title: Behavior-based safety and occupational risk management.
abstract: The behavior-based approach to managing occupational risk and preventing workplace injuries is reviewed. Unlike the typical top-down control approach to industrial safety, behavior-based safety (BBS) provides tools and procedures workers can use to take personal control of occupational risks. Strategies the author and his colleagues have been using for more than a decade to teach BBS to safety leaders and line workers are presented. In addition, a conceptual model is proposed for matching the awareness and behavior of an individual with a particular BBS intervention technique.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA.
authors.forename: E Scott
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Geller
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009042:Motivation; D016272:Occupational Health; D012308:Risk Management