What is a JSA and how

can I utilize it?

Presented by

JoAnn Dankert
Senior Consultant
National Safety Council
 Our Mission
The mission of the National Safety Council is
to educate and influence people to prevent
accidental injury and death.

Our Vision
Making our world safer.
 Objectives
Discuss common safety terminology
Use JSA philosophy to gain support
Recognize benefits of a JSA
Identify requirements for a successful
JSA process
Select criteria for choosing tasks for
performing JSAs
Steps in performing a JSA

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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY &
HEALTH
The control and elimination of
recognized workplace hazards to attain
an acceptable level of risk and promote
the wellness of workers.

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 INCIDENT
An unplanned event that results in personal
injury, damage to property, equipment, or
the environment; or an event that has the
potential to result in such consequences.

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 HAZARD
An existing or potential
condition in the workplace
that, by itself or by
interacting with other
variables, can result in
deaths, injuries, property
damage, and other losses

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 Hazard Recognition:
Categories/Types of Hazards

Chemical Physical

Biological Ergonomic

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 JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS

A method for studying a task to:

Identify hazards and potential
injuries/illnesses associated with each
step
Develop solutions that will eliminate,
minimize, and prevent hazards from
causing incidents

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 Interface between:

Tools/equipment People
Environment Task

PEOPLE

TASK
TASK

TOOLS &
ENVIRONMENT
EQUIPMENT

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 Who sets acceptable level of
Risk?
z Company/management
z Employees
z Government regulations
z Consensus standards

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Control of Workplace Hazards
Most Engineering
Effective
Administrative

Least Personal Protective

Equipment
Effective

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FOUR KEY COMPONENTS OF
JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS
1. Determine which task to analyze
2. Break the task into steps
3. Identify the hazards
4. Identify controls

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 JOB VS. TASK
Job Task
A single work A single and
assignment or separate activity
operation that that clearly
advances a work
employees do as assignment and is
part of their a logical portion of
occupations that assignment
A specific duty, An assigned piece
role or function of work often to be
finished within a
certain time

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 Common Uses of a JSA
z Set performance standards
z Facilitate training
z Conduct Job Safety Observations
z Conduct Incident Investigations

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 Common Uses of a JSA (cont)

z Integrate Safety Into Quality & Production

Functions
z Minimize Incidents
z Make Employees Safety Conscious
z Improve Profits

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 SOURCES FOR JSA

Records review
Incident analysis
Recordable injuries
First aid log
Near misses
Workers Compensation loss runs
Property damage cases
Equipment logs/PMs

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SOURCES FOR JSAContinued
z MSDS

z New/modified

equipment/machinery

z Jobs/task w/ high employee

turnover

z High level of employee errors

z Employee recommendations

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CRITERIA FOR SELECTING
TASKS
z Most safety and
health hazards
z High frequency of
incidents, injuries, or
illnesses
z Potential for serious
incidents
z New or revised tasks
z Non-routine tasks

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 Planting a Tree

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 Developing a JSA

1. Break task Into Sequential Steps

Keep task specific

Focus on 10-15 action steps

Begin each step with an action verb

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 Developing a JSA (cont.)
2. Identify All Hazards
Consider the environment, equipment and

processes, and employee work practices

Use a checklist of potential hazards

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 Developing a JSA (cont.)
3. Specify Control Measures or Safe
Operating Procedures

When specifying control measures avoid

general precautions.
Specifically state what the employee should
or should not do to eliminate the hazard.

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 Implementing the JSA Process
1. Get management commitment and involvement
2. Set goals and expectations
3. Get employees involved in the effort
4. Provide training and education relating to JSA
5. Integrate JSA into every operational area
6. Measure your results

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Implementing the JSA Process

z Management Commitment and

Involvement
z Essential for any process to be successful

z Employee Involvement
z Company-wide process

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 Implementing the
JSA Process (cont.)
Setting JSA Priorities
Tasks with a high frequency of injury or
illness
Tasks with injury & illness severity
New tasks
Tasks that have changes in process or
procedure
Other factors (age, working alone,
experience)
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 Implementing the
JSA Process (cont.)
Set Goals and Expectations
One JSA per quarter per supervisor? Safety
Committee member?
Educate and Train
Employees from all levels need JSA training
Establish a Review Process
JSAs must be reviewed to ensure compliance with
safety/health guidelines & organization guidelines

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 Implementing the
JSA Process (cont.)
Make an Action Plan for Use
of JSAs
Written action plan on how
JSAs will be used
Keep JSA Process Visible at
All Times
Discuss program at meetings
Quarterly progress reports

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Managing the JSA Process
Update Periodically
When process changes and/or on scheduled basis
Measurement Systems
Measure improvement in operational areas to
know if JSA process is working
Continuous Improvement
JSAs are more than one-time events

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 QUESTIONS
JoAnn Dankert
Senior Consultant
National Safety Council
JoAnn Dankert
Senior Consultant
National Safety Council
 Thanks for participating!

JoAnn Dankert
Senior Consultant
National Safety Council
Joann.dankert@nsc.org

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