Job Safety Assessment

Prior to the start of any task or operation, the designated competent or company authorized person should evaluate the task or operation to identify potential hazards and to determine the necessary controls. This assessment should focus on actual worksite conditions or procedures, which differ from, were not anticipated, or were not related to other hazard artalyses. In addition, the competent person should ensure 

This is a process used to check how effective your safe operating procedures are and if there is a need to make changes to control the hazards of the job. Before the start of any task or operation, the designated competent or company authorized person should evaluate the task or operation to identify potential hazards and to determine the necessary controls. This assessment should focus on actual worksite conditions or procedures, which differ from, were not anticipated, or were not related to other hazard analyses. In addition, the competent person shall ensure that each employee involved in the task or operation is aware of the hazards related to the task or operation and of the measures or procedures to use for protection. Note that the job safety assessment is not intended to be a formal, documented analysis, but instead is more of a quick check of actual site conditions and a review of planned procedures and precautions. 

Controls come in all forms, from engineering devices and administrative policy to personal protective equipment (PPE). The best controls can be placed on equipment prior to involving people and, thus, either preclude or guard the workforce against hazards. Administrative controls rely on individuals to follow policies, guidelines, and procedures in order to control hazards and exposure to hazards. But, as we all know, this certainly provides no guarantees that the protective policies and procedures will be adhered to unless effective supervision and enforcement exist. Again, 

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Each company may require different types of hazard analyses, depending on the company s role, the size and complexity of the worksite, and the nature of associated hazards. The company may choose to use a project hazard analysis, a phase hazard analysis, or job safety assessment. 

In Chapter 4 we will diseuss the regulatory framework and analyti-eal tools to eonduet these assessments, sueh as JHA (job hazard analysis), job safety analysis (JSA), safety analysis reports, proeess hazard analysis (PHA), and job, task, and hazard analysis. The reader needs to understand that OSHAs view on physieal and ehemieal hazards is far reaehing, as stated in the HAZWOPER standard. Note the following examples. 

There are different resources for identif5dng and selecting tasks that will require written procedures. Training Needs Assessments, Process Hazards Analyses, and Job Safety Analyses can assist you in analyzing the specific requirements of your plant. 

In addition to the literature on job analysis, there is also a body of work which has focused solely on methods for identifying the hazards and risks associated with a job. As some examples, techniques such as job safety analysis, also referred to as job hazard analysis (Chao and Henshaw 2002), construction job safety analysis (Rozenfeld et al. 2010), and constmction hazard assessment with spatial and temporal exposure (Rosenfeld et al. 2009) have been extensively discussed. These techniques are very useful for safety management, and among other things can be used to generate safety-related information which can be used to determine the essential knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics which are required to perform the job safely. 

An auditor who is examining a facility s process safety information against the OSHA standard will check that the information specified is written down and made available to those who need it. If those requirements are met then the audit requirement has been met. If they do not then the auditor has identified a deficiency or gap. It then becomes someone else s responsibility to turn the findings into recommendations or action items. An auditor s job is to objectively uncover deviations from the standards—no more, no less. The auditor is interested primarily in the letter of the law. Therefore, with regard to the safety information example just provided it is not the auditor s job to assess the quality of the information or the manner in which it is communicated. 

A safety management risk assessment techniqne that is used to define and control the hazards associated with a process, job, or procedure. The Job Safety Analysis ensures that the hazards involved in each step of a task are reduced to as low as reasonably practical (ALARP). The assessment starts with a summary of the entire job process. The job is broken into smaller steps and listed in a tabular form. The hazards for each step are then identified and listed. This is repeated for each step in the process and a method of safe work is identified. It may be also called a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA). See also As Low As Reasonabfy Practical (ALARP). 

Lack of conducting a Job Safety Analysis also called a Hazard Risk Assessment prior to any infrequent operating/maintenance procedures. If the risks were better understood the trainee would have been better prepared. 

Much of the material on job safety observation (JSO) in this chapter was taken from the United States Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration s publication entitled Safety Observation (MSHAIG 84). Job safety observations are one of the accident prevention techniques that can be used to assess safe work performance. 

PPE necessary for particular work must be made available at the employer s expense. A risk assessment of particular tasks, as part of a job safety analysis, is a key step in this process. 

This author suggests that particular attention be given to measuring effectiveness and economic value job safety analysis, which is a form of risk assessment and ergonomics, which also requires that risk assessments be made. 

Methods and techniques for measurement, sampling, and analysis Types, sources, and characteristics of hazards, threats, and vulnerabilities Hazard analysis, job safety analysis and task analysis methods Qualitative, quantitative, deductive, and inductive risk assessment methods Risk-based decision-making Risk-based decision-making tools... 

Answer the following questions to determine if the full MOC process needs to be followed. If the answer to all of these questions is No then the MOC Checklist does not have to be completed. If the answer to any question is Yes, the MOC Checklist Form (S8862) and a Job Safety/Risk Assessment Form (S8864) must be completed. 

Risk assessments and job safety anaiysis The information from previously completed risk assessment and JSA records provide a backbone on which to formalise a safe system of work... 

Derived from task analysis or work study, job safety analysis, whether effected as part of work study or not, can do much to eliminate the hazards of a job. The analysis identifies every single operation in a job, examines the specific hazards and indicates remedial measures necessary. It involves the examination of a number of areas, including permit to work systems, influences on behaviour, the operator training required and the degree of supervision and control necessary. Job safety analysis can feature as part of a workplace risk assessment. 

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