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Behavioural Safety Behavioural Safety ProgramProgram

What Will We Be Covering?What Will We Be Covering?

Effective SHE managementEffective SHE management What is a behavioural safety programme?What is a behavioural safety programme? Seven stage action planSeven stage action plan SummarySummary The benefitsThe benefits QuestionsQuestions

Key Factors For Effective SHE Key Factors For Effective SHE ManagementManagement

Standards

Procedures Communication

Risk

Assessments

Engineering

Controls

Policies

Audits

People

Not Operating Excavator As Per Not Operating Excavator As Per Safe Systems Of WorkSafe Systems Of Work

What Is A Behavioural Safety What Is A Behavioural Safety Programme?Programme?

‘‘A behavioural safety programme is A behavioural safety programme is designed to modify peoples behaviour designed to modify peoples behaviour

whilst working, leading to improved safety whilst working, leading to improved safety culture and performance’culture and performance’

Behaviour ModificationBehaviour Modification Positive Negative

Achieving SHE ImprovementAchieving SHE Improvement

Improve ment

Time

PLANT & EQUIPMENTe.g. Hazard Studies, PHR,SHE Critical Equipment, Plant Mods., Guarding

PROCEDURES & SYSTEMSe.g. SOPs, Risk AssessmentsSpillage procedures

CULTURE & BEHAVIOURe.g. Involvement, training,recognition, ownership

ContinuousImprovement

ACTION PLANACTION PLAN

Are We Ready?Are We Ready? Interview managementInterview management

• CommitmentCommitment• Budget Budget • TrustTrust• CommunicationCommunication• Health and safety committeeHealth and safety committee

Interview frontline workforceInterview frontline workforce• Attitude towards HSEAttitude towards HSE• Communication Communication • Adaptability (Training?)Adaptability (Training?)• Volunteers?Volunteers?

Staff Buy-inStaff Buy-in

Lead by example – Lead by example – Don’t expect staff to Don’t expect staff to change their behaviour until they see you change their behaviour until they see you change yours!change yours!

Get everyone involved – Get everyone involved – Health and safety Health and safety is everyone's responsibility!is everyone's responsibility!

Newsletters, competitions, prizes, score Newsletters, competitions, prizes, score boards and workshopsboards and workshops

Workshop PlanWorkshop Plan

Interactive, enjoyable workshopInteractive, enjoyable workshop

Individuals explore the balance between benefits and Individuals explore the balance between benefits and consequencesconsequences

Allows staff to realise that safety benefits them as Allows staff to realise that safety benefits them as individualsindividuals

Helps towards making people behave safely instinctivelyHelps towards making people behave safely instinctively

Consequences

Benefit

Select A Driving TeamSelect A Driving Team

Identify a process driver for each area Identify a process driver for each area (e.g. Line managers)(e.g. Line managers)• to ensure effective implementationto ensure effective implementation• to encourage active workforce involvementto encourage active workforce involvement• to measure the success of the project to measure the success of the project

(observers)(observers)

TrainingTraining

Identify volunteers/key personnel who will Identify volunteers/key personnel who will be driving the programme forwardbe driving the programme forward

Assess whether in-house training is Assess whether in-house training is possible (budget control)possible (budget control)

Assess exact training requirements i.e. Assess exact training requirements i.e. observation training, identifying critical observation training, identifying critical safety behaviours and staff motivation!safety behaviours and staff motivation!

Critical BehavioursCritical Behaviours

Prepare a critical behaviour list by Prepare a critical behaviour list by researching the company’s risk researching the company’s risk assessments, accident investigation assessments, accident investigation reports and most importantly talking reports and most importantly talking to the staff.to the staff.

Preliminary Critical Behaviour ListPreliminary Critical Behaviour List

Separate waste for recycling purposes (house Separate waste for recycling purposes (house keeping) keeping)

Wear hard-hats whilst working in the warehouseWear hard-hats whilst working in the warehouse Wear dust masks whilst working with hazardous Wear dust masks whilst working with hazardous

chemicalschemicals Workers not to climb on storage shelvingWorkers not to climb on storage shelving Must use spill tray during Dettol tank changeoverMust use spill tray during Dettol tank changeover Managers to visit their work areas weeklyManagers to visit their work areas weekly

Establish BaselineEstablish Baseline

Analyse data for lost time injuries, near Analyse data for lost time injuries, near miss incidents and accident figures for the miss incidents and accident figures for the last six months to produce a benchmark to last six months to produce a benchmark to monitor the success of the programme.monitor the success of the programme.

Observation Process – Observation Process – Keep The Keep The Programme AliveProgramme Alive

Staff self observation (observation cards)Staff self observation (observation cards) Safety tours by managementSafety tours by management Upward feedback Upward feedback (communication!)(communication!) Create opportunities for individual Create opportunities for individual

involvement and participationinvolvement and participation Further trainingFurther training

SummarySummary

Assess cultural readinessAssess cultural readiness Gain management and workforce supportGain management and workforce support Select driving teamSelect driving team Behavioural safety trainingBehavioural safety training Specify critical behaviour listSpecify critical behaviour list Establish baselineEstablish baseline Observation and feedback processObservation and feedback process

The BenefitsThe Benefits

Improved safety cultureImproved safety culture

Motivates staff to take personal Motivates staff to take personal responsibilityresponsibility

Improves morale, leading to improved Improves morale, leading to improved productionproduction

Reduced costs and downtimeReduced costs and downtime

QuestionsQuestions