Job Hazard Analysis

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Job Hazard Analysis

What is a hazard?

A hazard is the potential for harm. In practical terms, a hazard often is associated with a condition or activity that, if left uncontrolled, can result in an injury or illness.

What is a job hazard analysis?

A job hazard analysis is a technique that focuses on job tasks as a way to identify hazards before they occur. After identifying the uncontrolled hazards, we will take steps to eliminate or reduce them to an acceptable risk level.
 

Why is job hazard analysis important?

Many workers are injured and killed at the workplace every day due to unsafe work condition.
To eliminate unsafe work condition and to ensure safety of employees/ subcontractor team while working at job-site by identifying the activity specific hazards and control.

When to conduct a JHA?

• Every day before starting the work at job sites .
• When a new job is to be established/ installation.

 Who has to conduct JHA?

• It is the responsibility of the supervisor or directly in charge of the job to ensure a JHA is completed.
• All site employees and subcontractors must be involved while conducting job site specific JHA’s.

 JHA Technique

• Identify / Select the job/ activity to be analyzed.
• Break the job down into a sequence of steps.
• Identify the potential hazards involving all team members.
• Determine preventive methods as per hierarchy of control to overcome these hazards.
• Document the results on JHA board.

 How to conduct JHA?

• Step 1- Involve employees & subcontractors to conduct a preliminary job/ activity review
• Step 2- Review with employees for worksites history of accidents and occupational illnesses.
• Step 3- List, rank, and set priorities for hazardous job/ activities.
• Step 4- Outline the steps or tasks.
• Step 5- Outline the workplace hazards.
• Step 6- List out the control measures which need to eliminate/ control the hazard.
• Step 7- Make available of Approved JHA and display it at workplace where it can be easily accessible for all employees to read it.
• Step 8 -Write down permanent hazard (which are identified at job site or which is client scope) on JHA board in local or any other language which can be easily understood by employees, subcontractors and visitors who visiting to site.
• Step 9- Mention control measures as per hierarchy of control to be taken on JHA format.
• Step 10- Work related hazards which are identified prior to start job on each day shall communicate to each employee & contractors, record of the same to be maintained as well as display these identified hazards with its control measures on JHA format. 

Follow-up 

Once the JHA is completed and all identified hazards have been considered and controls determined. The Supervisor shall be responsible for ensuring the implementation with employees/ subcontractor employees.

Recording 

The NI/MOD Supervisor, Engineer, Project Manager or Nominee shall ensure that all identified hazards with control measure to be maintained on JHA Board. 

Reviewing JHA 

JHA’s shall be reviewed on daily basis. If any changes should be marked on JHA format and communicate it to all site employees/ subcontractor employees.