When you hear the phrase "Behavior-Based Safety" or BBS, what thoughts come to mind for you? I've found that the term BBS can mean very different things to different people and evoke very different ...

"We produce lifesaving drugs; BBS produces a lifesaving process." --a doctor from Sandoz Twenty-five safety awareness surveys of organizations in various locations in India reveal that the level of ...

When it was introduced, behavior-based safety (BBS) was seen as a magic panacea for everything that ailed safety programs. “It was the Swiss Army Knife of safety programs. It could take care of ...

The study of occupational safety and health has been in existence for as long as there have been structured work environments. Hippocrates (460-377 BC), for example, wrote of the harmful effects of an ...

Even with good compliance measures and safety systems in place many companies still see their safety performance fall short of their objectives—sometimes far short. In light of this frustrating ...

However you feel about behavior-based safety and its supposed shortcomings, a variety of emerging trends and factors are aligning to make an actual BBS system both more achievable and more effective.

Some critics of behavior-based safety remind me of the designer of the Titanic. They will go down with the ship before they make any design modifications. The earliest versions of behavioral safety ...

Austin Peay State University is partnering with the Mid-Cumberland Regional Safety Council to offer Behavior Based Safety Training and OSHA 10-hour General Industry Training classes this month. Both ...