Chapter 1 Safety Management Systems and Conditions
Chapter 2 Safety Leadership
Chapter 3 People Factors for Safety
Chapter 4 Safety Behaviors
Chapter 5 Safety Communication
Dr. Josh Williams is a Senior Project Manager with Safety Performance Solutions (SPS) in Blacksburg, Virginia. He has published articles in numerous professional and academic journals, and he is the co-editor of Keys to Behavior-Based Safety (2001).
Finally, in one easily read book, the tools for developing an
effective organizational safety culture are explained and detailed
with real world experience. This book is the guide you have been
waiting for if you are starting the search for answers on
influencing your company's safety culture, or if you need to
evaluate your personal approach toward safety. Dr. Williams has
successfully compiled the pertinent research—dealing with both the
people and the programmatic sides of the equation—and delivers an
excellent resource to anyone looking to positively impact their
safety culture.
*Pete Flatten, CSP, M.S., M.Ed., Health, Safety, and Environmental
Manager, Ensign*
Excellent book, this will help organizations to educate employees,
get engagement at all levels, and help companies to evolve to
improve processes, skills, and competencies. Outstanding blend of
theory, principles, basics, and the practical; particularly like
the research facts, recommendations, and ideas for improving the
current organizational thinking and practices. The total safety
culture must include every employee and this book deals with
executive through craft behaviors.
*Wm J. Duke Luksis, Safety & Health Services, Bechtel
Environmental*
In Keeping People Safe, Dr. Josh Williams provides us with insights
from his experience of 15 years working to improve employee safety.
He asks what leaders can do to impact employee motivation,
attitudes, and, most importantly, the behaviors that put them at
risk by extending the discussion of People-Based Safety (PBS)
emphasized by E. Scott Geller. Dr. Williams translates the
extensive research behind PBS into straightforward examples of
principles shown to impact organizational safety culture (and mixes
in humor while he's at it). The level of detail and tested advice
in this book will make it THE desktop companion for any safety
professional.
*Timothy D. Ludwig, Ph.D., Appalachian State University, Cambridge
Center for Behavioral Studies, Commission on Behavioral Safety
Accreditation*
Many safety articles and books rely on "common sense" rather than
empirical research. Dr. Williams fuses his personal experiences in
implementing behavior-based safety and people-based safety with
scientifically validated concepts. In Keeping People Safe, Dr.
Williams addresses the importance of organization safety culture as
well as the leadership, communication, and people-based factors and
skills necessary to improve your organization's safety culture. The
concepts in this book are supported with real-world examples and
will be useful for safety professionals, managers, supervisors,
safety committee members, employees and union workers.
*Jeffrey S. Hickman, Ph.D., Group Leader, Behavioral Analysis and
Applications, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute*
A must read for anyone interested in positively impacting their
organization's safety culture. After watching Josh in action
implementing a BBS program I was very interested to read his latest
book; it lived up to expectations and then some. His research is
thorough and he builds a vision that takes safety from an
administrative burden to a business-strengthening cultural driver.
It will be a reference for me going forward.
*Bruce Barber, Training Coordinator of Americas Business Corridor,
Albany International Corp*
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