Workplace Safety + Applied Psychology
Specialized programs for Spanish-speaking teams in the United States.
Core Principle
«Aptitude lets us know how to work safely. Attitude determines the commitment to do i
We integrate Occupational Health and Safety engineering with applied psychology in experiential, hands-on and playful experiences that change unsafe habits and promote a safety culture.
Aptitude vs. Attitude
Traditional training, certifications and knowledge of the rules.
Result: Safe behaviors sustained over time.
Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) is a preventive approach that seeks to reduce workplace accidents by acting on the attitudes, beliefs, habits and risk perception that influence human behavior.
We analyze the behaviors, beliefs, habits and attitudes that influence workplace safety, taking into account the language, idiosyncrasy and cultural differences of Spanish-speaking teams.
We observe real work to understand how risk perception, experiences and cultural factors influence workers' decisions and behaviors.
We develop awareness sessions, experiential workshops and hands-on, playful activities, in Spanish, to transform attitudes and reinforce safe habits.
We assess progress and reinforce safe behaviors through follow-up, participation and positive feedback, to sustain a culture of prevention.
Listening to a training session is not enough. It has to be understood.
Beliefs and customs influence how we act in the face of risk.
The fact that no accident has ever happened does not mean a behavior is safe.
More than 80% of workplace accidents are caused by the human factor.(*)
Companies use most of their financial resources on workers' technical training (aptitude), leaving habits, attitudes and behaviors in the background (attitude).
True prevention requires developing aptitudes and transforming attitudes.
24%
of U.S. workplace fatalities in 2024 were Hispanic or Latino workers (1,229 of 5,070).
42%
of Florida workplace fatalities in 2024 were Hispanic or Latino workers.
4.3 vs. 3.3
fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers: Hispanic or Latino workers versus all U.S. workers.
Safety is not learned just by listening, but by living the experience.
Games, group challenges and simulations that let people experience risk situations, make decisions and reflect on their consequences.
Videos, real cases and everyday situations that create emotional impact, encourage reflection and strengthen risk perception.
Participatory experiences designed to question deep-rooted beliefs, change unsafe habits and strengthen individual and collective commitment to prevention.
We identify the organization's needs, risk behaviors and the language and cultural particularities of Spanish-speaking teams.
We run workshops, dynamics and hands-on, playful activities in Spanish, adapted to each team's idiosyncrasy and work reality.
Signing of a collective self-care pledge and alignment with middle management.
Behavior audits at 30 and 90 days with delivery of a management report.
Each pillar is developed through four topics. All are available as live workshops, and several also include an interactive preview.
Recognizing the risk
Recognize, interpret and assess hazards in the environment, and challenge the false sense of safety.
Impact: Eliminates 'routine blindness' in highly experienced workers.
Why habit dulls attention and how to regain an attentive eye on everyday tasks.
Impact: Replaces «We've always done it this way» with «Now we do it safely».
Request informationMutual care and shared responsibility: the "I look out for myself and for you" culture and peer intervention.
Impact: Encourages peer intervention when an unsafe action is seen.
Active listening and clear delivery of alerts and instructions, without language barriers or fear of reporting.
Impact: Increases timely near-miss reporting by 300%.
Choosing well under pressure
How rush, stress and production pressure influence what we decide, and how to practice pausing before acting.
Impact: Drastically reduces unsafe shortcuts in high-demand moments.
The mental shortcuts that lead to thinking "it won't happen to me" and the tools to recognize them in time.
Impact: Lowers risky behavior driven by overconfidence.
Request informationConnecting care to what matters most to each person, so that following the rules is a conviction and not only an obligation.
Impact: Builds lasting self-motivation that persists even when the supervisor isn't watching.
Request informationThe everyday example of leaders and shared responsibility at every level, aligning decisions and priorities.
Impact: Creates consistency between management's message and operational reality.
Carrying out the maneuver well
How hurry and tiredness slow reflexes and affect body control, and how to prevent it.
Impact: Reduces strikes, trips and execution errors caused by tiredness.
Postures, efforts and techniques to move and lift loads without injury.
Impact: Prevents musculoskeletal injuries and dropped loads.
Request informationHow to move without running, without tripping and with safe support on stairs, uneven surfaces and heights.
Impact: Reduces falls and trips.
Request informationHow to move where vehicles and machinery also operate: follow the routes, do not cross running and do not walk distracted.
Impact: Reduces pedestrian strikes and vehicle-related hits on site.
Request informationDownload the practical guide with the steps to implement it, the 3 pillars of safe behavior and a critical behavior observation checklist.
We design tailored programs based on the size of your Hispanic workforce, industry and risk level.
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