Safety Trained Supervisor Job Safety Analysis 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What are the three basic steps in a Job Safety Analysis?
- Plan, implement, review
- Break job into steps, identify hazards for each step, develop preventive measures (Correct answer)
- Interview workers, inspect equipment, write procedures
- Identify job, assign risk rating, file report
Correct answer: Break job into steps, identify hazards for each step, develop preventive measures
JSA involves breaking the job into steps, identifying hazards, and developing preventive measures.
Break the job into 10-15 sequential steps, identify hazards at each step considering all energy sources, and develop controls following the hierarchy. The completed JSA becomes a working training document.
Question 2: Which jobs should be prioritized for JSA?
- Only recently changed jobs
- Jobs with high injury frequency, severity potential, or that are new, complex, or non-routine (Correct answer)
- All jobs alphabetically
- Only jobs for new employees
Correct answer: Jobs with high injury frequency, severity potential, or that are new, complex, or non-routine
Priority goes to high injury rates, severe potential, and new or non-routine jobs.
Prioritize highest injury frequency, fatal outcome potential, new or modified jobs, complex jobs, non-routine tasks, and those with near-miss reports. Review priorities as conditions change.
Question 3: How should a supervisor observe a job for JSA development?
- Watch from remote camera
- Observe an experienced worker under normal conditions noting each step without interfering (Correct answer)
- Only review written procedures
- Have worker explain verbally without performing
Correct answer: Observe an experienced worker under normal conditions noting each step without interfering
Directly observe an experienced worker under normal conditions noting each step.
Select an experienced worker, observe under normal conditions, note each step and tools used, observe posture and demands, and discuss with the worker afterward. Observe multiple workers if possible.
Question 4: What common mistake occurs when breaking a job into steps for JSA?
- Making steps too detailed creating an unmanageable list (Correct answer)
- Including too few steps
- Using technical terminology
- Starting with the first step
Correct answer: Making steps too detailed creating an unmanageable list
Excessive detail creates overwhelming documents obscuring important hazards.
Aim for 10-15 steps. Common mistakes include too much or too little detail, listing results instead of actions, missing setup/cleanup steps, and incorrect sequencing.
Question 5: How often should JSAs be reviewed and updated?
- Never once completed
- When job changes, after incidents, when new hazards found, and on a regular schedule (Correct answer)
- Only during OSHA inspections
- Every 5 years by law
Correct answer: When job changes, after incidents, when new hazards found, and on a regular schedule
Review after changes, incidents, new hazards, and on a periodic schedule.
Triggers include process changes, incidents, new hazards, regulatory changes, periodic schedule (annually minimum), and new worker assignments. Reviews should involve workers who perform the job.
Question 6: How can JSAs be used as training tools?
- Hand workers a stack to read
- Walk through each step while they observe or perform, explaining hazards and safe practices (Correct answer)
- JSAs are only for supervisors
- Test on content without demonstration
Correct answer: Walk through each step while they observe or perform, explaining hazards and safe practices
Walk new workers through each step with hands-on observation explaining hazards and controls.
Effective JSA training involves walking through steps with observation or practice, explaining hazards and reasoning, demonstrating correct technique, relating to real incidents, and getting worker sign-off.
Safety Trained Supervisor Job Safety Analysis 2
What are the three basic steps in a Job Safety Analysis?