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 ...

Behaviors have always had a role in safety dating back to prehistoric times, and they always will. Behaviors were the primary, and sometimes only, tools for survival, remaining today as the last tool ...

Industrial work is often dangerous work, as evidenced by the string of media headlines about chemical plant explosions and equipment rollovers in recent months. But the truth is that industrial ...

Behavior-based safety (BBS) initiatives fault the worker as the primary cause of accidents and injuries, ignoring the necessity for engineering fixes to improve hazardous equipment and conditions that ...

Managing employee safety behaviors within a recycling operation is a broad topic. In the interest of brevity, this article will discuss some key points that an owner or operations manager may be able ...

Every business potentially faces the possibility of accidental loss of property, income, liability, and/or injury to its employees. Organizations usually have a person or department responsible for ...

When I arrived at the University of Texas Austin for my doctorate, I was eager to begin my research in the Anxiety Lab under Dr. Michael Telch. Not your typical nerdy scientist, Mike picked me up from ...