Simon Holmes Presents…

Behavioural Safety Program

What Will We Be Covering?  Effective SHE management  What is a behavioural safety programme?  Seven stage action plan  Summary  The benefits  Questions

Key Factors For Effective SHE Management Key Factors For Effective SHE Management Standards ProceduresCommunication Risk Assessments Engineering Controls Policies Audits People

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What Is A Behavioural Safety Programme? ‘A behavioural safety programme is designed to modify peoples behaviour whilst working, leading to improved safety culture and performance’ Behaviour Modification Positive Negative

Achieving SHE Improvement ImprovementImprovement Time PLANT & EQUIPMENT e.g. Hazard Studies, PHR, SHE Critical Equipment, Plant Mods., Guarding PROCEDURES & SYSTEMS e.g. SOPs, Risk Assessments Spillage procedures CULTURE & BEHAVIOUR e.g. Involvement, training, recognition, ownership Continuous Improvement

ACTION PLAN

Are We Ready?  Interview management Commitment Commitment Budget Budget Trust Trust Communication Communication Health and safety committee Health and safety committee  Interview frontline workforce Attitude towards HSE Communication Adaptability (Training?) Volunteers?

Staff Buy-in  Lead by example – Don’t expect staff to change their behaviour until they see you change yours!  Get everyone involved – Health and safety is everyone's responsibility! Newsletters, competitions, prizes, score boards and workshops

Workshop Plan  Interactive, enjoyable workshop  Individuals explore the balance between benefits and consequences  Allows staff to realise that safety benefits them as individuals  Helps towards making people behave safely instinctively Consequences Benefit

Select A Driving Team  Identify a process driver for each area (e.g. Line managers) to ensure effective implementation to ensure effective implementation to encourage active workforce involvement to encourage active workforce involvement to measure the success of the project (observers) to measure the success of the project (observers)

Training  Identify volunteers/key personnel who will be driving the programme forward  Assess whether in-house training is possible (budget control)  Assess exact training requirements i.e. observation training, identifying critical safety behaviours and staff motivation!

Critical Behaviours Prepare a critical behaviour list by researching the company’s risk assessments, accident investigation reports and most importantly talking to the staff. Prepare a critical behaviour list by researching the company’s risk assessments, accident investigation reports and most importantly talking to the staff.

Preliminary Critical Behaviour List  Separate waste for recycling purposes (house keeping)  Wear hard-hats whilst working in the warehouse  Wear dust masks whilst working with hazardous chemicals  Workers not to climb on storage shelving  Must use spill tray during Dettol tank changeover  Managers to visit their work areas weekly

Establish Baseline Analyse data for lost time injuries, near miss incidents and accident figures for the last six months to produce a benchmark to monitor the success of the programme.

Observation Process – Keep The Programme Alive  Staff self observation (observation cards)  Safety tours by management  Upward feedback (communication!)  Create opportunities for individual involvement and participation  Further training

Summary  Assess cultural readiness  Gain management and workforce support  Select driving team  Behavioural safety training  Specify critical behaviour list  Establish baseline  Observation and feedback process

The Benefits  Improved safety culture  Motivates staff to take personal responsibility  Improves morale, leading to improved production  Reduced costs and downtime

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