Behavioural Safety
WEEK WEEK 14
Behavioural Based Safety
💡 The absence of the problem bx doesn't mean you are safe
Brief History
Dan Petersen
One of the fathers of modern safety and among the first to recognize and
address the human behaviour side of safety.
Credited as coming up by the name "Behaviour-Based Safety".
Frequently referred to research by B.F. Skinner.
Behaviour-Based Safety: refers strictly to the use of ABA methods in
continuous improvement in safety performance.
Seminal Research
Fox 1978 used token system involving stamps to improve safety in an open
pit mine.
Komaki 1978 feedback and SR to improve safety of bakery workers.
The BBS Process mimics the Scientific Method
Identify the problem
Collecting objective data
Developing a hypothesis
Behavioural Safety 1
WEEK WEEK 14
Behavioural Based Safety
💡 The absence of the problem bx doesn't mean you are safe
Brief History
Dan Petersen
One of the fathers of modern safety and among the first to recognize and
address the human behaviour side of safety.
Credited as coming up by the name "Behaviour-Based Safety".
Frequently referred to research by B.F. Skinner.
Behaviour-Based Safety: refers strictly to the use of ABA methods in
continuous improvement in safety performance.
Seminal Research
Fox 1978 used token system involving stamps to improve safety in an open
pit mine.
Komaki 1978 feedback and SR to improve safety of bakery workers.
The BBS Process mimics the Scientific Method
Identify the problem
Collecting objective data
Developing a hypothesis
Behavioural Safety 1
