Job Hazard Analysis: A guide for voluntary compliance and beyond

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Job Hazard Analysis

May 27, 2011 · 4 comments

Job Hazard Analysis

We have been collaborating as a team on new ideas and concepts that include the use of Job Hazard Analysis by incorporating Human Performance and general improvement of safety and health into to safety systems and safety culture development.

For further details review our following book: James Roughton and Nathan Crutchfield are the co-authors of “Job Hazard Analysis, A Guide for Voluntary Compliance and Beyond”, Butterworth Heinemann, 2008. We encourage you to participate in our Job Hazard Analysis discussion by leaving comments and/or feedback on our site.

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January 9, 2012 · 0 comments

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This article parallels a discussion a number of us have had regards safety management. It was in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 8, 2012. The questions is how to continue maintaining a safety process in the midst of global changes about how corporations must operate in the era of the iPad, Twitter, and the expectations of the new workforce - Pujan Roka on management and technology...
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Effective Planning Is About What to Leave Out

December 21, 2011 · 0 comments

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Today my staff and I are taking the entire day to create a strategic plan for the coming year. The process, and its ongoing nature, is something I call Commitment Planning.
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The Official ASTD Blog | Game Over for Dull Training

December 15, 2011 Job Safety Analysis

Via Scoop.it – Job Hazard Analysis – Improving the workplaceGaming is a major industry. How can we increase its use in safety training?Via www1.astd.org

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ASSE Virtual Classroom Resources | Resources…

December 13, 2011 Job Safety Analysis

Via Scoop.it – Job Hazard Analysis – Improving the workplace ASSE’s Vitural Classroom offering free podcasts from its live webinars that may be of interest. Via assevirtualclassroom.org

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Job Hazard Analysis – Making a List, Checking It Twice

December 7, 2011 Leadership

At this time of the year, we are all making lists to keep track of day-to-day purchases, activities and holiday demands. Many of us are carrying smartphones and various PDAs on which we can place notes, retrieve information, etc. These aid us in keeping abreast of things. However, at this time of the year, we [...]

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Job Hazard Analysis – Unsafe Acts versus Human Error

November 16, 2011 Job Safety Analysis

In our review of human performance improvement concepts, we identified areas we believe are issues or conflicts that develop when the term “unsafe acts” is used as part of a safety program and in the investigation of accidents or loss producing incidents. It may be only a matter of semantics, but the use of the [...]

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Sidney Dekker on Just Culture

November 12, 2011 Job Safety Analysis

Via Scoop.it – Economics for Safety Human Factors and System Safety, Leading Opinion from Professor Sidney Dekker. Explains Just Culture; why you need it, what it is, and how you get it.Via www.youtube.com

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What should tomorrow’s safety pro be studying today? | 2011-11-09 | ISHN

November 12, 2011 Job Safety Analysis

Via Scoop.it – Economics for Safety The job that safety professional will be doing in 2020 probably doesn’t even exist today. The field of safety has systematically drifted away from policing and enforcement in interesting, exiting and creative ways.Via www.ishn.com

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Job Hazard Analysis Getting to Increased Involvement

October 30, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis

Image by MagIcReBirth via Flickr Always on the scan for new concepts that can be useful towards the successful implementation of a job hazard analysis process, an interesting article was be found in “Ideas & Discoveries” magazine, December 2011 . You may have a very good JHA process designed and ready to roll out. On [...]

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Job Hazard Analysis: Where’d it come from?

October 13, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis

A machinist at the Tabor Company, a firm where...

Image via Wikipedia The term “Job Hazard Analysis” is one of many terms used to define the process of breaking a job or task into its various components, determining the hazards within each step of the job or task and then establishing the methods needed to control the hazards. In the March 2011 issue of [...]

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Heinrich – Dislodging Two Myths By Fred Manuele

October 9, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis

Most safety professionals, in all probability, have all been trained or educated using the concepts espoused by H.W. Heinrich. In the 1930’s, he was a pioneer in the development of safety as a profession and his efforts did much to put forth a framework for safety programs. His concepts are used to this day and [...]

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Defining World Class – A Response, Part 2

October 2, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis

Image by Adarsh Upadhyay via Flickr In this session, William Montante, our guest blogger, continues his discussion on Becoming a World Class. “We want to be World Class” Initial, the current level of World Class maturity must be assessed and where your organization stands on a continuum that ranges between “Just beginning and uncertain” and [...]

