Job Hazard Analysis

George Swartz

doi:10.5771/9781591919803

Summary

This book provides safety professionals and risk managers with a step-by-step, illustrated guide to identifying and preventing occupational hazards in any job. Created for long-term use, Job Hazard Analyses (JHA) help identify the basic steps for a job or task, identify the hazards associated with the job, and develop safe operating procedures to avoid those hazards. As a result, successful JHA programs create a defined safety awareness that leads to reduced injuries, reduced product and property damage, lower workers' compensation charges, and fewer on-the-job illnesses. Veteran safety professional George Swartz uses photographs and sample JHAs to show you how to compile a job list, complete the JHA forms, perform a job observation, and identify workplace hazards. In addition, he examines the 14 elements of a successful safety and health program and provides 25 integrated checklists for assessing common hazards by category.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2001
ISBN-Print: 978-0-86587-818-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-59191-980-3
Publisher: Government Institutes, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 205
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. List of Tables No access
4. Preface No access
5. About the Author No access
6. Acknowledgements No access
1. Benefits No access
2. 1. Commercial Comparisons to JHAs No access
  2. Other Comparisons to JHAs No access
3. 1. Defining the Job or Task No access
4. 1. One-on-One Observation Method No access
  2. The Group Discussion Method No access
  3. The Recall and Check Method No access
  4. The Absentee Method No access
5. Summary No access
1. Benefits of the Job List No access
2. Creating the Job List No access
3. 1. Pittsburgh Warehouse Job Safety Analysis List No access
4. 1. Warehouse listing of Jobs Required for a JHA No access
  2. Jobs at a Typical Construction Project No access
  3. Jobs Related to a Power Press Operator No access
  4. Jobs Related to an Automotive Repair Shop No access
5. Summary No access
1. 1. Basic Steps (Column 1) No access
  2. Key Hazards (Column 2) No access
  3. Analysis (Column 3) No access
2. 1. Loading a Trailer No access
  2. Locking Out a Switch in a Circuit Breaker Box No access
  3. Moving and Storing Product on a Rack No access
3. Common Errors No access
4. Summary No access
1. Continual Observation No access
2. Before the JHA No access
3. During the JHA No access
4. Correcting Hazards No access
5. Summary No access
1. 1. Lack of or Inadequate Safeguards No access
  2. Tools that Lack Guards, Equipment that Poses a Hazard, or Defects in Objects No access
  3. Poor Housekeeping Practice or Conditions No access
  4. Flammables, Fire, and Explosion Hazards No access
  5. Hazardous Walking and Working Surfaces No access
  6. Environmental Hazards Such as Chemicals, Radiation, and Noise No access
  7. Placement of Objects that Protrude into Aisles and Working Areas No access
  8. Hazards Created by Machines or Objects that Give no Warning of Movement No access
  9. Poor or Inadequate Lighting No access
  10. Unsafe Personal Protective Equipment or Clothing No access
  11. Inadequate or Defective Warning Systems No access
  12. Plant Layout that Contributes to Close Clearances and Congestion No access
  13. Hazardous Placement of Storage, Products, or Other Items No access
  14. Holes, Pits, Shafts and Other Elevated Work Areas No access
  15. Poor or Inadequate Maintenance Procedures No access
2. 1. Failure to Wear Prescribed Personal Protective Equipment No access
  2. Unauthorized use of Equipment or Tools No access
  3. Improper Lifting, Carrying, Loading or Sorting No access
  4. Failure to use Lockout/Tagout Procedures when Working on Equipment or Devices No access
  5. Unsafe use of Tools and Parts No access
  6. Disabling or Removing Guards and Electronic Devices No access
  7. Failure to Signal or Warn of Movement No access
  8. Failure to Abide by Speed limits and Load limits No access
  9. Distracting Others that are Working No access
  10. Working on Moving or Dangerous Equipment No access
3. 1. Electrical Hazards No access
  2. Machine Guarding No access
  3. Flammable Liquids No access
  4. Housekeeping No access
