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Who is Fortron Industries?
►Joint venture between Celanese and
Kureha.
►In Wilmington for 20 years.
►What we do?
Manufacture polyphenylene sulfide resin.
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Behavior Based Safety
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Safety Performance
►How do we measure safety performance?
Tracking the negatives!!!
Occupational Illness and Injury Rate
Near Misses or Near Hits
Procedure audits. Etc. etc.
In order to get new data:
Someone has to have a near hit or worse yet…..
Someone has to be hurt!!!!
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Safety Performance
What usually happens when safety
performance is not up to par?
Inspections?
More Training?
Safety Talks?
Contests?
Discipline!
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What would your organization do?
►All depends on the culture of the organization!!!
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What is culture?
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Culture comes in many forms.
In a petri dish.
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In your milk and in your ears!!
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Safety Culture
►So what is the safety culture of your organization?
Everyone goes home safe.
It is safe because we have always done it that way.
What can go wrong?
Goal setting: How many people are going to get hurt next
year?
So if you know how many, can you tell me who?
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What’s the last thing a “Redneck” says
before a really bad accident?
Ya’ll watch this!!!
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Safety Performance
►What is the theme for the safety school?
►“Zero in on Zero Accidents”
►What happens when you get to “ZERO”?
►How do you know if you are getting better?
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Safety Performance
►BBS allows us to measure in a new way.
The system allows us to measure the positives.
And, to know if we are getting better.
When at “Zero”
How do you know where you are?
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A simple
example
of
behaving
safely.
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What is the goal of BBS?
►To create a workplace safety
culturethat eliminates unsafe
behaviors.
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What is Culture?
“Culture is a shared set of
commonly-held general beliefs and
values that influence people’s
assumptions, perception and
behavior.”
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What are some
components of culture
that could lead to
accidents?
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What are the elements?
1 RESOURCES
PPE
Tools & Machinery
Training/Procedures
Rules/Guidelines
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Elements of an incident free workplace:
2 PEOPLE
Knowledge
Skills
Personal Values
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Elements of an incident free
workplace:
3. BEHAVIOR
Safe Acts
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What causes accidents?
►According to statistics from
organizations like Dupont and the
National Safety Council show that 80-
90% of all workplace injuries are linked
to unsafe acts
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What is Culture?
“Culture is a shared set of
commonly-held general beliefs and
values that influence people’s
assumptions, perception and
behavior.”
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BBS Bringing Change
►BBS is a way to change behavior that eventually changes the
culture.
►Requires:
Patience. Yours and the boss.
Support : yours and the others in the workforce.
Continuing refreshers.
Lead by example and getting others to do the same.
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What is the goal?
►To create a workplace safety
culturethat eliminates unsafe
behaviors.
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BBS What is our method?
►Combined approach:
Changing the way we think-Safe Start
Measuring the way we act-Workplace observations.
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SafeStart Basics
SafeStart Basics
4 States of mind:
Rushing
Fatigue
Frustration
Complacency
Critical Errors
Eyes not on task
Mind not on task
Line of fire
Loss of balance
traction or grip.
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Workplace observations
►Critical Task Determinations
►Observation training
►Data collection through observations
►Data collation and evaluation.
►Communication and action steps.
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Fortron BBS
►We implemented Safe Start to effect behavioral change.
►We started conducting workplace observations to measure how
we are doing.
►How did we do it? Ask Rick Gregory.
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Implementation of BBS at Fortron
►A team was formed (FSCT) to drive change at our site
►Visited different sites, used the (SWIPE) method
►Safety Conferences (find the right program)
►Site Vision (alignment)
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Safetstart Program
►2 Options
1.On-site Trainer 2500.00 per day
2.Train the Trainer SME $2500.00 for 2 trainers
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Safetstart Program Continued
►How did we do it?
2 eight hour blocks of instruction (site wide)
President to maintenance.
Set a goal to have the entire program complete before
our yearly October turn around
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What is safe start
►A program that teaches us the 4 states that cause us to get
injured
►Self-trigger on one or more of the states to prevent us
making critical errors.
1.Rushing
2.Fatigue
3.Frustration
4.Complicacy
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4 critical errors
►Eyes not on task
►Mind not on task
►Loss of balance traction or grip
►Moving into or being in the line of fire
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Safety Observation Program
►Develop a Safety Observation worksheet that was tailored for our
site
►Committee based program
►Trained SCA on how to properly do an effective safety
observation
►The goal of this program was to get conversations started
►Teach people how to talk about safety
►Helped build the courage needed to stop an unsafe act
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How are we doing?
►Terminology is used in everyday task and during toolbox
meetings
►OIS/Hazard recognition has increased every month
(quantity to quality)
►When hazards are recognized we take action in a timely
manner
►Employee Engagement (safety meetings)