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Safe Habits

Bart Sevin & Judy Agnew

This is Not Your Parents’ Behavior-Based Safety System

Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) is a system for developing safe habits at work that has evolved and improved since its inception over 40 years ago. Innovations in BBS include: focusing on serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs), recognizing the pivotal role of leadership, and adopting a systems approach to understanding at-risk behavior. These innovations combined with its deep roots in the science of behavior (Behavior Analysis) have resulted in BBS continuing to be a highly effective element of any organization’s overall Safety Management System.

Authors Bart Sevin and Judy Agnew provide a current framework for BBS that reflects its evolution and history of continuous improvement. They explore critical elements needed for the effective practice of BBS that will establish safe habits at all levels, advance organizational safety culture, and serve as a platform for organizational improvements that reach beyond safety.

Whether readers are experienced with BBS or new to the game, Safe Habits offers an updated approach that gives all practitioners a distinct advantage and helps keep workers safe in today’s environment. Safety is behavior!

Authors

Bart Sevin, Ph.D., Vice President, Aubrey Daniels International

Specializing in performance and systems analysis and the development of behavior-based implementation strategies, Bart Sevin, Ph.D., helps clients create long-term organizational change. As a highly trained and experienced Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Bart helps organizations examine systems, processes, and people strategies to ensure that their motivational initiatives are aligned to promote business success and drive their desired outcomes. His most significant contribution to client improvements are in the coaching and consulting support he has provided. Bart works with clients from a variety of business sectors, including Manufacturing, Energy, Banking, Heavy Construction, Automotive Financial Services, and Insurance. Bart is also a dynamic instructor and facilitator, consistently receiving top marks for client-delivered education sessions, as well as ADI seminars such as PM Basics, Precision Leadership, and Applications of Performance Management Technology.

Bart received his Ph.D. and M.S. in behavioral psychology from Auburn University. He has presented at national safety and other professional conferences, including Behavioral Safety Now and the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International.

Judy Agnew, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Safety Solutions, Aubrey Daniels International

Judy is a seasoned consultant, trusted advisor, and recognized thought leader in workplace safety and safety leadership. Judy partners with clients to create evidence-based interventions that are safe by design and result in optimal and sustainable organizational change. With more than 30 years of consulting experience, Judy successfully works with diverse employee populations across a wide range of organizational issues, helping clients achieve targeted performance objectives.

Judy is an active speaker and invited presenter at major national and international safety conferences and corporate events. She is frequently interviewed for national and trade publications and is the author of three other highly-regarded safety books: Removing Obstacles to Safety (with Gail Snyder), Safe by Accident? Leadership Practices that Build a Sustainable Safety Culture (with Aubrey Daniels), A Supervisor’s Guide to (Safety) Leadership, and Safe by Design (with David Uhl).