  5. Overhead Cranes and Hoists No access
  6. Fire Fighting Equipment No access
  7. Oxygen/Acetylene use and Storage No access
  8. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) No access
  9. Conveyors No access
  10. Ergonomics No access
  11. Dock Safety No access
  12. ladders No access
  13. Battery Charging/Battery Changing No access
  14. Propane Tanks No access
  15. Confined Space Entry No access
  16. Walking and Working Surfaces No access
  17. Powered Industrial Trucks No access
  18. Welding No access
  19. Shelving/Racking No access
  20. Working From Heights and Elevations No access
  21. Power tools and Hand Tools No access
  22. Mezzanines No access
  23. Airborne Hazards No access
  24. Chemical Hazards No access
  25. Noise No access
4. Summary No access
1. 1. Struck-by No access
  2. Struck-Against No access
  3. Caught-Between No access
  4. Contact with No access
  5. Contacted by No access
  6. Caught on No access
  7. Caught-In No access
  8. Fall Same level No access
  9. Fall to below No access
  10. Overexertion No access
  11. Environmental Exposures No access
2. Summary No access
1. What are Injuries? No access
2. 1. Contributing Factors No access
  2. Specific Machines No access
  3. Night Shift versus the Day Shift No access
  4. A Particular Employee No access
  5. A Particular Department No access
  6. A Particular Powered Industrial Truck No access
  7. Lack of Employee Training No access
  8. Lack of Supervisory Awareness No access
  9. Housekeeping No access
  10. Lack of Maintenance No access
  11. Lighting No access
  12. A Lack of Discipline No access
  13. An Abundance of First-Aid Injuries No access
  14. Extensive Product Damage No access
  15. Extensive Property Damage No access
  16. Lack of Accountability Regarding Investigation Protocol No access
  17. Lack of Personal Protective Equipment No access
  18. Ergonomic Issues No access
  19. Chemicals and Other Environmental Exposures No access
3. Investigating Injuries No access
4. Levels of Investigation No access
5. 1. Interviewing Injured Workers and Witnesses No access
  2. Reviewing the Scene of the Injury No access
  3. Reporting of Results No access
6. Sample Injury Investigations No access
7. Summary No access
1. 1. Prepare a Written Program that Includes the Correct Forms No access
  2. Ensure that All Supervisors and Workers have been Trained in the JHA Process No access
  3. Include JHA's in Annual Safety Objectives and Salary Review for Supervisors No access
  4. Select an Overseer for the Program No access
  5. Use Approved JHAs for Training No access
2. Longevity of the JHA Program No access
3. 1. JHA Program Checklist No access
4. 1. Job Hazard Analysis: Safe use of the Elevated Order Picker No access
  2. Comments on the Final Example No access
5. Summary No access
1. Regulations for Safety and Health Programs No access
2. The Voluntary Protection Program No access
3. 1. Element 1: Hazard Recognition, Evaluation, and Control No access
  2. Element 2: Workplace Design and Engineering No access
  3. Element 3: Safety Performance Management No access
  4. Element 4: Regulatory Compliance Management No access
  5. Element 5: Occupational Health No access
  6. Element 6: Information Collection No access
  7. Element 7: Employee Involvement No access
  8. Element 8: Motivation, Behavior, and Attitudes No access
  9. Element 9: Training and Orientation No access
  10. Element 10: Organizational Communications No access
  11. Element 11: Management and Control of External Exposures No access
  12. Element 12: Environmental Management No access
  13. Element 13: Workforce Planning and Staffing No access
  14. Element 14: Assessments, Audits, and Evaluations No access
4. Safety Statistics No access
5. Workers' Compensation Costs No access
6. Occupational Health No access
7. 1. Your "To-Do List" for Workers' Compensation No access
8. Bureau of Labor Statistics Data No access
9. OSHA's Injury Statistics No access
10. Results of OSHA's Inspections No access
11. Agenda for the Nation No access
12. A Concern with Literacy No access
13. Safety and Health Resources No access
Appendix B: OSHA Regional Offices No access Pages 191 - 192
Appendix C: OSHA Consultation Services No access Pages 193 - 200
References No access Pages 201 - 204
Index No access Pages 205 - 205