What Contributes to At-Risk Behaviors

Employees have a tendency to take on the attitudes of management and co-workers and repeat those behaviors that the culture reinforces 

To reduce on-the-job incidents, management and employees must all be actively involved in identifying and encouraging the practice of safe behavior and identifying hazards. Chapter 11 spells out the steps in hazard recognition. The safety culture in your organization must allow active 

Behavior-based safety can be summarized as several fundamental principles  

Behaviors putting on PPE, locking out power, using equipment guards, giving a safety talk, cleaning up spills, coaching others about their behaviors. 

Consequences Self-approval, reprimand, peer approval, penalty, feedback, injury, prize or trinket, inconvenience, thank-you, time savings, comfort. 

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