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Behaviour-based safety (BBS): a construction industry's perspective
conference contribution
posted on 2015-11-06, 14:47 authored by Babajide Talabi, Alistair Gibb, Francis Edum-FotweThe behaviour related approach to dealing with occupational safety and health (OSH)
has been shown to be valuable and as a result many construction organisations
employ this method to achieve robust safety management systems. Behaviour-based
safety (BBS) has various elements and comes in different forms and designs; and
different organisations pay more attention to different elements. As a result,
organisations typically give their behaviour-based safety programmes (BBSP)
different names and pride themselves for achieving high safety standards because of
the aspects of behavioural safety that they focus on. However, it is unclear as to which
specific aspects of such programmes are the keys to success and which are of
secondary importance to improving OSH. This paper presents the findings of a desk
study of the top 100 UK and USA construction organisations (contractors and
consultants) ranked by turnover; this involved a comparative analysis of BBSPs that
led to the development of seven major themes. This study reveals the need to
encourage smaller companies to undertake BBS as well as understand employees’
ideals so that they can be effectively and efficiently supported. This study is part of a
three-year doctoral research programme that investigates the human aspect of OSH.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Published in
CIB W099 Benefitting Workers and Society through Inherently Safe(r) ConstructionPages
180 - 189 (10)Citation
TALABI, B.O., GIBB, A.G.F. and EDUM-FOTWE, F.T., 2015. Behaviour-based safety (BBS): a construction industry's perspective. IN: Behm, M. and McAleenan, C. (eds). Proceedings of the CIB W099 Benefitting Workers and Society through Inherently Safe(r) Construction, 9th-11th September 2015, Belfast, pp. 181 - 190.Publisher
EEI Publishing / © CIB W099Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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2015Notes
This is a conference paper.ISBN
9781909854017Publisher version
Language
- en