Job Safety Analysis Flashcards
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What are the three basic steps in a Job Safety Analysis?
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.
Which jobs should be prioritized for JSA?
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.
How should a supervisor observe a job for JSA development?
Answer: Observe an experienced worker under normal conditions noting each step without interfering
Directly observe an experienced worker under normal conditions noting each step.
What common mistake occurs when breaking a job into steps for JSA?
Answer: Making steps too detailed creating an unmanageable list
Excessive detail creates overwhelming documents obscuring important hazards.
How often should JSAs be reviewed and updated?
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.
How can JSAs be used as training tools?
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.