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Defining World Class – A Response Part 1

September 25, 2011 Job Safety Analysis

Image by johncatral via Flickr Introducing World Class In development of a job hazard analysis process, part of the initial assessment is the determination the nature of the organizational environment. Where on a continuum that ranges from “minimal interest in improvement” to “fully engaged in improvement” does the organization lie? Does the current culture of [...]

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Job Hazard Analysis: HSME PPE Article Flow Chart

September 7, 2011 General Safety

We were privileged to have an article published in the August edition of Health & Safety Middle East Magazine for August 2011, Issue 16. In the article, we addressed the development of a personal protective equipment process that incorporates concepts from job hazard analysis, human performance improvement, risk and hazard assessment, and use of the [...]

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Job Hazard Analysis – Breaking the Blame Cycle

August 15, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis

An interesting story has made the rounds about how we get locked in on methods and techniques that give the appearance of effectiveness but are actually masking negative issues and problems. (For video of this blog like to SafetyCulturePlus). These could be how job hazard analysis is structured, how we determine if an incident is [...]

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Safety Audit and verify on the iPad or iPhone

August 9, 2011 Job Safety Analysis

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Image via CrunchBase We can now have many core safety program elements fully mobile with our forms and reference materials always at hand. Not only at hand but easily communicated to key personnel. As smart phones, tablets and other devices continue to evolve and new apps are developed that can improve our efficiency, the safety [...]

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The following are a Collection of Videos from YouTube

August 8, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis

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Fact or Fiction – “Approximately 90% of all occupational injuries and illnesses are caused by unsafe acts”? Need peer-reviewed empirical evidence. Valid or No?

July 29, 2011 General Safety

Image via Wikipedia A discussion with Dr. Mike Waite and James Roughton at LinkedIn: Fact or Fiction? Can anyone provide any peer-reviewed empirical evidence that statistically supports the universally used “approximately 90% of all occupational injuries and illnesses are caused by unsafe acts”? This statement is commonly quoted in blogs, presentations, manuals, textbooks and journals [...]

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Job Hazard Analysis – New QR Bar Code

July 20, 2011 Human Performance

We’ve made it easy to use your mobile to order books. Use the QR Bar Code on the right to go to Amazon on your smart phone!

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Job Hazard Analysis HPI Individual Tools – At-risk Practices to Avoid Part 1

July 13, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis

This session continues our review of resources and methods that offer the potential for improving the effectiveness of the Job Hazard Analysis. We have discussed how risk should be assessed and how the JHA can benefit OHSM Systems as defined by ANSI Z-10-2005 and similar standards. Human Performance Improvement In a previous session, we reviewed [...]

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Job Hazard Analysis – HPI Tools for Individuals

June 22, 2011 Human Performance

In yesterday’s post, a brief overview was provided of the HPI tools suggested for use by individuals. Below is a flow chart that places the various tools in a sequence showing where in the process they might be used. This is by no means set in concrete and represents one view of how they might [...]

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Job hazard Analysis – Tools to consider from HPI

June 21, 2011 Human Performance

Over the past several months, we have been going through the US Department of Energy’s Human Performance Improvement Handbooks, Volumes 1 and 2. These handbooks have a wealth of information for the safety professional and provide an array of ideals, concepts and tools that provide ways of improving the safety process in organizations. In this [...]

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Benefits of the Job Hazard Analysis and Human Performance

June 3, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis

Human Error versus Equipment Failure Traditionally, many professionals have used an 80%/20% split between human error and physical equipment failure. The current Human Performance studies that we have reviewed show that we need to further drill down into this 80/20 split and not stop at the 80% as being only direct human error. Based on [...]

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Accident Prevention with Safety Signs

June 2, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis

The following article is by our guest blogger, Matt Hornsby. Safety signs fall into the Administrative area of the Hierarchy of Controls. They are part of the direct and immediate communication of hazards to those in close contact to the exposures. After Avoidance, Substitution, Engineering controls are implemented; we must look into administration of controls [...]

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Honor Our Brave Soldiers

May 30, 2011 Job Safety Analysis

Remember to honor the brave soldiers who have died for our country. Here are related sites to honor and remember Memorial Day. Source: The Kim Komanodo Show.

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