Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

Training module
 Training Outcomes

Understand the terms: hazard, risk, potential event and actual

event
Understand the principles of hazard and risk identification
Understand how and when to use risk management tools, such
as Job Safety Analysis and Risk Assessment
Describe key steps in the Job Safety Analysis processes
Understand what the hierarchy of controls is and how it is to be
applied

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 What is a hazard and a risk?
HAZARD
Any situation or thing with the potential to cause harm to persons,
property or the environment.

RISK
The likelihood of an impact on people, the environment, plant/property, or a
combination of these.
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 What is a control?

A CONTROL is a strategy, HAZARD

mechanism or approach to Angry Bull
eliminate a hazard or reduce
the level of risk associated
with exposure to the hazard.

CONTROLS for this hazard:

Keyed Lock
Steel Cage
Procedure for handling
Protective Equipment

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 How do we manage hazards and risks?

Through THREE MAJOR processes:

Conducted by a work group (on-the-job) to formally

Job Safety risk assess (and record) hazards identified, prior to
Analysis work commencing

A 'facilitated' formal assessment of risks associated

Risk with a process, project, equipment, etc. Conducted
Assessment by cross-section of persons with appropriate
expertise to ensure all hazards identified, risk
ranked and controls implemented

The Broad Brush approach takes a high level view

Broad Brush of activities and allows for exposure to be factored
Risk Assmnt in to the risk ranking outcomes and covers all tasks
and activities .
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 What is a Job Safety Analysis?
Established process for:
Identifying hazards on the job
Assessing likely harm to people, equipment and the
environment of such hazards
Devising measures to control the risk associated with
hazards
Reviewing job methods and developing safe work
procedures
Provides a consistent approach for all employees and
contractors with respect of on the job risk management

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Would a Job Safety Analysis help here?

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Or here?

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 Key Steps in Job Safety Analysis?

SELECT the job and team to complete analysis

SEPARATE the job into logical steps
IDENTIFY the hazards associated with each step
PRIORITISE as HIGH, MEDIUM or LOW
DEVELOP control solutions for each hazard, using the
hierarchy of controls
RECORD the Job Safety Analysis outcomes and initiate
solutions
REVIEW and update JSA at completion of the job

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 Conducting a Job Safety Analysis When?
A formal Job Safety Analysis should be performed whenever:
A job where previous events have occurred, eg. near misses, injuries or damage
to equipment and/or environment.
A safety critical task is to be completed.
Work is being done for the first time, working in an unfamiliar area.
Jobs have changed, either the process of doing the job or the people and
equipment involved in the job have changed.
New people or those with limited experience are completing the work.
There are a number of tasks being done in close proximity to each other (ie. Job
interaction)
No written job procedures exist for the task.
Where the work requires a Permit/Clearance eg. confined space, working at
heights, etc.
ORWhere you feel that all
HAZARDS may not be CONTROLLED
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 Conducting a Job Safety Analysis How?
Separate the job into logical steps:
Either discuss the job with the team or observe the job by demonstration
Make sure the steps are actions
Dont make the steps too detailed or too brief so that you miss hazards

Identify the hazards:

Identify all foreseeable hazards or potential events for each step, from work
environment and those introduced by the job process
Ask yourself questions, like:
Could any person be struck by something, be caught, strain themselves, slip
and trip, fall from height, be exposed to something dangerous?
Could the environment or any equipment be harmed?
Be thorough and repeat the job steps to ensure all hazards identified
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 Conducting a Job Safety Analysis How?
Develop control solutions for each hazard:
For each hazard, methods should be devised to eliminate or minimise the
hazard (see below) that could lead to harm, by:
Finding a new way to do the job
Changing the physical conditions that create the hazards
Change the job process to eliminate the hazard
Try to reduce the necessity of doing the job, i.e. frequency
MOST
EFFECTIVE ELIMINATE The complete elimination of the hazard.

Replacing the material or process with a less

SUBSTITUTE hazardous one.

Redesign (or re-engineer) the equipment or work

REDESIGN processes.
Hierarchy
of Controls ISOLATE Isolating the hazard by guarding, creating separation or
enclosing it.

ADMINISTRATE Provide control such as training, procedures, etc.

Use properly fitted PPE where other controls not practical;

LEAST
PPE impact minimisation equipment such as spill clean up
EFFECTIVE material or dust suppression measures.

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 Conducting a Task Analysis How?
Record the Task Analysis outcomes and initiate solutions:
Complete all details on the Task Analysis form
Should there be any hazards remaining outside of the Tolerable range, your
Supervisor will need to review the Task Analysis AND approve the work to
proceed.
S DESCRIBE HAZARDS/POTENTIAL RISK CONTROL OR ACTION
Keep the Task T TASK STEP INCIDENTS
Analysis handy to E
P
review as the job Nu List logical task steps What type of injuries/incidents can happen at each Describe how hazards can be managed or removed.

progresses so that it mb
er
(dont get too detailed) step? Consider the energy sources to be controlled. .Consider Hierarchy of Controls (see below)

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may be updated. ps

Give ALL new persons

on the job the Task
Analysis to be sure
they understand the
job hazards!

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 Conducting a Job Safety Analysis How?

Review and update Job Safety Analysis at completion of job:

Look at the Job Safety Analysis detail completed before the work
commenced and go through each of the steps to make sure you
capture all of the hazards you found

Update the Job Safety Analysis document so that it may be used

next time this work is to be done

Give the completed Task Analysis to your Supervisor or Safety

Professional for recording and retention.

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