http://www.safetyxchange.org/financing-safety/history-behavior-based-safety Putting Safety First Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:58:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=8877 hourly 1 http://www.safetyxchange.org/financing-safety/history-behavior-based-safety/comment-page-1#comment-1547 Amber Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:38:09 +0000 http://www.safetyxchange.org/?p=6612#comment-1547 I think occupational safety, like most situations in life, is multi-faceted. While I'm a believer that one must look hard at the behaviors involved in any injury or accident, I feel a professional would be doing a disservice to the injured employee, to their organization, and to the ultimate cause- which is to create a workplace that focuses on all encompassing health and safety- if they did not look at the "big picture". Approaching anything in life with a pre-determined mindset that you will only be looking at one aspect will surely set you up to miss something along the way. The first organization I worked for in the health and safety arena was very focused on behavioral based safety. As I have moved on in my career, I value the tools I gained from that large corporation but have grown to see that until you go into a situation without a pre-concived notion regarding what the contributing factors and root causes are, you will never be able to objectively look at the situation, identify all contributing factors, and address them appropriately. Once you are able to openly and objectively assess all aspects, you are able to thoroughly address the injuries and accidents and truly develop action plans to eliminate future occurances. This is when one is most effective. I think occupational safety, like most situations in life, is multi-faceted. While I'm a believer that one must look hard at the behaviors involved in any injury or accident, I feel a professional would be doing a disservice to the injured employee, to their organization, and to the ultimate cause- which is to create a workplace that focuses on all encompassing health and safety- if they did not look at the "big picture". Approaching anything in life with a pre-determined mindset that you will only be looking at one aspect will surely set you up to miss something along the way. The first organization I worked for in the health and safety arena was very focused on behavioral based safety. As I have moved on in my career, I value the tools I gained from that large corporation but have grown to see that until you go into a situation without a pre-concived notion regarding what the contributing factors and root causes are, you will never be able to objectively look at the situation, identify all contributing factors, and address them appropriately. Once you are able to openly and objectively assess all aspects, you are able to thoroughly address the injuries and accidents and truly develop action plans to eliminate future occurances. This is when one is most effective.

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