The study of occupational safety and health has been in existence for as long as there have been structured work environments. Hippocrates (460-377 BC), for example, wrote of the harmful effects of an ...

When we embraced behavior-based safety (BBS) in the 1980s, we thought we had finally found the key to creating an accident-resistant environment. We sowed a wind and we are reaping a whirlwind. Why ...

Anderson, M. (2006). Behavioral safety and major accident hazards: Magic bullet or shot in the dark? Merseyside, U.K.: Health and Safety Executive. ANSI/ASSE. (2012). Occupational health and safety ...

This article discusses common safety performance measures and evaluates their validity. The author discusses the "pathway to injuries," which includes hazards, controls, exposure and at-risk behavior, ...