The pre-task stop-and-look checks are an example of which safety approach?

• A. Behavior-based safety
• B. Risk-based management
• C. Process safety
• D. Safety compliance

Answer: (A)

Stop-and-look pre-task checks target how people act in the moment. This approach treats safe performance as something that can be observed, coached, and reinforced through feedback, encouraging workers to pause, assess hazards, and discuss safe methods before starting work. That focus on observing behaviors, guiding choices, and reinforcing safe actions is the essence of behavior-based safety.

The other ideas differ in scope: risk-based management centers on evaluating and prioritizing risks rather than shaping individual actions; process safety targets large-scale system failures and engineering controls; safety compliance is about following rules, which doesn’t by itself change everyday behavior on the job.