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Behaviour-Based Safety in Organizations: Saving Life

Before the Accident, 2/e
H.L. Kaila

2016 22.5 x 14.5 256 pp Paperback ISBN: Price: 435.00

9789385909450

About the Book

This book has been authored by Dr. H. L. Kaila, who is a Professor of Psychology at University in Mumbai. He is an Industrial Psychologist and
is a regular BBS Trainer in India. Dr. Kaila has vast professional experience and has to his credit several projects with ICSSR, UGC, NSC, WHO,
etc. He has conducted more than 300 BBS workshops covering over 12000 work-forces for leading companies in India. He is sincerely
committed to the improvement of safety and health standards, professional knowledge and promotion of safety awareness among the working
people, and self-compliance by managements and all others concerned. I appreciate the laudable efforts put in by Dr. Kaila in compiling such a
knowledge bank in the field of BBS.Vinod B. Sant, Director General, National Safety Council of India

Salient Features

Brings forth the need for behaviour-based safety methods, how these can be implemented. The process helps to maintain an account of human
behaviour in terms of percentages of unsafe and safe behaviours of workers on a monthly basis.
Practical problems and how these can be overcome in implementing a sound BBS system have been covered in-depth.
Based on experiential learning through conducting a number of BBS workshops and safety awareness surveys in Indian organizations.
Appendices include BBS quizes, checklists, feedback on BBS workshops, material for BBS posters and banners, a case of BBS, pointers, and
summary sheets.

Table of Contents
BBS Concepts
BBS Processes
BBS Implementation
Organizational Cases on Behavior Based Safety (BBS) in India
101 Varied Reflections on Behavioral Safety
BBS Implementation in a large engineering company
Emerging Issues and Outcomes of Behavior Based Safety Implementation
Has Industry Really Prepared For Zero Accident? A Review
Towards Maintaining Successful BBS Program
Re-contextualizing Safety Culture through Behaviour Based Safety in Industry
BBS Implementation at an Indian Multinational Organization
(BBS in Hindi, Tamil, Gujrati languages)

About the Author

H.L. Kaila :- H.L. Kaila earned his Masters' degree in Psychology from Guru Nanak Dev University, Doctorate from Tata Institute of Social
Sciences (TISS), and has 30 years professional experience in the field of Industrial /Organizational Psychology, Women at work,
Counselling/School Psychology. He has published books and articles and participated in national and international conferences. He pioneered
Behaviour Based Safety (BBS) training in India and is a member expert panel for National Safety Council. He served at the Central Labour
Institute, Ministry of Labour for 10 years and at the SNDT Women's university for 18 years at Mumbai. He has been a resource person for many
reputed organizations. Dr. Kaila represented India at the International Conferences at New York, Berlin, Muscat, Rome, New Zealand, London
and Sydney. Presently, he is Emeritus Professor at JJT University, Rajasthan, and BBS project director at GAIL India.