Greetings from Canton, Ohio. Whenever we are called in to audit an existing observation or behavioral safety (Behavior-Based) approach, we always ask a lot of questions but we often start with three simple ones.
- What are you focusing on?
- Do people know what the focus is?
- How does that impact your accident rates?
Key thought here, if you have a focus in safety like items on a checklist, if people haven’t internalized the items or the focus, you will always be relying on observations and reminders. That shouldn’t be the goal in a Behavior-Based Safety process or any other awareness or focus initiative. I believe the goal should be to give people a few key things that they can do to minimize their exposure to risk and help them internalize them and remove the obstacles or barriers that make it difficult or impossible to take those precautions. So for this week’s podcast Terry and will talk about what we call Knowledge of Precautions in Behavior-Based Safety.
Have a great week!
Shawn Galloway ProAct Safety
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