Basics
of Behavior Based Safety
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
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.
HSE Interview Questions & Answers
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.
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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