Tune in to hear us discuss whether behavioral safety interventions are effective and worthwhile.
Topics:
- We purposely picked a broad topic for this episode.
- Studies on behavioral safety interventions and how they were structured.
- Only one of the studies was done within a more traditional framework.
- Why it’s difficult to track safety in the workplace.
- Getting good evidence by looking more closely at the factors at play.
Quotes:
“Human behavior change is absolutely a science, but behavior-based safety is probably mostly nonsense.”
“In a randomized control trial, every individual is either given or not given the behavioral training…”
“Interventions that are based on theory tend to be more successful.”
Resources:
Mullan, B., Smith, L., Sainsbury, K., Allom, V., Paterson, H., & Lopez, A. L. (2015). Active behaviour change safety interventions in the construction industry: A systematic review. Safety science, 79, 139-148.
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