Thitipun Vongareesawat. An application of behavior based safety (BBS) process in developing safe forklift driving, a-case study in The Thai Polyethylene factory . Master's Degree(Industrial Hygiene and Safety). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2006.
An application of behavior based safety (BBS) process in developing safe forklift driving, a-case study in The Thai Polyethylene factory
การประยุกต์ใช้กระบวนการ Behavior Based Safety (BBS) ในการพัฒนาพฤติกรรมการขับรถงาอย่างปลอดภัย, กรณีศึกษาในโรงงานไทยโพลีเอททีลีน จำกัด
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to apply a behavior based safety process (BBS)
to build safe forklift driving behavior among forklift drivers of the Thai Polyethylene
Co. Ltd (TPE).One hundred and eighteen forklift drivers participated in this program:
82.2% male, 17.8% female. The majority of the drivers (93.2%) had primary school
and secondary school education. Most of them (70.4%) were between 21-30 years old.
The majority (73.2%) had work experience between 1-3 years. An inventory of at-risk
driving behaviors was complied from accident records of the year 2000-2002. After
consultation with the drivers, 20 driving behaviors were pinpointed as target behaviors
to be focused in the study. The BBS was implemented in 2 cycles. Each cycle focused
on 10 behaviors for 6 months. Supervisors were trained to observe the target driving
behaviors and immediately gave commendation or constructive advice as appropriate
to the drivers. In addition, self administered questionnaire exploring safety attitude
were filled by the drivers after the second cycles.
It was found that at the end of each BBS cycle, all target behaviors were met.
The accident rate reduced from 10.87 cases per 200,000 man-hours to 7.52 cases in the
first cycle, and to 1.32 cases in the second cycle (p<0.001). The overall accident
reduction was 87.9%. The result from safety attitude test revealed no relationship
between safety attitude and gender, age, education level or work experience.
This study indicates that BBS is a promising tool for safe working behavior
development.