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4. Determine controls for each hazard 5. Discuss the completed JSA with workers
Each hazard that you identified in the Once you have completed the first four steps
previous step needs a control. The control for every job that you identified in step one,
explains how you will eliminate the hazard or you will have well-developed JSAs. Now, it’s
how you will significantly reduce the risk of time to share them with your workers. The
injury or illness. JSAs won’t be effective if the workers don’t
Below are some ways to control hazards. know about them or don’t understand them.
Before starting work, review the relevant
JSAs with your crew and make sure everyone
• Modify the process or knows how they are supposed to do the job. If
choose a safer process. you’re dealing with a job or task that will last
Eliminate
• Improve the work more than one day, it’s a good idea to review
the
environment (e.g., the relevant JSAs each morning before work
Hazard
ventilation). starts.
• Modify or change
equipment or tools. Updating JSAs
• Install barriers, such as We know how often work plans change. When
guardrails or machine things change, the supervisor or foreperson
Contain guards. must update the relevant JSAs to reflect any new
the • Enclose the hazard so hazard that results from the change. Then, the
Hazard workers aren’t exposed to supervisor or foreperson must review the revised
it. JSAs with all workers.
• Install a booth for workers.
Keep in mind that if workers perform the same
• Modify the part of job in two different locations, you will probably
the procedure that is need two JSAs because the surrounding
hazardous. environment is different.
Revise the
• Change the sequence of
Work
steps.
Procedure
• Add additional steps
(such as locking out
energy sources).
• Reduce the number
of times workers will
encounter the hazard.
• Reduce the number of
Reduce workers exposed to the
the hazard.
Exposure • Use personal protective
equipment.
• Rotate jobs to reduce
the time each worker is
exposed to the hazard.

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