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Behaviour based v by Pumalo Africa is more than use of behavioural psychology to promote safety in the workplace. It is a systemic approach to understanding the prevailing worldviews and their influence on culture, allowing an opportunity for management to make appropriate responses. Behavioural safety within an organization involves creating a systematic process that defines a finite set of behaviours that reduce the risk of work-related injury. It also involves collecting data on the frequency of critical safety practices, and then ensuring that feedback and reinforcement encourage and support those critical safe behaviour practices.
People want to know that they are valued, important and not just seen as an expendable part of the company. When management take safety seriously they are sending a message to their employees that it is important for the functioning of the company that the machinery is well maintained but that it is even more valuable to the company that they remain safe. Pumalo Africa behaviour based safety seeks to provide valuable insights to addressing the conditions and behavioural practices of the working places, giving management the insights to effectively allocate resources to engineer solutions to the risks that people are exposed to.