About BST
Important Facts
- Founded in 1979 by Dr. Thomas R. Krause, PhD, and Dr. John Hidley, MD.
- Safety solutions implemented at more than 2,000 sites in 49 countries.
- Services available in 17 languages.
- Employs more than 100 people in the US, UK and Europe with affiliates in Poland, Scandinavia, Australia, Singapore, and South Africa.
- Staff includes experts in behavioral science, engineering, statistics, management, organization development, safety, industrial hygiene, quality, and operations.
- Consultants average more than 20 years of experience in their fields of expertise and average approximately seven years of experience in dedicated application of behavior-based culture change and performance improvement.
- BST has worked with a variety of industries, including oil and gas, heavy manufacturing, chemicals, utilities, mining, paper and pulp, transportation, health care, and food and beverage.
- Projects have spanned a wide variety of organizational contexts, including manufacturing, research and development, construction, transportation, and government. In conducting this work, BST has maintained a consistent focus on continuous improvement in achieving results for our clients. To that end, BST has taken unprecedented steps to gather data on results our clients achieve with our methods and to publish those results in peer-reviewed venues (see Safety Science, 32 (1999) 1-18). Through the pioneering approaches we have introduced and the results we have achieved with our clients, BST has become recognized as a leader in helping clients achieve safety excellence.
- Clients that have implemented employee engagement processes have experienced an average 25% reduction in injuries in the first year, up to an average 55% in the fifth year. The top 25% of clients achieve an average 45% improvement in the first year, going up to 72% by the fifth year.
