The Five Principles Of Behavior Based Safety

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Behavioral Based Safety
Behavior Based Safety is a set of principles aimed at: (a) engaging, (b) motivating, (c) assisting, (d) reinforcing, and (e) sustaining safe behaviors (HSA, 2013). These five principles are used to enforce the concept of a positive safety culture and gets the a safety culture outside of the historical three main principles of engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment (PPE) (Schatz, 2003). Additionally, the problem with including only these three main principles and not behavior based safety is measures for the effectiveness of controls, according to Schatz (2013), “are not employed until an accident has occurred” (p.13). The problem with employing measures after an accident has occurred means the controls can meet resistance from the employees because they see the actions as a reaction to one mishap. Behavior based safety is aimed at changing the behavior before and accident occurs.
The first step to including a behavior base safety program is to turn the unconscious risk behaviors into unconscious safe risk behaviors (Schatz, 2013). Including a growth mindset allows an individual to explore what their strengths and weaknesses are to growth an understanding on the tasks they are completing. Taking risks is inherent to the job, but knowing when to take the right risk is a …show more content…

This program involves all the other safety programs which must be in place for a company to operate. This program is known as OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program. This OSHA program is aimed at improving safety standards at a company and allowing them to manage their programs with minimal oversight from OSHA as long as they meet certain requirements. These requirements included but are not limited to an effective continuous safety and health program, joint cooperation with OSHA and good performance (OSHA,

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