Job safety analysis (JSA) and job hazard analysis template
Updated · Reviewed by Israel Margulies, founder and CEO of High Point GPS
A form for a job safety analysis, also called a job hazard analysis: write the job's steps in order, the hazards in each step, the controls that remove or reduce them, and who makes sure each control is in place, then have the crew sign.
A JSA looks at one job before anyone starts it. OSHA's guide to job hazard analysis (publication 3071) describes the same method: pick the job, break it into steps, find the hazards in each step, and decide how to control them, starting with removing the hazard and only then relying on procedures and protective equipment.
Start with the jobs that have caused injuries or near misses, new jobs, and jobs where one mistake could be serious. Review the JSA with the crew before work, and update it whenever the job, the equipment or the site changes.
Job safety analysis
Fields: Job / task · Location / site · Equipment used · Prepared by · Date · Required PPE
Log columns: Step · Hazards · Controls · Responsible
- Order of controls. Remove the hazard if you can, then use engineering controls, then work procedures and training, and protective equipment last.
Fill it in the right way
- Choose the job and write it at the top, with the site and equipment.
- Watch the job or talk it through with the people who do it, and write its steps in order.
- For each step, list what could go wrong: struck by, caught in, falls, electrical, stored energy, chemicals, noise.
- For each hazard, write the control, preferring to remove it over guarding against it.
- Name who is responsible for each control.
- Review the JSA with the crew before work and have everyone sign.
Tips
- Keep steps short and in action words: "lift the boom", not "the boom is lifted".
- Ask the people who do the job; they know the shortcuts and the near misses.
- A JSA that says "be careful" isn't a control. Name the guard, the lock, the spotter or the tool.
- Keep JSAs for jobs on each machine with that machine's records, so the next crew finds them.
Do it in FleetZap
- Attach safety steps to a work order's procedure, with required steps that block closing until they're done.
- Checklists can include pass/fail, reading, photo and signature steps, with required steps that block closing.
- Machine documents and procedures stay on the machine's record, so the next technician sees them.
- FleetZap records checks and repairs; it doesn't certify compliance.
Sources
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Frequently asked questions
Is a JSA the same as a job hazard analysis (JHA)?
Yes, the terms are used for the same thing: breaking a job into steps, listing the hazards of each step and the controls for them. OSHA's guide calls it job hazard analysis.
What is a job safety analysis?
A method of studying one job before doing it: break it into steps, find the hazards in each step, and decide the controls. OSHA calls it a job hazard analysis.
What's the difference between a JSA and a JHA?
They are the same idea. Some companies say job safety analysis, OSHA's guide says job hazard analysis.
Which jobs need a JSA first?
Jobs with injuries or near misses, jobs that could cause a serious injury from one mistake, new or changed jobs, and jobs done rarely.
How often should a JSA be reviewed?
Whenever the job, equipment, materials or site changes, after any incident, and at regular intervals your safety program sets.