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The fact that there a number of companies dedicated exclusively to working on workplace safety issues and generating awareness in the business world is very positive
Colin Duncan, CEO BST
Supervisors are the closest level of management to the work being done, yet there is little clarity around what safety functions they should be performing.
Scott Stricoff
Mobile technologies like cell phones and GPS devices have made it easier to work from wherever we are, but many organizations haven’t caught up to the fact that an employee using these technologies while driving is just as at risk as a teen who is texting behind the wheel.
Colin Duncan
Organizations today have volumes of information to tap into. For decision makers, it can be difficult to cut through the jargon to find out what’s most effective.
Michael Mangan, Ph.D., Director of Research and Development
Joining BST and DEKRA is a significant step in DEKRA’s strategy to expand the industrial business with high-quality expert services in the process industries on a global scale
Stefan Kölbl, Chairman of the Board of DEKRA e.V. and DEKRA SE.
Combining DEKRA’s strength in technical analyses with BST’s expertise in organizational performance and human factors enables a unique full service offering to our respective clients
Colin Duncan, Chief Executive Officer BST
Good systems fail when culture and leadership don’t support them
Scott Stricoff
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BST: Ongoing Development of Safety Systems Essential to Reducing Injuries

Safety performance is immediately a function of the processes and systems that control exposure to injury. Most organizations have these in some form, yet workplace injuries continue to cost an estimated $250 billion a year. In its book chapter, “The Safety Disciplines,” global safety consulting firm BST explains why the four disciplines at the heart of workplace safety can be deceptively complex to master—and what leaders can do about it. Ojai, CA – BST is proud to offer for download the chapter “The Safety Disciplines,” from its book The Zero Index. The chapter discusses four

BST PARTNERS WITH CHILEAN SAFETY ASSOCIATION ACHS TO ADVANCE WORKER SAFETY

Global safety consulting firm BST is partnering with the Asociación Chilena de Seguridad (AChS) to help AChS clients transform leadership and culture, reduce injury rates, and improve Chilean workers’ health. AChS, known for its key role in the 2010 rescue of 33 miners at the San José gold-copper mine north of Copiapó, delivers safety and healthcare services to nearly half of all Chile’s employers.Approximately 2.5 million Chilean employees will be working safer as a result of the new partnership between BST and Asociación Chilena de Seguridad (AChS). Safety consulting firm BST is proud to

PAPER: LEADERSHIP SKILLS, SAFETY COMPETENCIES CRITICAL TO SUPERVISOR SUCCESS IN WORKPLACE SAFETY

Frontline supervisors and managers are essential to workplace safety but many companies struggle to involve them in the right way, say experts at global safety firm BST (www.bstsolutions.com). The firm has released a new white paper that describes why frontline leaders are so often underused in safety and offers recommendations for better equipping this level to protect employees. “Supervisors are the closest level of management to the work being done, yet there is little clarity around what safety functions they should be performing, ” says BST president Scott Stricoff. Many

Safety firm BST: Hands-free laws not enough to curb distracted driving among employees

OJAI, CA – Distracted driving is an organizational safety issue that requires the same attention and resources as other workplace safety concerns, according to a white paper released today by global safety firm BST (www.bstsolutions.com). Authored by CEO Colin Duncan, the paper describes why compliance with hands-free laws is insufficient for reducing distraction-related accidents among employees and recommends developing a systemic approach that embeds exposure reduction into the work instead. Driving-related accidents have long been among the leading causes of worker fatalities. Still,

BST Releases White Paper on Safety Analytics

Ojai, CA – BST announced today the release of its latest white paper Three Truths and a Lie about Safety Analytics by BST director of research and development Mike Mangan. The paper offers guidelines for applying today’s data analysis technology to organizational safety improvement. Analytics have gained renewed traction in the safety field both as improvements in injury rates have plateaued and the sophistication of data technology has exploded. “Organizations today have volumes of information to tap into,” said Mangan. “For decision makers, it can be difficult to cut through the jargon

DEKRA Expands in the Consulting Business

DEKRA announces the acquisition of BSTStuttgart, Germany/Ojai, California – The international expert organization DEKRA has acquired the leading global safety consulting firm Behavioral Science Technology, Inc. (BST), headquartered in Ojai, California. With the acquisition, DEKRA strengthens its consulting services, particularly in the processing industry. BST generates an annual turnover of approximately USD 45 million. Acquiring BST, a pioneer in behavior-based safety with broad based expertise in transforming safety performance, DEKRA offers its customers unmatched expertise spanning

Leading Safety Consultancy Issues Guidance on Catastrophic Accident Prevention

Ojai, CA - Organizational failures pave the way for the technical failures that lead to process safety incidents, such as 2010’s Deepwater Horizon and San Bruno gas pipeline, say experts at global safety firm BST (www.bstsolutions.com). The firm has released a white paper describing what it calls a comprehensive process incident prevention approach. The paper also provides recommendations on how to integrate culture and leadership with catastrophic event prevention. BST leaders say the paper seeks to answer the question of why serious events continue to occur despite

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