Job Safety Analysis

A Job Safety Analysis (JSA) is a way to plan work and include safety.    

JSAs must be done for jobs that:

1. are complex enough to require written instructions;
2. could (before controls are in place) reasonably result in a medical treatment injury or medium property/environmental damage; and
3. don’t already have a Safe Job Procedure (SJP) in place.

JSAs are built using Form 2.2: Job Safety Analysis with the participation of all workers involved in the work.

JSAs include a step-by-step procedure.  For each step consider:

• What hazards exist?
• What incidents could reasonably occur?
  • How could the job step be done to avoid the incident?
  • What controls are needed to eliminate (or at least minimize) the risk of harm?
• What is the risk after controls are in place?
  • Use the included Risk Matrix.
  • If risk is High or Extreme, work cannot take place until suitable controls are identified to reduce the risk!

Before work starts:

• Completed JSAs must be approved by the supervisor.
• All workers must review the JSA at the work site.  Document this on the Tailboard Meeting form.

Remember:

• JSAs for repetitive or routine tasks need to be entered into Safe Job Procedure (SJP) format.
• Once an SJP is in place, a JSA is no longer needed.
• Contact your HSE Division when it’s time to build an SJP!