Basic Concepts
This is the primary purpose of conducting a JSA.
To find out what could be dangerous at work and figure out how to make it safer.
What do you call something at work that could hurt someone?
Hazard.
What do you do to make a hazard less dangerous?
Put in safety measures.
This document is the primary output of a JSA.
The JSA report
Describe a simple JSA example for using a ladder to access elevated platforms.
The JSA should include checking the ladder for defects, ensuring it is placed on stable ground, using proper climbing techniques, and ensuring that the ladder extends at least three feet above the landing surface.
This term describes the step-by-step breakdown that is fundamental to a JSA.
Job steps.
What two things do you think about to decide how bad a hazard is?
How bad it could hurt someone and how likely it is to happen or its severity and probability.
This type of control measure directly removes the hazard and is considered the most effective.
Elimination (removing the hazard completely).
Name one key element that should be included in every JSA document.
The steps of the job, the dangers you found, how to stay safe, and who's in charge of what.
Name a common oversight in JSAs when assessing tasks performed infrequently.
Forget to double-check the safety steps because we’re not used to it.
This is often considered the first step in any JSA process.
Pick a job to look at closely.
This type of hazard involves moving machinery or equipment parts.
Mechanical hazard.
These controls involve changing how a job is performed, often through procedures or training.
Administrative controls.
This is often used to ensure that JSAs are accessible to all employees at a job site.
Posting in common areas or using digital platforms accessible to all workers.
Give an example of a JSA applied to a routine maintenance job that prevented a serious incident.
A JSA for electrical system maintenance that included lockout/tagout procedures prevented an electrical shock incident.
Name one of the key outcomes or results of conducting a JSA effectively.
Improved safety and reduced workplace incidents.
How do we find dangers at work?
By watching the job and talking to people who do it.
Name personal protective equipment that might be required as a control measure in a JSA for handling chemicals.
Gloves, goggles, and chemical-resistant clothing.
Explain why it is important to review and update a JSA periodically.
To make sure it still works if the job environment or the tools needed changed.
How could a JSA have prevented a propane leak and fire caused by improper equipment checks during installation? This was the third such incident due to faulty propane equipment installation.
Helped them to remember all of the job steps.
Helped to remind them to identify possible hazards.
Helped them to make sure they have the right tools for the job.
Helped trigger them to discuss the previous fire incidents and to focus on doing the job right.
Who initiates a JSA?
Whoever is the person(s) performing the job task.
This is a specific example of an environmental hazard that might be identified in a JSA at a residential propane customer's house.
Angry pets, thorny bushes, muddy grounds, etc.
This is considered a last resort control measure in the hierarchy of controls. (Last Line of Defense)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
This is how often a JSA should ideally be reviewed in a high-risk industry like oil and gas or the Propane industry.
At least annually or after any significant changes to the job process.
How could a JSA could have been used to mitigate risks in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
A thorough JSA could have pinpointed problems with safety equipment and well-control as major risks. It would have recommended stricter safety checks and better emergency training to reduce these risks.