In recent years there has been an increase in the use of behavioural safety or behaviour modification approaches to safety. There is a wide range of programmes available, but they generally involve the definition of safe / unsafe behaviours, observations of behaviours and feedback / reinforcement of behaviours.

• Behavioural safety: A brief introduction

Further guidance

• Behavioural safety and major accident hazards: Magic bullet or shot in the dark? [60KB]
  Conference Proceedings, Hazards XVIII Symposium, Anderson, M.  (2004). 24 November 2004. IChemE, UMIST, Manchester.
• Behaviour modification programmes: establishing best practice [341KB]
  Offshore Technology Report 048. Fleming, M. & Lardner, R. (2001). HSE Books, ISBN 0 7176 1920 6.
• Strategies to promote safe behaviour as part of a health and safety management system.
  HSE Contract Research Report CRR430, Fleming, M. & Lardner, R. (2002). HSE Books, ISBN 0 7176 2352 1

• Changing Minds: A practical guide for behavioural change in the oil and gas industry, [1.22MB]
  Step Change (2000).