1. Office of Safety / Loss Control Mgt.
JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS
Donald L. Trussell
Office of Safety / Loss Control Mgt.

2. Definition of JSA
Job safety analysis (JSA) is a process which involves:
Careful study and recording of each step of
a job
Identifying potential or existing job hazards
generated by equipment or employee actions
Determining most efficient way to reduce or
eliminate hazards

3. JSA’s: Make jobs safer and less likely to result in injury
Eliminate unsafe acts and unsafe conditions
Can be performed on any job task

4. JSA Background
Don’t confuse a JSA with the OSHA required Job Hazard Assessment (JHA)
JSA is a tool to perform the JHA
JSA’s will make the workplace safer
Training aid

5. Four Essential Elements of a JSA
Select job for analysis
Break the job down into steps
Identify hazards and unsafe behaviors
Corrective Action - identify the correct/safe way to perform the job
JSA’s

6. Selecting Jobs for Analysis
Ultimately all jobs
1. First jobs with highest rates of accidents
or greatest potential for injuries
2. Develop a critical job inventory
3. New jobs
4. Changes in process and procedures
Involve all employees

7. HAZARD CHECKLIST
It is important when conducting a Job Safety Analysis, that you evaluate equipment, procedures and personnel.
Procedures
Personnel
Equipment

8. A job is a single, separate, specific component of the
employee’s overall duties.

9. Break Job Into Steps A step is a single activity that clearly
advances a work assignment and is
a logical portion of that assignment.

10. Steps From Actions 1. Observe the job from start to finish
several times
2. Separate the job into distinctive steps
3. Sequentially list the actions needed to
complete every step of the job

11. Identify Hazards Existing or potential hazards examples: jewelry
employee posture/balance
environmental hazards
sharp edges
potential of being caught in between
Review and update as needed, at least annually

12. Corrective Action Questions Means of prevention and control of hazards
Write a standard job procedure
Review update

13. Job Safety Analysis Worksheet
Date:
Title of Job/Operation:
Log Number:
Employee Name and Job Title:
Analyst and Date:
Division/Bureau/Section:
Approved By and Date:
Personal Protective Equipment required or recommended:
Sequence of Basic Job Steps
Unsafe mechanical Problems
Recommended Safe Job Procedures
*Codes for Potential Hazards:
Struck By (SB)
Caught On (CO)
Fall To Below (FB)
Struck Against (SA)
Caught In (CI)
Overexertion
Contacted By (CB)
Caught Between (CBT)
Exposure (E)
Contact With (CW)
Fall - Same Level (FS)

14. Job Safety Analysis Worksheet
Date:
Title of Job/Operation:
Change tire on pickup truck
Log Number:
Employee Name and Job Title:
Driver
Analyst and Date:
Division/Bureau/Section:
Approved By and Date:
Personal Protective Equipment required or recommended:
Sequence of Basic Job Steps
Unsafe mechanical Problems
Recommended Safe Job Procedures
1. Prepare materials to change tire
Struck by vehicle
Slip and fall to same level
Exposure to cold, frostbite
Overexertion removing spare tire from carrier
Overexertion loosening lug nuts
Engine must be shut off
Observe area. Removing tripping or stumbling hazards or move vehicle
Wear gloves and other appropriate clothing
Follow instruction in owner’s manual or posted near jack
Use leg muscles to break lug nuts

15. 2. Raise vehicle
Struck by vehicle
Struck by jack
Contact with hot exhaust
Overexertion using jack
Put vehicle in gear or park. Set parking brake. Choke wheel on opposite end of vehicle (both sides)
Following jacking instructions in owner’s manual or posted near jack
Exhaust system may be very hot do not touch
Use jack as described in owner’s manual. Examine jack and handle for defects
3. Change Tire
Caught between tire and ground or caught between vehicle body and ground
Overexertion lifting tire off of or on to hub
Contact with hot hub wheel or lug nuts
Exposure to cold (frostbite)
Check jack stability before any work is performed on the raised vehicle.
Grasp tire on sides to remove from hub
Use proper lifting techniques. Get help if needed
Wear gloves when removing tire.
Wheel and lug nuts may be hot.
Wear gloves and other appropriate clothing

16. Overexertion putting flat tire in truck bed.
4. Lower Vehicle
Same as step 2.
5. Replace Materials
Overexertion putting flat tire in truck bed.
Same as Step 1.
Same as step 3.
*Codes for Potential Hazards:
Struck By (SB)
Caught On (CO)
Fall To Below (FB)
Struck Against (SA)
Caught In (CI)
Overexertion
Contacted By (CB)
Caught Between (CBT)
Exposure (E)
Contact With (CW)
Fall - Same Level (FS)

17. JSA Based on Following Principles
A job can be analyzed for hazards in a systematic way
A specific job can be separated into a
series of relatively simple steps
Hazards associated with each step
can be identified
Solutions can be developed to control
each hazard

18. Reasons to do a JSA Identify hazards and ergonomic risks
Eliminate hazards
Cut costs and keep people on the job
Increase agency productivity
Increase employee comfort
Comply with ADA
Limit agency liability
Makes good business sense
Reduces accidents and close calls
Provides education and training

19. Benefits of JSA Allows combination of two or more processes
or procedures into a streamlined core
Establishes good communication - supervisor -
employee - bureaucrats
Reduces prep time for training employees
Increases productivity due to safer workplace

20. Benefits Continued Results in fewer injuries
Standardizes work procedures
Serves as performance measurement tool
Identify problem before implementation of
changes rather than after

21. When to revise a JHA? If the equipment sustains any damage
After a close call
Employee complaint
When a job is altered
When an injury or accident occurs
During an scheduled review

22. Quiz
A ______ is a single, separate, specific component of an employee’s overall duties.
When conducting a JSA, it is important to evaluate the equipment, __________, and personnel.
While conducting a JSA, observe the employee doing the job from start to finish _______ times.
JSA’s provide employees with education and _________.
What are some of the benefits in conducting a JSA?
job
procedures
several
training

23. Working together we can all win!