The Hoboken Division Safety Bulldog Safety Officer J. Picca: e-mail address: safety@blet171.org

Does your company blame the employee when he/she gets injured on the job? Well, your company is not alone in this practice as "behavior-based safety" programs can claim that 80 to 96 percent of all employee on the job injuries and illnesses are caused by the worker's own unsafe acts. Read about this absurd blame game and the "research" and motivation behind the movement to shift blame from the company to the employee in the following articles:

DANGER ON THE JOB: The political economy of worker safety
"Behavior Based" Safety Programs - What were they thinking?
It's the Hazards, Stupid Brought to you by hazards.org
The United Steelworkers of America's perspective on behavioral safety
Safety incentive and discipline policies: A fact sheet from the AFL/CIO
Behavior Based Safety slideshow from:Carol Duerden
(WHAT) Workers Health Advice Team ~ Bradford
I'd like to thank the webmaster of BLE&T Division 333 for compiling these articles.

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