September 2019
Intermediate to advanced
254 pages
4h 21m
English
BBS is an approach to safety that focuses on workers' behaviour as an important cause of most work-related injuries and illnesses.
In the context of OH&S, we often refer to three types of behaviours:
Unsafe behaviour: These are dangerous acts that often result in injuries and can be identified with common sense and experience. When actions are highly likely to result in a negative outcome (i.e. injury), we view these as unsafe behaviours.
At-risk behaviour: These are behaviours with a low probability of injury. They don’t often result in injury but occasionally do or at least have the potential to. These behaviours are a problem for individuals and organisations because they are difficult to detect with common ...
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