This Job Hazard Analysis article continues the discussion of the actions necessary for establishing the Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) process as part of your overall environmental, health and safety program.
At the core of the Job Hazard Analysis process, you must assure the risk and hazard recognition procedures and protocols are effective and comprehensive. This involves:
Conducting a risk and hazard assessment of the workplace – We are not talking just a cursory inspection but a well designed risk and hazard assessment that establishes a baseline to begin the JHA process. What is currently happening? What are the hazards and in what job categories? What potential risks exist? Any changes in materials, tools, equipment, procedures, personnel, etc? The assessment should identify jobs and task having a history of injury and damage or having the highest potential to cause injury or damage.
Prioritizing the assessment using the risk matrix of exposures and severity.
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Are there any jobs that may have no history of loss but show a high potential for severe injury or damage and only “luck” has prevented an incident?
Developing controls – The control process begins with the highest priority job based on hazards, severity of risks and impact on the organization. Design of both temporary, interim solutions to reduce the potential for injury and loss for immediate use as well as long term permanent solutions is necessary. The “Hierarchy of Controls” is used to work through the thought process for risk and hazard control.
Recommending and implementing controls – Timely response to identified issues and timely corrective actions assures employees and management that concerns are being acted upon.
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Monitoring the results of the controls and their effectiveness – This is one of the weakness areas as we tend to move on to other problems, leaving past issues behind!
An examination of your Job Hazard Analysis objectives, action planning skills, core administrative criteria, and current hazard recognition methods and procedures will go a long way in fully incorporating use into routine consistent use.
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