LEVEL OF AWARENESS ON BEHAVIOUR-BASED SAFETY (BBS) IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY TOWARDS REDUCING WORKPLACE INCIDENTS

Improving safety performance by applying Behaviour-Based Safety (BBS) into safety risk control has been adopted in major industry. This approach to prevent incident has a number of advantages. The aim of this paper is to identify the BBS awareness level among workers in manufacturing industry. The methodology of this paper is through quantitative research based on 53 respondents of registered Safety and Health Officers (SHO). The general finding shows that the knowledge level among respondents are higher than understanding and practices level. BBS covers elements of human, behaviour and environment factors. Human factor is influenced by knowledge and understanding of the workers while behaviour factors are influenced by culture and practises in a daily life. Environment refers to equipment, machinery, housekeeping, weather and temperature changes, and engineering. This study can become the reference model for future implementation in other organisation and as a guidance for better safety management.

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