Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

The Job Safety Analysis (JSA) can be used to evaluate a worker’s job tasks, tools, equipment, and procedures to help determine the level of safety risk and how to control it.  The JSA is a very useful tool in the examination and planning for hazards associated with new tools, equipment, chemicals, tasks, and work environments.  The combination of the findings within the JSA become a supervisor's pre-job tool in not only ensuring the hazards and mitigation plans are communicated properly to the employees, but also in delivering the specific job steps.  This helps a safe job also become a quality and efficient job.  

 

 

 

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Assessment

Keeping in mind the Hierarchy of Controls lists PPE as an employee's least effective form of defense, the Personal Protective Equipment Hierarchy of Controls Triangle(PPE) Assessment tool can be used to assess the need for PPE for different types of job tasks.