Overview of Job Hazard Analysis

for The South Carolina

Hospitality Industry

© Quality Minds, In June 17, 2009

 Project Steps
1. Define the Project
2. Measure Current Safety Performance
3. Analyze Current Risks
4. Implement Improvement Actions to
Reduce Risks
5. Implement Controls to Sustain
Improvements

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 Define the Project
• What is the scope of the project? What works tasks will
be analyzed?
• Develop a schedule for the project. When will you start?
When will you finish? If you are analyzing multiple work
tasks, establish schedules for completing each work
task.
• Define the team for the project. Who is the project
leader? Who will assist in the risk assessments?
• State the case for the job hazard analysis-what is
motivating you to do this? Is it being mandated by an
external entity or is it being driven by internal continuous
improvement?
• Give an executive summary of safety performance over
the previous twelve months
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 Measure Current Safety
Performance
• Collect as much information as possible
on safety performance:
– Trend of accidents per month
– Breakdown accidents by work area or work
task
• Measure risks by using the process
described on the next slide.

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 Steps for Job Hazard Analyses
• Write out the steps for the work task
• List tools and equipment used at each step
• At each step, list potential hazards/accidents that could occur or mistakes
that could be made (this is based on what has happened or what we think
could happen)
• List the effect of each hazard/accident. What is the consequence?
– Rate the severity of each consequence on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being a
worst case scenario.
• List possible causes for each hazard/accident
– Rate the probability of occurrence for each cause on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10
being certainty of occurrence.
• Calculate the risk level (Severity*Probability of Occurrence)
• List controls currently in place that either prevent the hazard from occurring,
protect the worker if the hazard occurs, or both
– Rate the strength of the control on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being absolute
uncertainty for prevention and/or protection.
• Calculate a Risk Priority Number (Severity*Occurrence*Strength of Control)

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 Analyze Current Risks
• Look at the risk assessment and prioritize
work tasks (to be improved) using the risk
level and risk priority number
• The work tasks having high risk level
and/or high risk priority numbers are first
candidates for improvement actions
.

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Implement Improvement Actions to
Reduce Risks
• The team should review the risk analysis,
recommend countermeasures, implement the
countermeasures, and re-calculate risk after
implementing countermeasures
• Type Measures to Consider:
– Engineering Actions focused more on accident
prevention
– Management Actions focused on work practices,
procedures, schedules, etc.
– Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
– Interim Measures: Cones, guards, tape, etc. to
temporarily protect worker from hazard(s)

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 Implement Controls to Sustain
Improvement
• The team should implement a safety audit
to make sure the revised/improved
process steps are being followed and the
reduced risk levels holding.

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 Contact Us
• For more information on Job Hazards
Analysis or to schedule a JHA for your
organization, contact Stephen Deas:
– sd@qualitymindsinc.com
– (843) 814 3864
– www.qualitymindsinc.com