Job Hazard Analysis

Job Hazard Analysis Getting to Increased Involvement

October 30, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis
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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
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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
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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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Job Hazard Analysis: HSME PPE Article Flow Chart

September 7, 2011 General Safety
Job Hazard Analysis PPE Selection FlowChart

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
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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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August 8, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis
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Job Hazard Analysis – New QR Bar Code

July 20, 2011 Human Performance

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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 ImprovementIn a previous session, we reviewed the Human [...]

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Job Hazard Analysis – HPI Tools for Individuals

June 22, 2011 Human Performance
Human Performance Flow Diagram of Individual Tool Use

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
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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
Benefits of the Job Hazard Analysis and Human Performance

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 …

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Accident Prevention with Safety Signs

June 2, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis
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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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A Brief Update

May 27, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis
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Image via Wikipedia Due to travel for personal and business reasons, several  weekly post have been delayed.  The schedule should be back on par in the coming week with new content for Job Hazard Analysis as well as insights on its use in improving the Safety Culture within an …

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Job Hazard Analysis – Developing a Combined Approach

May 13, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis
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This post is a brief overview of areas that should be considered when developing a job hazard analysis process within your organization.    In our book, a general process is developed using employee participation, hazard recognition, behavior and risk analysis.   At this site, a number of other elements have been brought …

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Job Hazard Analysis – Generic Error Model System

March 25, 2011 Human Performance
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We came across the Generic Error Model System in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Standard on Human Performance Improvement Handbook published in June 2009. On review of the Generic Error Model System concept as presented in the DOE Handbook, we believe that identification of the type of performance should be incorporated into the review of [...]

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Safety Culture– Haddon’s Energy Management Concepts

March 17, 2011 Emergency Planning
Tsunami hazard sign at Bamfield, British Columbia

// // Image via Wikipedia   First, our thoughts and prayers are with the Japanese People as they continue to deal with the multitude of tsunami tragic consequences. As we watch the scenes coming from Japan, many lessons can be learned as with any tragic loss. A learning mindset may be tough to keep in [...]

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Job Hazard Analysis: Using Affinity Diagrams

March 10, 2011 Affinity Diagrams
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James Roughton and Nathan Crutchfield co-authored “Job Hazard Analysis, A Guide for Voluntary Compliance and Beyond”, Butterworth Heinemann, 2008.  They have been collaborating on new ideas and concepts that include use of social networking in safety and health, applications using blog and new communications technology, as well as incorporating human performance criteria into job hazard [...]

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Safety Culture – The Triangle of Strategy, Measure and Treatment Part 3

March 3, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis
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// // James Roughton and Nathan Crutchfield co-authored “Job Hazard Analysis, A Guide for Voluntary Compliance and Beyond”, Butterworth Heinemann, 2008.  They have been collaborating on new ideas and concepts that include use of social networking in safety and health, applications using blog and new communications technology, as well as incorporating human performance criteria into [...]

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Job Hazard Analysis : Brainstorming for Improvement

February 11, 2011 Job Hazard Analysis
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Image via Wikipedia The job has been defined, steps and sub-tasks broken out.    Known hazards and their associated risk have been made clear.  But your intuition tells you something is missing or could be missing.  You’ve looked at the materials, observations, pictures, videos and interviews to the point you can’t see the forest for the [...]

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Developing a Foundation – Identifying Workplace Risk and Hazards – Part 1

November 11, 2010 Job Hazard Analysis
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  Image by james_roughton via Flickr Setting  the Stage – Providing the Foundation Here are several questions that are usually asked by safety and health professionals: “What are the skills that I need to be within my organization?,”   “What foundational knowledge and experience do I need,” “What key …

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Job Hazard Analysis; Using the Cause and Effect Diagram

October 26, 2010 Job Hazard Analysis
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The following comments were adapted from “Job Hazard Analysis ” by James Roughton and Nathan Crutchfield.   For further insights, see ANSI Z10-2005. Several years ago, James Roughton and I began a discussion on how the traditional job hazard analysis was being implemented and used.  We both felt that something …

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Closing the Gap Between Job Hazard Analysis and Job Safety Analysis

October 25, 2010 Job Hazard Analysis
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We were involved in a recent discussion on which was the appropriate or best title for the job analysis method used by safety professionals for decades.  From the discussion, the use of “Job Hazard Analysis” appears to have been somewhat superseded by the use of “Job Safety Analysis.”  One reason given has been that use [...]

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Job Hazard Analysis Preparing for the Analysis Chapter 1.2

October 11, 2010 Job Hazard Analysis

www.myjobhazardanalysis.com Discussion on how to prepare for the hazard and risk analysis in developing the Job Hazard Analysis ProcessVideo Rating: 0 / 5Discussion on Job Hazard Analysis based on book by James Roughton and Nathan Crutchfield – “Job Hazard Analysis, A Guide to Voluntary Compliance and Beyond”, published by Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008Video Rating: 0 / 5For [...]

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Job Hazard Analysis – Hazard Risk Defined

October 5, 2010 Job Hazard Analysis

www.myjobhazardanalysis.com A brief video discussing the definitions of Hazard and Risk as found in ANSI Z10-2005 Video Rating: 0 / 5 Related articles ASME-ITI Issues Risk Analysis Standard for Natural and Man-Made Hazards to Higher Education Institutions (eon.businesswire.com) ANSI Partners with ACR for Greenhouse Gas Accreditation Program (prnewswire.com) ‘Serious Injury Or Death’ From Pool Drain [...]

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