Job Hazard Assessment Fundamentals

August 16, 2012

Presented by: Kathleen Collins, Health and Safety Manager at Drake International

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Agenda

What is a Job Hazard Assessment?

• Overview of Job Descriptions• Identifies Job Tasks related to the Job• Identifies and Describes Hazards related to Jobs• Identifies Ranking of Hazards• Identifies Controls

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Implementation

When do you implement a Job Hazard Assessment? • Recruitment • Onboarding • Orientation• Performance Review

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Promotion of Healthy Workplace

Job Hazard Assessments can assist in many ways:

• Information about hazards and controls• Provides opportunity for communication about

risk factors and consequences• Understanding of skill• Positivity fosters positive attitude towards

working hazard-free

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Getting Started

Where to source information to complete a job hazard assessment:

• Claims review• Accident, incident and near misses• Inspection • Job descriptions

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Getting Started Continued

Where to source information to complete a job hazard assessment:

• Department functions• Work design analysis• Physical demands analysis• Worker interviews

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JHA Step 1

Create a form that includes the following selections:

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H=Header B=Body F=Footer

JHA Step 2

Completing information in the Header:

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Job Hazard Analysis Describes the subject

Company Name Information specific to company in question

Department Information applicable to the function of the department

Analysis by/date: Who is completing the information and when was the information analyzed

Review/Approved by/date:

Who and when the employers’ representative reviewed the information

JHA Step 3

Definition of the JobThe definition of the job should include the following information:

• Worker is required to preform specific task related to the job of________

• Worker is required to perform specific task with People, Equipment, Material, Environment, and Process

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JHA Step 3

Definition of Job example:

“Worker will be required to perform tasks such as; communicating via telephone, fax, email, and update social media mediums. Required to interact with the workers, clients, customers, and other public. Required to register sales, handle money, package merchandise and be required to receive and ship material and mail. Worker will be required to type and transcribe operating variety of office equipment. Worker will be required to file, document, write, edit and be required to perform accounting and bookkeeping, research, and interviewing and other task. Worker may be ask to participated in marketing, events, and promotion activities and coordination both indoors and outdoors.”

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JHA Step 3

Some of the information that would need to be completed for Job Tasks and Activities:

• Compile a long list of activities or jobs tasks related to the job

• Involve workers, supervisor and employer • Reference industry standards

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JHA Step 4

Examples of job tasks associated with an administration job would include:

• Advertising, Answering, Bookkeeping, Calculation, Closing, Collecting

• Computing, Conversing, Communicating, Coordinating, Currency Handing

• Generating, Data Entry, Delivering, Editing, Emailing, Engaging, Faxing, Handling, Inserting, Interacting, Invoicing

• Keyboarding, Keying, Lifting, Laminating, Mailing, Marketing, Material Handling, Noting, Opening, Operating

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JHA Step 5

Information about the hazards will be required to be broken down into the following categories:

• Biological Hazards• Chemical Hazards• Stress/and Work Design (Ergonomic/Social)Hazards• Physical Hazards• Safety Hazards

(You can add more hazard categories if you like)

JHA Step 5

Some examples of hazards for an Administration Worker would be as follows:

JHA Step 6

Measuring the risk you will need to create a measurement system, similar to the following:

High Potential Loss of Life, Serious Injury/Illness, or Catastrophic or Significant Property Damage

Medium Moderate Injury/Illness, or Moderate Property Damage

Low Minor Injury/Illness or Minor Property Damage

JHA Step 7

Identification of Controls is the final step of completing the Job Hazard Assessment

You will identify what is in place to protect the workers:

• Engineering • Administration • Personal Protective Equipment

JHA Step 7

Some Examples of the controls stress/and work design for an administrator would be as follows:

Engineering Controls: Lifting Devices, Carts for material handling Added assistive devices  Administrative Controls: Alternating Work, Exposure Schedules, Light Task Duties Limit access to work areas (related with aggression or violence in the

workplace) PPE: Ice cleats for shoes Warm jacket and gloves

HEALTH AND SAFETY Q & A For additional questions please email:

Kathleen: kcollins@na.drakeintl.com

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kcollins@na.drakeintl.com

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Thank You for Attending For Questions please contact Kathleen Collins

kcollins@na.drakeintl.com

416-216-1088

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