September 1994, Figure 1, p. 19. Reproduced with permission.

One of the published letters-to-the-editor concerning the previously mentioned article Reviewing Heinrich Dislodging Two Myths from the Practice of Safety (Manuele,2011) was written by E. Scott Geller. It was pubUshed in the December 2011 issue of Professional Safety. He has been among the most prominent in behavior-based safety for over 30 years. Geller (2011) wrote that behavior is an outcome and not a causal factor (emphasis added). He also said that ... 

E. Scott Geller, The Psychology of Safety Handbook, pp. 163-166, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL, 2001. E. Scott Geller, Safety Training or Safety Education, http //www.safetyperformance.com/ SafetyTrainingorSafetyEducation.pdf, (accessed Jun 2014). 

Scott Geller, E. 2001. Behavior-based safety in industry Realizing the large-scale potential of psychology to promote human welfare. Applied and Preventive Psychology 10(2) 87-105. 

Note llie author is indebted to Scott Geller (1989) for many of the ideas presented in this chapter. Scott is one of the true gurus of the behavioral safety field. 

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