PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE FOR SAFETY SUCCESS, PART 8

"B" for Behavior Obviously, workers' on-the-job behavior influences the probability of an injury, and workers' actively caring behavior enhances the success of any injury-prevention process. [...]behavior-based safety (BBS), especially peer-to-peer observation and feedback, reduc...

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Published inProfessional safety Vol. 65; no. 12; pp. 24 - 27
Main Authors Geller, E Scott, Geller, Krista S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Des Plaines American Society of Safety Engineers 01.12.2020
Subjects
Attitudes
Behavior
Corporate culture
Critical components
Employees
Feedback
Human nature
Injuries
Injury prevention
Intervention
Motivation
Occupational health
Occupational safety
Perception
Prevention
Professionals
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Risk taking
Safety
Senses
Success
Workers
Workplace accidents
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Summary:"B" for Behavior Obviously, workers' on-the-job behavior influences the probability of an injury, and workers' actively caring behavior enhances the success of any injury-prevention process. [...]behavior-based safety (BBS), especially peer-to-peer observation and feedback, reduces workplace injuries by engaging employees in interpersonal, behavior-focused coaching (Geller, 2001; Sulzer-Azaroff & Austin, 2000). [...]the most critical component of a BBS observation and feedback process is often omitted: interpersonal behavioral coaching from observer to worker. [...]when peer-to-peer coaching occurs, the delivery of the behavioral feedback is often inadequate, especially when providing corrective feedback for observed at-risk behavior (Geller & Geller, 2019b). [...]the sensation and perception course offered by the psychology departments of many colleges and universities covers both the physiology of our sensory system (i.e., sensation) and the factors that influence our interpretation of sensation (i.e., perception). [...]it can be a commitment: a relatively permanent perspective or mindset that filters the information received, biases interpretation of sensation and shapes behavior.
ISSN:0099-0027