Articles by James E. Leemann Ph.D.

One of the great challenges involving near-miss reporting centers on defining what a near-miss really is in the context of the workplace.

This month I provide the final three steps in the PuMP process.1

Last month I covered the first two steps in Stacey Barr’s Performance Measurement Process, which she refers to as the PuMP process.1

Regulations have been the primary driving force for tabulating safety errors. But can decisions be made from the error data being tabulated?

In the safety and health occupations we have been obsessed with tabulating negatives

Dr. Todd Conklin provides insight into how to systemically eliminate failure through human performance in Pre-Accident Investigation

Last month I wrote about the successful experience that GE is having with their Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) approach to safety.

The origins of behavior-based safety (BBS) are attributed to a number of different individuals in the fields of behavior analysis, organizational behavior, psychology, safety, and so on.

All of us, including myself, have been involved in safety change efforts during our careers and have experienced varying degrees of success and failures.