Behavior based safety - Articles - Page 18

Safety culture becomes a cliché

Over-exposure leads to the loss of meaning

Dave Johnson

April 2, 2013

They say First Lady Michelle Obama is getting too much publicity and she’s over-exposed, kind of like Lady Gaga.

Six ways to undermine safety

Scott Stricoff

March 29, 2013

Leaders want to demonstrate commitment to safety.

Safety perception survey beginnings

Mike Williamsen Ph.D., CSP

March 20, 2013

Caterpillar’s Safety Perception Survey had its beginnings in the late 1970s when Dr. Dan Petersen and Dr. Chuck Bailey teamed to study what really made a difference in safety performance.

The golden goose egg: Is the race to zero incidents worth the chase?

David Sarkus MS, CSP

March 15, 2013

There are various schools of thought when it comes to the golden goose egg and your organization’s EHS performance.

It’s really not so complicated

Focus on the system, not the “sinner”

James E. Leemann Ph.D.

March 7, 2013

During the past 40+ years, safety panaceas have produced degrees of temporary success and expensive failures. One of the most hotly debated is behavior-based safety (BBS).

When it comes to unsafe behaviors there’s plenty of blame to go around

Too many safety professionals act like institutional eunuchs

Phil La Duke

March 6, 2013

If you’ve made even the most cursory read of my articles and blogs you probably already know that I don’t hold much stock in Behavior Based Safety (BBS). I believe that except for the odd statistical outlier nut-job, nobody WANTS to get hurt and unless they were designed by the Marquis De Sade you processes aren’t intended to hurt people.

Disruptive behavior in health care endangers workers, patients

February 22, 2013

When you think of disruptive behavior that occurs in a health care setting, you might think of patients or their family members. However, disruptive behavior among healthcare workers has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, to the point where the Joint Commission that accredits healthcare organizations now charges institutions who are seeking certification with the responsibility for addressing undesirable behaviors.

Are you turning a blind eye to hazards?

Biases can get in the way of decision-making

Phil La Duke

February 21, 2013

Hazards come in many shapes and sizes—from the physical to the behavioral and all points in between. And the efficacy with which hazards are identified to a large extent shape the overall effectiveness of your safety management system. So what happens when your personal or organizational biases prevent you from seeing things accurately and honestly?

Don’t Turn the Lights Out: Don’t Play the Blame Game

Understanding the safety risks of operating equipment

Timothy Ludwig Ph.D.

February 12, 2013

The oh-too-human drive to blame can turn out the lights on the real game at play.

Pulling safety out of its rut: The value of a different look at safety

Phil La Duke

February 6, 2013

Let’s be clear, there is no such thing as a safe workplace. Sure we can slap each other on the back and brag to one another about the four years without a recordable injury and we can tell ourselves that we have achieved a Utopian risk-free workplace but the reality is, there is always some probability that a worker will be harmed in the course of doing his or her job.