Behavioral Safety Guidelines

360training
Aug 23, 2017 · 3 min read

Human behavior is often at the top of the list of complexities and headaches for companies. However, with the help of training courses covering behavioral safety, addressing employee behavior as well as setting up an internal compliance team is easy.

Behavior plays a significant role in shaping up the company’s structure. And, by picking apart the dubious habits in the workplace, it’ll also become easier for an organization to integrate a new culture that’s in line with safety and performance goals. Having said that, here are a few pointers that will give you a deeper outlook on how behavioral safety works and why it’s important for your company.

Why should your company focus on behavior?

Among the many things that can be affected by a person’s behavior is productivity. If an employee has great potential, and has a healthy and safe workplace that he can count on, there’ll be a greater chance for that employee to perform well and influence his colleagues. By identifying the factors that encourages a standout performance and general safety, your compliance experts will soon be able to recommend strategies that will put your organization in a position to improve as a whole.

Learning how to address detrimental habits

A sound behavioral safety program must not only identify faulty behaviors, it should also be able to address them. In addition, compliance managers must have the capability to provide timely and immediate feedback that’ll let employees understand why they might be facing consequences or why they’re being rewarded for their action. A good feedback system will play a huge role in the success of your strategy.

Measuring the performance of your employees

Like already mentioned, the program can also serve as an excellent tool to gauge performance and efficiency. By tracking performance and safety according to behavior, the organization will be able to identify related opportunities and then, attack them in the most effective way. Consequently, this will also help the company establish a culture that they can support and which employees are most comfortable with.

Identifying the areas of opportunity in your operation

Sometimes, employees may grow complacent with skipping steps or finding shortcuts. For a while, it may seem fine, but little things eventually catch up to them. There are times when you’ll encounter a problem that may initially appear as a process or equipment-related mishap, until someone gets another look at the matter.

By recognizing the real problem, which could be behavioral, the team will be able to come up with proper countermeasures and coaching tactics that will eliminate such issues within the company. It will also save you valuable resources since you’ll be able to deal with the actual root cause right away.

To sum it up

Most accidents at work are still brought by human error and unsafe behavior. It’s a longstanding problem, but one that some companies are still reluctant to address with a sense of urgency that it deserves, which frankly, is a terribly missed opportunity. After all, a well-implemented behavioral safety program will always have a great potential to contribute to the long-term success of any organization.

About the author:

Matt Luman is our EHS Product Marketing Manager at 360Training.com. He is an OSHA-authorized Outreach Trainer for General Industry and Construction. Prior to coming on board with the team, Matt worked for many years in the Oil and Gas Industry, spanning numerous sectors. He’s done everything he could in the industry, from washing trucks to developing EHS management systems. As EHS Product Marketing Manager, he is focused on creating lifelong industry

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