Behavior Based Safety

Behavior-Based Safety (B-BS) certification is an innovative service in the field of health and safety at workplaces, which guarantees:

• compliance of the B-BS process applied by an organisation to the document “B-BS Process Requirements”
• effectiveness of the process in terms of measurable results (reduction of injuries, occupational diseases, and environmental disasters).

The measurement of behaviours and injury rates enables an objective and unambiguous demonstration of the improvements introduced by the company.

Regulatory Focus

Approved by CCBS (Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies - Massachusetts) and AARBA (Association for the Advancement of Radical Behavior Analysis - Italy), the B-BS process develops and maintains in all workers certain safety-related behaviours and values, by directly acting on the behaviour of individuals. The process ensures an objective reduction in injury rates through the strict application of Behavior Analysis principles and paradigms.
The B-BS process is perfectly integrated with the most common safety standards such as ISO 45001, complementing the latter with additional safety-related behaviours.

Certification Procedure

• Service contract between the organisation and RIN
• forwarding of documents (Certification Kit) by the organisation
• documentary review, followed by on-site visits (the observation period must be at least 3 months in duration)
• issue of the B-BS Applicant Status certificate in the first year of observation and the B-BS compliance certificate if at least 12 months have elapsed since the beginning of the observation
• period, following the positive results of two different types of certification.

From the earliest stages (document analysis and preliminary assessment), our team issues instructions for adapting the process under review (if necessary) to help you reach compliance with the required parameters before obtaining the final certification.

Why RINA?

RINA is the first company to issue the B-BS scheme certification, and a long-running active collaborator with AARBA, the B-BS scientific body, in drafting the Standard.
We are currently the only company able to certify not only formal compliance, but also the substantive process compliance in terms of:

• effective supervision,
• effectiveness demonstrable on a parametric scale, both in terms of behaviours affected and measurable results obtained
• active participation of workers, as required by Italian Legislative Decree No. 81.

Q&A

What is the B-BS Applicant status?
It is a document that can be displayed and used as a regular certificate; it is issued in the first year of observations and demonstrates the adoption and implementation of the B-BS process, even before it has been proven effective. Each is valid for one year and cannot be renewed.

How is the B-BS certification seen by trade unions?
In all the accomplishments achieved over the last 10 years in Italy, the unions have actively participated alongside management and workers, contributing to the implementation and certification.