Keeping People Safe The Human Dynamics of

This book provides safety leaders with information they can use to reduce workplace injuries by addressing the five integral components of workplace safety Systems/Conditions, Leadership, Behaviors, People-Factors, and Communication. Utilizing the Behavior Based Safety model, it gives the safety manager all the tools needed to improve workplace safety. The text is complemented by numerous charts and tables, a checklist for improving safety performance, and a foreword by world-renowned safety leader E. Scott Geller.

Josh Williams, PhD, is senior project manager with Safety Performance Solutions in Blacks-burg, Virginia. He has published articles in numerous professional and academic journals, and he is the coeditor of Keys to Behavior-Based Safety (2001).

Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Safety Management Systems and Conditions	p. 5
Near Miss Reporting	p. 6
Minor Injury Reporting	p. 7
Incident Analysis/Discipline	p. 8
Safety Rules and Policies	p. 11
Safety Training	p. 12
Hazard Recognition and Correction	p. 14
Safety Communication	p. 18
Employee Involvement	p. 18
Safety Management Systems Inventory (SMSI)	p. 22
Safety Leadership	p. 27
Explaining IOP	p. 28
Effective Leadership Styles	p. 29
Effective Leadership Behaviors	p. 33
IOP Management Principles	p. 35
Management Behaviors to Support Safety	p. 36
Demonstrating Management Support for Safety	p. 38
Self-Motivation Styles of Effective Safety Leaders	p. 40
Motivating Employee Safety	p. 41
The Safety Leader's Role in Increasing Organizational Commitment	p. 42
The Safety Leader's Role in Improving Organizational Culture	p. 43
The Safety Leader's Role in Tracking Safety Culture Change	p. 44
Leader Behavior Inventory for Safety (LBIS)	p. 46
People Factors for Safety	p. 53
Employee Attitudes	p. 54
Ten Person-Based Factors that Influence Attitudes and Safety Culture	p. 56
The Power of Authority	p. 65
The Power of Conformity	p. 66
People-Based Factors Inventory (PFI) and Scoring Sheet	p. 67
Safety Behaviors	p. 71
ABC Model	p. 71
Behavior-Based Safety (BBS)	p. 73
The DO IT Process	p. 75
Cautions with BBS	p. 76
The Roles of Key Groups to Support BBS	p. 77
Benefits of BBS	p. 79
Improving Safety Communication with BBS	p. 81
Increasing BBS Participation	p. 82
BBS Cards and Use	p. 83
BBS Case Study	p. 87
Behavior-Based Safety Inventory (BBSI)	p. 91
Safety Communication	p. 97
Peer Safety Feedback	p. 98
The Need for Corrective Feedback	p. 98
The Need for Praise	p. 99
Communication Patterns	p. 101
Ten Key Guidelines to Become an Empathic Communicator	p. 105
Improving Listening Skills	p. 106
Dealing with Difficult People	p. 106
Effective E-mail Communication	p. 108
Safety Communication Inventory (SCI)	p. 108
Conclusion	p. 113
Appendix	p. 115
Bibliography	p. 129
Index	p. 135
About the Author	p. 137
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