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A Job Safety Analysis (JSA) is a procedure for identifying hazards and recommending safety controls for specific tasks. It is developed by the person leading the work and involves breaking down tasks, assessing risks, and implementing control measures. Effective communication and monitoring are essential to ensure adherence to the JSA and to address any variations that may arise during the work.

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Job Safety Analysis

A Job Safety Analysis (JSA) is a procedure for identifying hazards and recommending safety controls for specific tasks. It is developed by the person leading the work and involves breaking down tasks, assessing risks, and implementing control measures. Effective communication and monitoring are essential to ensure adherence to the JSA and to address any variations that may arise during the work.

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A job safety analysis (JSA) is a procedure which helps integrate accepted safety and health

principles and practices into a particular task or job operation. In a JSA, potential hazards are
identified for each step of the task and controls recommended for the safest way to do the job.

A JSA risk assessment must be developed when:


● The work activity involves a number of different tasks and hazards for which risk
controls need to be planned, communicated and implemented.
● Changes at the workplace occur that may impact on the effectiveness of control
measures
● A Permit to Work is required
● Developing SOPs

Developing a JSA

The person leading the work is responsible for developing the JSA. This is typically the:
● Person doing the work for single person tasks
● Person supervising the work for team tasks
● Person in charge of designing new work or equipment.

One method of doing a JSA is to have a group of experienced workers complete the analysis
through discussion. An advantage of this method is that more people are involved in a wider
base of experience and promote a more ready acceptance of the resulting work procedure. This
method is most suitable for infrequently performed or new jobs; or situations where observation
may not be practical.

When leading JSA discussions ask:


1. What are we doing?
2. What could go wrong?
3. What do we need to do to make it safe?

These three prompt questions will provide you with the basic information needed to build your
JSA. Once you have your JSA framework built, use available guidance to ensure the risk control
measures selected are sufficient to reduce the risk so far as reasonably practicable i.e.
standards, best practice guidelines, risks assessments. Include diagrams and photos where
needed.

Step 1: Select job to be analyzed:


When writing the description of the works, clearly define the activities for which the JSA
applies. Complex jobs, or jobs that last several weeks, it’s often more effective to break the job
analysis into specific work packs each with an individual JSA. When selecting a job to be
analyzed, consider the following:
● The scope of the work.
● When and where is the job performed?
● Who has to do it and how often?
● The activities involved and how are they done?
● What equipment or procedures are needed to perform the job safely?

Step 2: Record the steps in the task.


Examine a specific job by breaking it down into a series of steps or tasks. This will enable you to
discover potential hazards you and the Work Team may encounter. Each job or operation will
consist of a set of steps or tasks. Be sure to list all the steps needed to perform the job. Some
steps may not be performed each time, i.e. setting up the work area, however, if that step is
generally part of the job, it should be listed.

Step 3: Identify the hazards and assess the risks.


A hazard is a potential danger. The purpose of the Job Safety Analysis is to identify ALL
hazards, both those produced by the environment or conditions and those connected with the
work activities. Compiling an accurate and complete list of potential hazards will allow you to
develop the recommended controls to ensure that work proceeds safely.

Step 4: Develop control measures.


Hierarchy of Control Reduce the LIKELIHOOD of harm occurring by adding Prevention Controls.
These are controls which are designed to prevent an event occurring (the point where control is
lost). For example: a guard isolates moving machinery from body parts, isolations prevent
energy from harming humans, training enables workers to work safely, and signage informs
others. All of these are Prevention Controls.

Step 5: Follow Control of Work Procedure


To obtain Watercare authorisation to proceed with work. The Person in Charge of the Work is
responsible for all aspects of the implementation and adherence to the JSA.

Step 6: Communicate and implement the JSA


Make sure that the JSAs are easy to read and understand. Communicate the JSA to all
personnel and have the documents available onsite to read, sign-on and update.

Step 7: Monitor the work and maintain controls


During the work an appropriate level of supervision must be provided to ensure that the controls
are maintained. Whenever a variation from the JSA occurs, for example a new task, change of
risk, unexpected event; the variation must be clearly identified, hazards identified and risk
controls planned. The variation must be authorized by your Watercare Representative before
work can continue.

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