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Lean Behavior-Based Safety® was founded on the business philosophy of achieving maximum results with minimal expenditure of resources. Borrowing proven techniques from Lean Manufacturing™, Six Sigma™, and experiences from hundreds of successful Behavior-Based Safety implementations, Lean Behavior-Based Safety® has proven to be an efficient approach to an effective process.
Below is a comparison chart that details the differences between Lean Behavior-Based Safety®, Traditional Behavior-Based Safety and the Packaged Safety processes.
| Element | Traditional Behavior-Based Safety |
Packaged Programs | Lean Behavior-Based Safety |
|---|---|---|---|
| Checklist | Custom developed by employee team | Not customized - Generic checklist based on industry averages | Customized for each site |
| Data Handling (Software) | Two companies offer database software, others have spreadsheets or manual systems | Some basic data handling systems Some do not gather data |
Sophisticated software Data handling services available |
| Problem Solving | By employee team | Not always done | Targeted by most appropriate group within the organization |
| Reinforcement | Peer observations | Not consistently given | Entire organization involved through various methods |
| Leadership | Trained employee teams Site managers and supervisors often omitted |
Often lacking at the site level Sometimes by safety professionals |
Trained site facilitator reinforced by site managers and supervisors |
| Union Resistance | Strong, many unions opposed to perceived transfer of responsibility for safety and peer observations | Usually minimal to these products | Reasons for union resistance removed |
| Disruption to Normal Operations | Initial training (work-hrs) 480 - 652 Process maintenance (hrs/mo) 46 - 120 Workers taken off the job 6 - 16 |
120 - 180 20 - 104 6 - 12 |
82 - 94 24 - 64 2 - 6 |
| Cost per site | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| Results | 90% have statistically significant reductions in accidents Reductions range from 15-75% |
No published results other than a few case studies for individual locations | 100% have had statistically significant reductions in accidents Reductions range from 39-89% |
| Benefits | Significant accident reductions but at high direct and indirect costs Better personal responsibility and participation in safety |
Moderate to no accident reductions Cost savings over Behavior-Based Safety Fewer internal resources required |
Superior results to Behavior-Based Safety More efficient use of site resources Less disruption to normal operations |