Behavior Based Safety

Methods of Positive Influence, An Attitude

Change

Col Bob Diduch, National Safety Officer

Mr. Chris Hamm, CAP-USAF Director of
Safety
Mr. Frank Jirik, NHQ Safety

AF Academy Grad

Alaskan Grown

Alaskan Grown

Alaska Flown UH-60L ESSS

Highly Informative

Safet
y

So No Sleeping

Safety Leadership
Leaders should have an effective safety program that:

Puts the member in control of safety

Addresses the cause of most mishaps
Goes beyond common sense
Focuses evaluation on the right numbers
Increases personal responsibility for safety
Builds positive attitudes
Increases involvement and creativity
Facilitates teamwork
Teaches and promotes process thinking
Shifts safety from priority to value

Puts the Member in Control of Safety

Lets you (CAP members) make decisions

Doesnt have unnecessary barriers
Makes you feel like you can make a difference
A work smarter vs. work harder approach

Puts you in control of keeping yourself safe, your friends

safe, and your fellow CAP team members safe.

Work Smarter

Not Harder

Addresses the Causes of Most Mishaps

Focuses on at-risk behaviors

Helps improve attitudes, encourages and supports
Focuses on behavior in a caring way
Doesnt force behavior changes

With this approach it will help our members improve

their safe behaviors because they choose to. In a
caring way, we all become safety coaches.

Innovation

Goes Beyond Common Sense

What common sense is to one, is unknown to another,

biased
We hear what we want to hear, but behavior is action
based
It avoids feelings, attitudes, or common sense
Its about program integration and creating habits

When you see behavior you can influence behavior directly.

CAPs practices work because they are based on history
and statistics, not because they sounded good.

Is Common Sense Common?

Is Common Sense Common?

Is Common Sense Common?

Focuses Evaluation on the Right Numbers

Keeps focus on processes in your unit

Leaves the number crunching at the top level
You can control behaviors
You can concentrate on what YOU do for safety

Have you ever played a sport and watched the

scoreboard the whole time?
Lets take a look!

Safety of our Members

As of: 7 June
2010

National Statistics
FY08

FY09

FY10

A/C Accidents*
A/C Incidents
A/C Repair Costs

2.84
79.55
$685k

3.57
82.13
$785k

3.8
66.43
$156k

Vehicle Accident Rate**

.18

Vehicle Incidents

3.96

3.79

7.16

Bodily Inj. Accident Rate** 3.59

1.8

.79

Bodily Injury Incidents

6.79

9.2

47.6

Fatalities

* National Aircraft Accident and Incident rates per/100,000 flying hours

**Rates calculated per/10,000 members

Safety of our Members

National Statistics FY11
Final
FY10

A/C Accidents
A/C Incidents
A/C Repair Costs

Vehicle Accident Rate

Vehicle Incidents

Bodily Inj. Accident Rate

Bodily Injury Incidents

7.61

Fatalities

FY11 Goal

1.78
40.96
$261k

1.78
42.74
$261k

FY11 Final
.98
25.51
$190k
0

3.44

As of: 30 Sep
2011

3.73

.16
2.91

1.15

.59

12.46

13.6
0

.32

National Aircraft Accident and Incident rates per/100,000 flying hours Rates calculated per/10,000 members
Includes $138K charge for one aircraft mishap, one a/c hull loss due to improper tie-down ropes pending.

Safety of our Members

National Statistics FY12

As of: 03 May 2012

National Aircraft Accident and Incident rates per/100,000 flying hours Rates calculated per/10,000 members
Pending FY12 Consolidation *Aircraft Accident -NTSB Final - Mechanical / 2 Under FAA Review **Vehicle
nd

Accident Pending

Does it have an R.P.M. Limiter?

Increases Personal Responsibility for Safety

Accountability vs. Responsibility

You can be held accountable for something, but not feel
responsible

Do you feel better when you want to do it?

Can we hold everyone accountable for everything they do?

If you feel empowered to make decisions and to get involved

in an improvement process, you will feel responsible.
Responsible people become the leaders of themselves and
are totally committed to achieving a solid safety culture.

Builds Positive Attitudes

Builds a Want To attitude vs. a Have To attitude

Adult-Child Conversations, the gotcha game
If safety appears to be a gotcha game, it promotes
negativity
Focus on rewards and positive feedback

When you are given positive recognition for successes or

efforts you feel good about yourself and what you
have done. Youll feel more responsible and go beyond
the call of duty to improve safety performance.

Want to Attitude?

Increases Involvement and Creativity

All accidents are preventable! How does that make you

feel?

Accident implies chance occurrence

The statement implies we know enough to avoid them and
could make you reluctant to admit you were injured or had
a close call
Never lose sight that we dont want ANYONE to get hurt,
EVER

You can identify at-risk behaviors. Your promotion of behavior

based safety provides methods for making this happen.
Our safety program requires top-down support, from you
the formal leader, that encourages bottom-up involvement.

Facilitates Teamwork

Teamwork means everyone helps each other, always COACHing

C Care

O Observe

A Analyze
C Communicate

H Help

Safety base coaching helps decrease at-risk behaviors, builds

trust, and an interdependent mindset the team thinking
needed for a culture of safe habits. Teams need to take credit
for all results, regardless of outcome.

Teamwork

Teaches and Promotes Process Thinking

Everything we do is done by process or steps

System thinkers understand the link between behavior and
attitude
A small change in behavior can result in a beneficial change
in attitude
Eventually it results in total commitment

System thinkers take a broad and long term perspective look.

They look beyond immediate pay-off, taking the easy road,
speeding through tasks, or taking short-cuts. They
understand the benefits of the bigger payoff in the future.

Shifts Safety from Priority to Value

Safety is our PRIORITY! YAAAAY! ..until

human nature kicks in. (Late schedules, weather, etc)

CAPs vision for safety should be:

Safety becomes linked to every priority in our mission, or
wherever we find ourselves - even in your own yard.

Safety by Example. When you demonstrate a safe way of

doing something you may not see visible benefits
today, but later, on some occasion, for someone, the
lesson will be big. A mishap will be prevented.

Do you want to set this example?

Or this example?

Questions?

Safety is a HABIT that only YOU can positively control!

Thank you!