# BST

> BST, short for Behavioral Science Technology, is the California workplace-safety consultancy founded in 1979 by Thomas Krause and John Hidley. Acquired by DEKRA in 2012 and incorporated into the DEKRA Insight brand in 2015, its legacy includes the Behavioral Accident Prevention Process (BAPP), leadership development and organizational safety diagnostics. This profile concerns the Oxnard safety business, not Germany’s BST GmbH machinery company.

- **Founded:** 1979
- **Headquarters:** Oxnard, United States
- **Founders:** Thomas R. Krause (Co-founder; former chairman), John Hidley (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Behavioral Accident Prevention Process (BAPP), SafeAlign, Organizational Culture Diagnostic Instrument (OCDI), Adaptive BBS, Safety in Action
- **Notable:** Founded in 1979 and became a specialist in behavior-based workplace safety., DEKRA reported approximately 200 BST specialists and US$45 million annual turnover at the 2012 acquisition., BST representatives presented prepared testimony to a U.S. Senate workplace-safety hearing in 2008.

## Products & services

- **Behavioral Accident Prevention Process (BAPP)** — BST-developed employee-driven safety method combining critical-behavior definitions, observation data, feedback, barrier removal and implementation support; currently offered by DEKRA.
- **SafeAlign** — DEKRA leadership development through assessment, workshops, field coaching and activity tracking for supervisors and managers.
- **Organizational Culture Diagnostic Instrument (OCDI)** — DEKRA culture diagnostic with 20 core questions examining nine factors, supported by benchmarking, interviews and focus groups.
- **Adaptive BBS** — Current DEKRA cloud software for managing behavior-based safety observations, reports and insights; supports multiple BBS methodologies.
- **Safety in Action** — Safety conference originating in BST’s practice; current DEKRA event covers leadership, human performance, process safety and operational risk.
- **Capability transfer and implementation coaching** — Current DEKRA service trains and mentors internal champions so improvement can continue after consultants leave.

## Achievements

- Founded in 1979 and became a specialist in behavior-based workplace safety.
- DEKRA reported approximately 200 BST specialists and US$45 million annual turnover at the 2012 acquisition.
- BST representatives presented prepared testimony to a U.S. Senate workplace-safety hearing in 2008.
- DEKRA’s 2018 white paper summarizes an analysis of 88 sites and 1.3 million observations reporting incident reductions of 25%, 35% and 45% in years one through three; it explicitly cautions that definitive causality is difficult to establish.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — DEKRA published a May 20 recap of Safety in Action 2026, covering its Leadership Summit, leading indicators, human performance and Safety Icon Awards. This is a successor-practice update, not a standalone BST announcement.
- **2025-12** — DEKRA opened registration for the May 5-7, 2026 Safety in Action conference, with sessions on leadership, human performance, process safety, AI oversight and lithium-ion battery risks.

## Links

- Website: https://www.dekra.us/en/consulting/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bst
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/DEKRAInsight
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQrPo-iEBRQweweL-Z76Mwg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DEKRAInsight

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Last updated: 2026-10-25