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An effective safety process is comprised
of many activities integrated together into a system where
each member of the organization realizes and accepts:
- Their duties and responsibilities for safety
- Their participation in the safety process
- Their part of the implementation stage of the process
- The relationship between the various activities in the
process
The goal of integrating the various activities
of the safety process together is to provide the organization
with the tools and processes required to transform the safety
process from one where safety is viewed as a priority to one
where safety becomes a value to the organization. The primary
activities that comprise an effective safety management system
include an effective workplace inspection process, an effective
incident investigation process, employee safety education
and training, employee involvement, effective safety rules
and procedures, and a feedback system that ensures follow-up.
One additional component in an effective
safety process is an understanding of how human behavior fits
into the process. B.A.S.E. stands for the Behavioral Approach
to Safety Enhancement. The B.A.S.E. process was developed
to help organizations identify both desired and undesired
behaviors and provide the knowledge and tools required to
manage the behavioral system. This includes:
- Software for tracking and measuring behaviors found in
the workplace and a method for measuring the effectiveness
of the behavior process
- Providing employees with the skills and knowledge required
to participate in a behavioral process
- How to recognize and measure unsafe behaviors
The four phases of the B.A.S.E. process are:
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