PROPRIETARY

Risk Management

Job Safety Analysis

 Risk Management

Barriers to Incidents

Work
Formal Risk
Management Task Personal Planning
Assessments Procedures
Systems Analysis (Stepback 5X5)
& Planning

Incident
Occurs

Incident Path
The Job Safety Analysis Process

Identify
1

Assess
2

Control
3
What is a Job Safety Analysis (JSA)?

It is a process by which we identify Hazards

and Potential Incidents for each job step
and devise safe controls to eliminate or
reduce the potential of occurrence.
 Why use JSAs?

• To identify hazards and their means of control.

• To gain commitment of personnel to use safe

practices

• To identify safer and more efficient methods of

working.
 When should you do a JSA?
.

Does the task involve

designated critical operations,
routine hazardous operations, or any other
operation that may be considered as high risk?

No
Will existing systems Yes
identify and control the hazards?

Yes No
Undertake completing a JSA
No need for JSA. with work team involvement.

Yes
Review previous JSA and make
improvements to the process.
Use the STEPBACK 5X5 process
to identify and control hazards
before, during and after the task.
 The Four Basic Steps to Preparing a JSA.

1. Select the job to be analyzed.

2. Separate the job into basic job steps.

3. Identify the hazards and potential incidents that are

associated with each job step.

4. Develop safe work practices or controls for each

hazard identified.
 JSA Forms Must Have 3 Basic Elements

Job Hazards or Safe Work

Step Potential Controls
Incidents
 Things to Consider When Conducting a JSA

Step 1 Select the job to be analyzed.

 What is the job I am being asked to do?
 What is the logical order in which the job should be done?
 What materials will I be dealing with?
 What tools and equipment will I be using?
 When will the job be done? (Day, Night, Cold or Hot)
 How might the job affect people/activities/equipment?
 How might the job be affected by other
people/activities/equipment?
 Things to Consider When Conducting a JSA

Step 2 Separate the jobs into basic job steps.

 What job step comes first? Wording should begin
with an “action” word (remove, open, weld & etc.)
Second

Third

Next
If a job has more than 8-10 steps, then break the
job into parts and produce a JSA for each part.
 Things to Consider When Conducting a JSA

Step 3 Identify the hazards and potential incidents that are

associated with each job step.
Hazard definition is “Something which by itself or by
interacting with other variables can result in
• Physical injury or death
• Damage to assets or the environment
• Production loss or increased liability”
Examples: Heights, confined spaces, slippery surfaces,
weather, control of hazardous energy, chemicals,
hydrocarbon release, equipment, lack of training, loss of
concentration and etc.
 Things to Consider When Conducting a JSA

Step 3 Identify the hazards and potential incidents that are

associated with each job step. Use Phrases like;
– Struck by or against
– Contact with or contacted by
– Caught in/on/under/between/against
– Exposure to temperature/chemical/noise
– Fall from a height.
It’s very important to be specific, avoid generalizations like
pinch points, slip/strips/falls, and etc. Identify specifically
what the potential incidents are.
 Things to Consider When Conducting a JSA

Step 4 Develop safe work practices or controls for each hazard

identified.
Remember the industrial hierarchy of control for the elimination
of hazards.
First, can the hazard be controlled through Elimination or
Substitution?
Second, can the hazard be controlled through Engineering
Controls (redesigning equipment)?
Third, can the hazard be controlled by implementing
Administrative Controls (changing job procedures, reducing
exposure time, increase training and etc.)
 Things to Consider When Conducting a JSA

Continued: Step 4 Develop safe work practices or controls

for each hazard identified.
Remember the industrial hierarchy of control for the
elimination of hazards.

Fourth and always LAST, can the hazard be

controlled with the proper use of personal protective
equipment (PPE).
JSA Key Questions for Leadership Team.

– “ Do we involve ourselves in preparing the JSA with our

team “

– “ Do we visit the worksite during the task to confirm

what was planned is happening ?
Do we use this chance to give recognition ?”

– “ When the task is completed do we give recognition to

the group for successful completion ?
 JSA Safety Scorecard

Is a rig based tool for measuring the

effectiveness of the JSA process
so continuous improvement
can be achieved.
 JSA Safety Scorecard

How to use:
 At random pick a JSA for review that was completed
that day.

 Review the JSA based on the score card

requirements and assign a score.

 Track the JSA scores as a leading indicator over a

period of time to drive continuous improvement.