What Is Behavior-Based Safety (BBS)?
A behavior-based safety (BBS) approach uses observations of employees to identify unsafe practices and areas of risk in an organization — and to reinforce safe practices. In short, it is an audit of the actions and behaviors of people in the workplace. It requires a strong partnership between frontline workers and management and works best as part of a comprehensive safety program. The goal of BBS is to correct unsafe work conditions through the hierarchy of hazard of controls where possible, as opposed to focusing exclusively on changing employee behavior.
