Synopses & Reviews
A concise and practical guide for establishing safety in the workplace
The values-based safety process uses a behavioral science approach to create ground rules for the types of interpersonal relationships preferred by an organization. Now in its second edition, The Values-Based Safety Process will provide readers with all the basic tools and step-by-step procedures needed to design and implement an effective, ongoing behavioral safety approach that is tailored to fit any company. With the help of new case studies, updated examples, and six new chapters, Terry McSween will demonstrate how to:
- Conduct a safety assessment using a simple five-step plan
- Establish mission, values, and milestone targets
- Develop feedback and involvement guidelines
- Implement and maintain the behavioral safety process
- Create a serious-incident prevention process
Managers, supervisors, safety professionals, and employees who participate in safety functions in the nations industrial manufacturing and processing plants will find Terry McSweens book to be an essential working reference. It will show how to develop processes that will dramatically improve safety, boost worker morale, reduce on-the-job injuries, and strengthen any companys bottom line.
Synopsis
Behavior-Based Safety, based on the work of B.F. Skinner, includes identifying critical behaviors, observing actual behaviors and providing feedback that lead to changed and improve behavior. The Values-Based Safety Process: Improving Your Safety Culture with a Behavioral Approach, Second Edition provides a concise and practical guide for implementing a behavior-based safety system within any organization.
Includes two new chapters on hot topics in behavioral safety, isolated workers, and the role of leadership in supporting behavorial safety.
- Updated examples of the observation checklist.
- New case studies covering large plants of 1,200 workers or more.
Synopsis
Behavior-Based Safety, based on the work of B.F. Skinner, includes identifying critical behaviors, observing actual behaviors and providing feedback that lead to changed and improve behavior. The Values-Based Safety Process: Improving Your Safety Culture with a Behavioral Approach, Second Edition provides a concise and practical guide for implementing a behavior-based safety system within any organization.
Includes two new chapters on hot topics in behavioral safety, isolated workers, and the role of leadership in supporting behavorial safety.
- Updated examples of the observation checklist.
- New case studies covering large plants of 1,200 workers or more.
Synopsis
TERRY E. McSWEEN, PhD, is President and CEO of Quality Safety Edge, a company that specializes in the application of behavioral technology to create employee-driven safety and quality improvement efforts. He is also an active member in several business and professional organizations, including the Board of Trustees for the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, the Association for Behavior Analysis, the American Society for Safety Engineers, and the Texas Association for Behavior Analysis.
About the Author
“...application of behavioral science to safety is stressed throughout the text....the overall value the book in promoting behavioral safety.” (Chemical Health & Safety, November/December 2003)
Table of Contents
Foreword by E. Scott Geller.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Chapter 1. Safety Basics.
Chapter 2. The Vision.
Chapter 3. Value-Based Behavioral Safety Process.
Chapter 4. Behavioral Safety Process.
Chapter 5. Safety Assessment.
Chapter 6. Management Overview and Initial Workshops.
Chapter 7. Final Design.
Chapter 8. Step 1: Establishing Mission, Values, and Milestone Targets.
Chapter 9. Step 2: Creating the Safety Observation Process.
Chapter 10. Step 3: Designing Feedback and Involvement Procedures.
Chapter 11. Step 4: Developing Recognition and Celebration Plans.
Chapter 12. Step 5: Planning Training and Kickoff Meetings.
Chapter 13. Step 6: Conducting Management Review.
Chapter 14. Implementing Behavioral Safety Process.
Chapter 15. Maintaining the Behavioral Safety Process.
Chapter 16. Some Final Suggestions on Implementation.
Chapter 17. Special Topics: Safety Leadership.
Chapter 18. Special Topics: Serious-Incident Prevention.
Chapter 19. Special Topics: Self-Observation Process.
Chapter 20. Special Topics: The Steering Committee.
Chapter 21. Advanced Topics: Why It Works and Behavioral Basics.
Chapter 22. Advanced Topics: Improvement Projects.
Chapter 23. Other Support Programs.
Chapter 24. Long-Term Case Studies.
Chapter 25. Self-Observation Case Studies.
Chapter 26. Small-Company Case Studies.
Chapter 27. Observer Effect.
Chapter 28. Original Case Studies.
Appendix A. Sample Implementation Schedules.
Appendix B. Selected Consultants Experienced in Implementing Behavioral Safety Processes.
Appendix C. Unstructured Approach to Identifying and Defining Values.
References.
Index.