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| New Developments in Behavioral Safety |
| Saturday, May 24, 2025 |
| 11:00 AM–11:50 AM |
| Convention Center, Street Level, 146 B |
| Area: OBM/CSS; Domain: Applied Research |
| Chair: Christoph F. Bördlein (Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS)) |
| Abstract: Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) is the application of behavioral analysis in the area of occupational safety and health. This symposium will present recent research on the topic. The typical workplace in modern societies is constantly changing. Automatization and the use of information technology continues to influence the work conditions of workers in many ways. New technology is not only a source of risk, but also an opportunity to improve workplace safety, health and well-being. Another topic that has not been sufficiently researched is occupational safety in small and medium-sized companies. As part of our research focus “Behavior Based Safety in Unusual Work Environments,” we report on an intensive behavior-based safety assessment in a company with fewer than 50 employees. The results obtained in the assessment were used to improve occupational safety for the employees at the company. In a conceptual presentation, we will apply Gilbert's "Levels of Vantage Point" to the value statements of a company in order to demonstrate Gilbert's concept to everyday issues regarding occupational safety. BBS goes well beyond mere reduction of accidents. The well-being of workers is becoming more and more important. We present an objective way of measuring well-being in tunnel miners' and manufacturing workers, thus opening a pathway for a behavioral approach to enhance psychological health in employees. |
| Instruction Level: Intermediate |
| Keyword(s): BBS, behavioral safety, OBM |
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| A Behavior-Based Safety Assessment in a Small Company |
| CHRISTOPH F. BÖRDLEIN (Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS)), Valentina Schöllhorn (Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt) |
| Abstract: Most people work in small and medium-sized enterprises (up to 250 employees). These organizations typically lack the resources to take advantage of the opportunities provided by behavior-based safety (BBS) in the same way that larger organizations do. As part of the research focus, “BBS in unusual work environments,” we conducted a behavior-based safety assessment at a plastics processing company with 45 employees (32 work in production). The safety assessment used the categories and items of the Performance Diagnostic Checklist – Safety (PDC-S). This includes the categories of “Antecedents and Information,” “Equipment and Processes,” “Knowledge and Skills,” and “Consequences” and is thus roughly based on the ABC model. In the assessment, all available documents relevant to occupational safety were first evaluated, including the risk assessments required by law in Germany. Based on these findings, interview guidelines and observation sheets were designed for data collection in the company. On-site interviews and observations were then conducted as sources of information. The information was processed using the PDC safety categories. The consequences category was identified as the area with the most deficits. Resources and barriers to safe work behavior were derived from the safety assessment. Subsequently, recommendations were formulated for the company to counteract the analyzed weaknesses. |
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| On Evaluations with Consistency in Value of an Organization Applying Gilbert's Levels of Vantage Point |
| YUKA KOREMURA (ballast), Kohei Nomura (GOP Co., Ltd.), Rieko Hojo (Nagaoka University of Technology), Shoken Shimizu (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan) |
| Abstract: The philosophy of a company that manufactures and rents Aliminium alloy Portable work benches and related equipment is "Safety comes from human-kindness and solid quality.” While this philosophy is the ideal to any company in the manufacturing industry, it is not often put forward. In this presentation, this philosophy is generally considered to be the ideal "valuable accomplishment" and is organized using Gilbert's (1978) levels of vantage point. This is the first step in creating the Performance Matrix, which leads to the establishment of Models of Accomplishment, a steppingstone to the implementation of a performance management ecosystem called “system of performance engineering (teleonomics)”.
There are six levels that provide a consistent bird's eye view of any given organization. Start from abstract philosophy level, then it becomes more specific with culture, mission, strategy, and tactics, and end with logistics level that supports specific execution. This presentation focused on the strategies and tactics levels. For quantitatively evaluating "Safety comes from human-kindness and solid quality," we will explore quantitative evaluation to achieve valuable accomplishment for the organization, using several pieces of data, including vital, behavioral, and knee joint position estimation using markerless motion capture, on workers using the product as examples. |
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Quantitative Measurement of Tunnel Miners' and Manufacturing Workers' Wellbeing in Japan |
| RIEKO HOJO (Nagaoka University of Technology), Yuka Koremura (ballast), Shoken Shimizu (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan) |
| Abstract: Recently, the occupational health sector has released a new ISO 45003 “Occupational health and safety management -Psychological health and safety at work- Guidelines for managing psychosocial risks” related to occupational health and safety. Also, networks between the real world and the virtual world, such as cloud computing, the way of working at industrial sites such as manufacturing and construction is rapidly changing. Here, we introduce our survey and quantitative analysis of tunnel and manufacturing workers. The purpose of our project is to 1) start with a health check of workers in the field of occupational safety, 2) confirm the effects of the conventional machine safety concept that brings the risk closer to zero, and 3) create a method of safety based on the well-being of workers. In order to achieve the goal, we believe that it is necessary to establish a worker-specific procedure for objectively measuring, evaluating, and predicting the well-being of workers from the above three. In this lecture, in addition to the subjective well-being scale established by Diener (1989) and the psychological well-being scale developed by Ryff (2015), we measured vital signs, etc., mainly in the manufacturing and construction industries. Here, we report a summary of the results of experiments conducted on workers. |
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