Revitalizing Behavior-Based Safety Programs
Time-Tested, Field-Proven BBS for the Real World, Right Now
Behavior-based safety continues to be the gold standard for creating and sustaining a safe workplace. We can help you reboot, revamp, or ramp up your BBS program with a scalable solution grounded in decades of science and tailored to your organization’s needs and goals.
Why the need for a refresh? It's complicated!
Workplaces have been disrupted on many fronts — workforce and leadership turnover and shortages, the supply chain, regulatory requirements, the economy, and consumer demands. All of these, in turn, have disrupted workplace safety.
Getting safety back on track is essential, but the how can look different for different companies. We can help you bridge that gap.
Whether you are new to BBS, experiencing a lapse in applying the processes, or looking to optimize your approach, our experts provide guidance grounded in research and applicable to today’s complex workplaces. In fact, DEKRA pioneered a science-based approach to BBS with our Behavioral Accident Prevention Process® (BAPP®).
We’ll work with you to analyze your current needs, tailor an efficient solution, and provide the right level of implementation support and training based on your available resources, knowledge base, desired timeline, and business environment.
BBS Delivers
- Reduce opportunities for injuries by helping workers recognize exposures and remove or control them.
- Put safety in the hands of your workers, clearly messaging that you trust them and value their well-being.
- Leverage technology to manage processes, measure effectiveness, and sustain positive change.
- Use data generated from BBS/EBS programs to understand current performance, expected performance, and what actions to take to beat expectations.
Where to Start
Think about what’s challenging or concerning about your current condition. How are you measuring success and sharing that information with others? What outcomes are you seeking? What barriers do you perceive to achieving success?
Sending employees home each day healthy and injury-free is the fundamental catalyst for building an engaged and innovative team motivated to be your partner in effectively operating your business. Let’s discuss your needs and develop a proven path forward to make a positive difference in the well-being of your workforce and the overall workplace.
Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) is a proactive process that helps organizations reduce exposure to hazards by focusing on safety observations, employee engagement, feedback, and continuous improvement. An effective behavior based safety program encourages employees to actively identify and address risks before incidents occur.
Many BBS programs lose momentum when participation declines, observations become routine, feedback quality decreases, or employees no longer see value in the process. Behavior based safety revitalization efforts help restore engagement, improve observation quality, and reconnect the program to organizational goals.
A BBS revitalization effort typically evaluates the current program, identifies barriers to participation, assesses observation quality, strengthens leadership involvement, and introduces improvements that increase employee engagement and program effectiveness. This BBS program improvement process helps organizations focus resources on the areas that need the most attention.
Common indicators include declining participation rates, fewer safety observations, repetitive observation data, limited corrective actions, low employee engagement, and a lack of measurable impact on safety performance. These indicators can show that a safety observation program needs renewed focus.
Employee safety engagement is essential to BBS success. When employees actively participate in observations, provide meaningful feedback, and contribute ideas for improvement, organizations gain better visibility into workplace risks and opportunities for improvement.
Leaders help sustain BBS programs by reinforcing expectations, participating in observations, providing feedback, recognizing positive contributions, and demonstrating commitment to safety improvement efforts. Leadership involvement is often one of the strongest predictors of long-term BBS success. Behavior based safety consulting can help leaders strengthen these practices and maintain program momentum.
BBS supports safety culture improvement by encouraging conversations about risk, increasing employee involvement, strengthening accountability, and reinforcing positive safety behaviors throughout the organization.
Organizations often evaluate BBS effectiveness through participation levels, observation quality, employee engagement, corrective action completion, exposure reduction trends, and overall improvements in safety performance. These measures show whether the workplace safety culture is becoming more proactive and effective.