Behaviour Based Safety Quiz

Behaviours-Based Safety (BBS) is a method used to:

• Avoid human error

• Prevent accidents

• Both a and b

BBS analyses employees’ attitudes about workplace safety.

• True

• False

BBS helps determine why at-risk behaviours occur and how to change them.

• True

• False

To encourage safe behaviour, BBS primarily uses:

• Positive feedback

• Disciplinary action

• Both a and b

When practicing BBS, you should NEVER correct a coworker engaging in unsafe behaviour.

• True

• False

Behaviours selected for observation in BBS must be:

• Reliable and observable

• Described in a negative way (what NOT to do)

• Out of the employee’s control

BBS observations should be subjective, based on your personal opinion.

• True

• False

Feedback on safety performance should be:

• Specific and immediate

• General

Which statement is an example of effective feedback on safe behaviour?

• “That was good. You lifted with your legs, not your back.”

• “Good job.”

• Either a or b

In BBS, you should focus only on safe behaviours and ignore unsafe ones.

• True

• False