Basics of Behavior Based Safety

 

Basics of Behavior Based Safety

 

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A BBS or Behavior Based Safety program is intended to enable company employees to record safety observations, most importantly, stopping of work that is unsafe.

Peer to peer method of coaching, counseling, and encouraging all employees to reinforce safe behavior.

Safety Observation Cycle:

1. Observe people

2. Analyze their work practices by focusing on safe and unsafe behaviors

3. Talk with them about safety

4. Actively correct and prevent unsafe acts and conditions

5. Reinforce safe behavior

6. Report your observations

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Behavior Based Safety Basics

Develop a simple, written Company Specific Program appropriate for your company.

All employees have the obligation to stop work that is unsafe.

Train employees and subcontractors in the program and document training.

Gather and trend data on a regular basis

Use the data to understand types of at risk behaviors, develop performance targets and to address behaviors targeted for improvement.

Use trended data to develop action plans and upgrade / customize training.

Share observations, trended data and performance targets with employees.

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The name of the person being stopped should not  be included except for positive recognition.

The proper response to being stopped is “Thank You”

Observations should be kept positive, not a “Gotcha”.

Incentives work well for building an in depth safety program. Examples include  best observation, most

quality observations, etc.

“What happened and what did you do about it” is a simple criteria for a quality HSE Observation.

Once the written program is in place, build on it as appropriate in the spirit of continual improvement.

 

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Benefits of BBS to your Company

Enhanced reporting

Increased Hazard Recognition

Easily Share Recognized Hazards

Data gathered is used to recognize trends

Trended data used to enhance program

Employees have greater sense of ownership of the HSE program

Incentives may be tied to best quality observations

Increased Employee Retention

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Controlling Risks in the Workplace – Part 2

 

Controlling Risks in the Workplace – Part 1

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TRENCHES & EXCAVATIONS SAFETY

Make a record of your significant findings – the hazards, how people might be harmed by them and what you have in place to control the risks. Any record produced should be simple and focused on controls. Apply hierarchy of control.

Any paperwork you produce should help you to communicate and manage the risks in the workplace. For most people this does not need to be a big exercise – just note the main points down about the significant risks and what you concluded.

An easy way to record your findings is to use our risk assessment template.

When writing down your results keep it simple, for example ‘fume from welding – local exhaust ventilation used and regularly checked’.

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Where the nature of your work changes fairly frequently or the workplace changes and develops (eg a construction site), or where your workers move from site to site, your risk assessment may have to concentrate more on a broad range of risks that can be anticipated.

Always work for a completed risk assessment for your type of workplace.

You may use online risk assessment tools

If your risk assessment identifies a number of hazards, you need to put them in order of importance and address the most serious risks first.

Identify long-term solutions for the risks with the biggest consequences, as well as those risks most likely to cause accidents or ill health. You should also establish whether there are improvements that can be implemented quickly, even temporarily, until more reliable controls can be put in place.

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Remember, the greater the hazard the more robust and reliable the measures to control the risk of an injury occurring will need to be.

Regularly review your risk assessment

Few workplaces stay the same. Sooner or later, you will bring in new equipment, substances and procedures that could lead to new hazards. So it makes sense to review what you are doing on an ongoing basis, look at your risk assessment again and ask yourself: Have there been any significant changes? Are there improvements you still need to make? Have your workers spotted a problem? Have you learnt anything from accidents or near misses? Make sure your risk assessment stays up to date and all the working team trained and understood the same.

 

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Controlling Risks in the Workplace – Part 1

 

Controlling Risks in the Workplace – Part 1

5S Methodology

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Controlling the risks in the workplace is playing a vital role in safe guarding the employees at workplace.

Employees should evaluate the risks having identified the hazards, then have to decide how likely it is that harm will occur, ie the level of risk and what to do about it. Risk is a part of everyday life and it is not expected to eliminate all risks. What employee must do is make sure you know about the main risks and the things employee need to do to manage them responsibly.

Generally, need to do everything ‘reasonably practicable’ to protect all from harm. This means balancing the level of risk against the measures needed to control the real risk in terms of money, time or trouble. However, do not need to take action if it would be grossly disproportionate to the level of risk.

TRENCHES & EXCAVATIONS SAFETY

Risk assessment should only include what could reasonably be expected to know – not expected to anticipate unforeseeable risks.

Improving health and safety need not cost a lot. For instance, placing a mirror on a blind corner to help prevent vehicle accidents is a low-cost precaution, considering the risks. Failure to take simple precautions can cost a lot more if an accident does happen.

Involve all the team members, so it can be sure that what team propose to do will work in practice and won’t introduce any new hazards.

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If control a number of similar workplaces containing similar activities, can produce a model risk assessment reflecting the common hazards and risks associated with these activities.

The risk assessment should cover all the actual workplace hazards and it must be prepared as a team comprising all levels for the effectiveness, consider the recent changes, incidents like near misses/other incidents to mitigate the risks.

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