Job Hazard Analysis

Establishing JHA Priorities

Establishing priorities are based on the
following criteria:
 High frequency of accidents or near-
misses
 History of serious accidents or fatalities

 Potential for serious harm

 New jobs

 Changes in procedures and standards

Note: even the most routine jobs can
include unrecognized hazards. By
performing a thorough JHA you may
be able to discover a safer or
healthier way of performing the job.
Selecting a JHA Team
An effective JHA team usually include:
 The supervisor
 The employee most familiar with how the
job is done and its related hazards
 Other employees who perform the job
 Experts or specialist when necessary,
such as maintenance personnel,
occupational hygienist, ergonomists, or
design engineers.
3 Stages in JHA
List the basic steps necessary to perform
the job from start to finish
 Identify every existing or potential
hazards associated with each job step
 Develop recommendations for ways to
eliminate, or control each hazard.
Note: it is best to complete JHA forms one
column at a time.
Job Steps Identification
 Watch carefully as an operator performs
the entire job at least once.
 Note the steps on the JHA form using
simple action phrases that are short and
to the point.
 Job steps should be numbered to indicate
the order in which they are performed
Practice Exercise
Identifying Basic Job steps
Job Description: As you leave
for work today, you discover
that your car has a flat tire.
The car is parked on level
ground, and the parking brake
is already set. The bumper
jack and the spare tire are
both in good condition and
stored in the car’s trunk.
Job Steps:
1. Remove a jack, spare tire,
and the lug wrench from the
trunk.
2. Loosen lug nuts
3. Raise jack
4. Remove flat tire
5. Install spare tire
6. Lower jack
7. Tighten lug nuts
8. Place flat tire, jack and lug
wrench in trunk.
Factors to Consider in Job
Step Identification
1. The physical actions required for
that specific step
2. The materials used
3. The equipment used
4. The conditions under which the
step is normally performed.
Recommending Corrective
Measures
 Recommendations should be developed
at the job site whenever possible
 Recommendations should be developed
in sequence, beginning with the first
hazard.
 Recommendations must be specific
 As many solutions as possible should be
listed.
Recommending Corrective
Measures
The same four factors used to identify
hazards can be used to develop an
effective recommendations for corrective
measures:
1. The physical actions required for that
specific step
2. The materials used

3. The equipment used

4. The conditions under which the step is

normally performed
Name of Job: Grinding Iron Castings

Steps/Procedure:
1. Reach into metal box to right of machine, grasp
casting and carry to wheel
2. Push casting against wheel to grind off burr
3. Place finished casting in box to left of machine

Analyzed By: Date:

 Sample Job Hazard Analysis

Job Title: Machinist Job Location: Metal Shop Analyst: Joel Go Date:

Tasks # 1: Reach Tasks Description: Worker reaches into metal box to the
into metal box to right right of the machine, grasps a 15 lbs casting and carries it to
of machine, grasp grinding wheel.
casting and carry to
wheel

Hazard Type: Hazard Description: Picking up a casting, the worker could

Physical Hazard drop in onto his foot.
Consequences: Hazard Controls:
The casting’s
1) remove the casting from the box and place them on a
weight and height
table next to the grinder
could seriously
injure the worker’s 2) Wear steel-toe shoes with arch protection
foot or toes.
3) change protective gloves that allow a better grip
4) Use device to pick up castings
Rational or Comment:
 Sample Job Hazard Analysis

Job Title: Machinist Job Location: Metal Shop Analyst: Joel Go Date:

Tasks # 2: Push Tasks Description: Worker grinds 20-30 castings per hour
casting against will to
grind off burr
Hazard Type: Hazard Description: Castings have sharp burrs and edges
Physical & Health that can cause severe lacerations, while contaminant from
Hazard casting can enter the body during lacerations.

Consequences: Hazard Controls:

Because of burrs
1) use a device such as clamp to pick up castings
on the castings,
there is a 2) Wear cut-resistant gloves that allow a good grip and fit
possibility of hand tightly to minimize the chance they will get caught in
being cut and lead grinding wheel
to tetanus

Rational or Comment:
 Sample Job Hazard Analysis

Job Title: Machinist Job Location: Metal Shop Analyst: Joel Go Date:

Tasks # 2: Place Tasks Description: Placement of finished casting inside the

finished casting in box after grinding requires twisting, lifting, and reaching
box to left of machine

Hazard Type: Hazard Description: Reaching, twisting, and lifting 15-lb

health hazard castings from floor could result to a muscle strain to the lower
back
Consequences: Hazard Controls:
Because of
1) move castings from the ground and place them closer
reaching, twisting,
to the work zone to minimize lifting. Ideally, place them
and lifting, serious
at waist height or on an adjustable platform pallet
back injury could
occur 2) train workers not to twist while lifting and reconfigure
work stations to minimize twisting during lifts.

Rational or Comment:
Using the Job Hazard Analysis
Form, think of any task/s/job
that could involve any form of
hazard/s, then complete the
Job Hazard Analysis Form
being provided to each group.
Remember the engineering,
administrative control
measures, then the use of PPE.
Name of Task:
Steps/Procedure:

Analyst: Date:
 Job Hazard Analysis Form

Job Title: Job Location: Analyst: Date:

Tasks #: Tasks Description:

Hazard Type: Hazard Description:

Consequences: Hazard Controls:

Rational or Comment:
Summary
 Job Hazard Analysis is one of the most
effective tools available to help
supervisors protect the health and safety
of their employees
 To perform an accurate and completed
JHA, you need to:
 Select the job to be analyzed; and
 Assemble a team of knowledgeable and
experienced personnel to conduct the JHA
Summary
 Then, the team as a whole needs to:
 Observe the job as it is performed to break it
down into basic steps
 Analyze each step to determine what, if any,
hazards could possibly occur, and
 Develop recommendations for eliminating or
controlling the hazards associated with each
step.;
Thank you for your attention!