By Ana Ellington
At this year’s New England area American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development conference, Keith Robinson, corporate safety director at Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., presented a lively session on how behaviors impact safety performance in workplaces—safety culture is key.
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Robinson used the ABC model to explain what exactly influences behaviors. The ABC model involves Activators (antecedents), Behaviors, and Consequences.
An activator is a person, place, thing, or event that comes before a behavior and encourages or triggers a behavior. Activators in the workplace can be signs, written procedures, and training. According to Robinson, strong activators must be specific.
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