Job Hazard Analysis: A Guide to Identifying Risks in the Workplace

✍ Scribed by George Swartz CSP

• Publisher: Government Institutes
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 232
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides safety professionals and risk managers with a step-by-step, illustrated guide to identifying and preventing occupational hazards in any job. Created for long-term use, Job Hazard Analyses (JHA) help identify the basic steps for a job or task, identify the hazards associated with the job, and develop safe operating procedures to avoid those hazards.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 9
CHAPTER 1 Introduction......Page 27
Benefits......Page 28
Background......Page 30
The JHA Program......Page 32
JHA Methods......Page 37
Benefits of the Job List......Page 43
Creating the Job List......Page 45
Identifying Jobs for the List......Page 47
Sample Job Lists......Page 49
Summary......Page 56
Standard Information......Page 57
Samples of Complete JHAs......Page 63
Summary......Page 74
Continual Observation......Page 77
During the JHA......Page 79
Correcting Hazards......Page 80
Summary......Page 83
CHAPTER 5 Identifying Workplace Hazards......Page 85
Unsafe Conditions......Page 86
Unsafe Behavior......Page 98
Checklists for Assessing Common Workplace Hazards......Page 105
Summary......Page 117
CHAPTER 6 Sources of Injuries......Page 119
Classification of Injuries......Page 120
Summary......Page 146
CHAPTER 7 Injury Prevention and Investigation......Page 147
What Are Injuries?......Page 151
Contributing Factors to Injuries......Page 152
Levels of Investigation......Page 161
Sources of Information......Page 162
Summary......Page 169
Managing the JHA Program......Page 171
JHA Program Checklist......Page 178
Final JHA Example......Page 181
Summary......Page 186
Appendix A Safery and Health Programs......Page 187
The Voluntary Protection Program......Page 189
Fourteen Elements of a Successful Safety and Health Program......Page 195
Safety Statistics......Page 202
Workers' Compensation Costs......Page 203
Occupational Health......Page 205
Back Injuries......Page 206
Bureau of Labor Statistics Data......Page 207
OSHA's Injury Statistics......Page 209
Results of OSHA's Inspections......Page 210
Agenda for the Nation......Page 212
A Concern with Literacy......Page 213
Safety and Health Resources......Page 214
Appendix B OSHA Regional Offices......Page 217
Appendix C OSHA Consultation Services......Page 219
References......Page 227
Index......Page 231