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Job Hazard Analysis

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Session Objectives

Identify the purpose of JHA

Recognize the benefits of JHA

Understand the JHA process

Analyze jobs effectively to detect and correct hazards

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Prequiz:Test Your Knowledge

a. An in-depth JHA regulation

a. Break down the job

1. OSHA has developed:

True

3. The first step in JHA is to:

b. Guidelines for JHA

b. Identify the hazards

2. JHA helps to reduce workplace absences.

c. Nothing related to JHA

c. Determine safe procedures

True or False?

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• No specific JHA standard

• OSHA provides JHA guidelines

• OSHA inspectors may review hazard assessment program

• JHA is also called job safety analysis (JSA)

Regulatory Guidance• No specific JHA

standard

• OSHA provides JHA guidelines

• OSHA inspectors may review hazard assessment program

• JHA is also called job safety analysis (JSA)

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What Is JHA?

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• Method of identifying hazards

• Means of breaking the job down into steps

• System for easily understanding hazards

• Method of identifying hazards

• Means of breaking the job down into steps

• System for easily understanding hazards

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Why Perform JHA?• Identify existing

hazards

• Identify potential hazards

• Prioritize corrective actions

• Reduce or eliminate hazards

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What Are the Benefits of JHA?• Improves safety

performance

• Reduces absences

• Increases productivity

• Improves morale

• Assists in OSHA compliance

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How Are Jobs Selected for JHA?

• High accident, injury, or illness rates

• Frequent near misses

• Procedures, processes, or equipment changes

• All other jobs

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Who Is Involved In JHA?• Safety personnel

• Department managers and supervisors

• Employees who perform the jobs

• Design engineers

• Maintenance personnel

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How Are Hazards Identified?• General inspections

• Special inspections

• Walkaround inspections

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What Are OSHA’s Inspections Guidelines?

• List departments and operations involved

• List operational activities

• Assign inspection dates and duties

• Determine sequence of activities and route

• Identify follow-up responsibilities

• List departments and operations involved

• List operational activities

• Assign inspection dates and duties

• Determine sequence of activities and route

• Identify follow-up responsibilities

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What’s the Function of Area Hazard Checklists?• Equipment

• Procedures

• Personnel

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Which Elements of a Job Are Analyzed?• Start-up

• Operation

• Shutdown

• Maintenance

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JHA Explained: True or False?

JHA looks at the workplace as a whole.

We perform JHA because OSHA’s JHA standard requires it.

Routine safety inspections provide valuable information for JHA.

Only safety personnel are involved in JHA.

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JHA ExplainedDo you understand:

• What JHA means?

• Purpose of JHA?

• Benefits of JHA?

• How jobs are selected and who participates in JHA?

• Inspections to identify hazards?

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Break down the job

Identify the hazards

Evaluate the hazards

Determine safe procedures and protective measures

Revise the JHA

Steps in JHA

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Break Down the Job• List each task in order of

occurrence

• Describe each action

• Consider the conditions

• Think about safety issues

STEP 1

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• Impact

• Penetration

• Being caught betweenpinch points

• Harmful airborne contaminants

• Repetitive motions and awkward postures

STEP 2

Identify the Hazards

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• Heat/cold

• Compression

• Optical radiation

• Chemical exposures

• Ionizing radiation

• Slippery surfaces

STEP 2

Identify the Hazards (cont.)

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Evaluate the Hazards

• Is this a safety or health hazard?

• Could the hazard cause an injury or illness?

• How serious is the risk?

• Is this hazard always present?

STEP 3

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Evaluate the Hazards (cont.)

• Are engineering and administrative controls effective?

• Is the right PPE being used?

• Is safety training creating sufficient awareness?

• Are protective measures adequate?

STEP 3

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Determine Safe Procedures and Protections

Determine Safe Procedures and Protections

STEP 4

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• Perform job differently

• Reconfigure work area/ workstations

• Substitute less hazardous materials

• Change from manual to mechanical

• Insulating or cleaning

• Perform job differently

• Reconfigure work area/ workstations

• Substitute less hazardous materials

• Change from manual to mechanical

• Insulating or cleaning

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Determine Safe Procedures and Protections (cont.)

• Add, improve, change safety training

• Change tools or equipment

• Change or add PPE

• Perform certain tasks less often

STEP 4

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Revise the JHA:• When an accident,

injury, or work-related illness occurs

• After a near miss

• When the job changes

• Following an employee safety complaint

• When equipment is damaged

• Per scheduled review

STEP 5

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Control Method Hierarchy

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Revise the JHA

Identify hazards

Determine safe procedures and protective measures

Break down the job

Put the steps in their proper order:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5. Evaluate the hazards

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JHA StepsDo you understand:

• How to break down a job for JHA?

• How to identify hazards?

• How to evaluate hazards?

• How to determine safe procedures and protections?

• When a JHA should be revised?

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Key Points to Remember

JHA is an essential part of any effective safety program

You should be familiar with JHA

Your participation in JHA is important