Job Safety Analysis

1. How to choose a job for analysis?

• Choose jobs with high accident frequency and severity
• A job which has exposure to hazardous and harmful products
• Newly established jobs which there is lack of experience and where hazards may not be anticipated
• Modified jobs due to changes of procedures
• Infrequently performed jobs which put workers at greater risk

2. How to break a job in to steps?

• Rule of thumb is 10 steps
• Arrange steps into correct sequence
• Begin tasks with verbs
• Make notes about “What is done” not “How it is done”
• Job should be observed during normal times and situations
• Don’t be too general yet not too detailed

3. How to identify potential hazards?

Example questions to ask when identifying hazards: Is the worker...

• at risk of falling, slipping and tripping?
• exposed to extreme temperatures?
• at risk of getting caught between objects?
• exposed to explosive and combustible materials?
• at risk of electrocution?

4. How to set preventive measures?

• Eliminate the hazards by using a different process, modifying an existing process and/ or improving the environment and changing tools
• Contain hazards by using machine guards, enclosures, workers booths or similar devices if hazard is impossible to be eliminated
• Reorganize work procedures
• Minimize exposure by reducing the number of times the hazard is encountered