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Appendix A illustrates a format that can be
This part of the analysis is usually prepared by
used as a worksheet for JSA.
watching the employee do the job. The
employee being observed should be experi-
Dividing a job into tasks requires a thor-
enced and capable of performing all parts of
ough knowledge of the job. If the tasks are
the job. The observation team may include
made too general, specific operations and
the immediate supervisor, a health and safety
related hazards may be missed. On the other
professional, and a member of the health and
hand, too many tasks may make the JSA
safety committee or the health and safety rep-
impractical. A rule of thumb is that most
resentative. Key points are less likely to be
jobs can be described in less than ten tasks.
missed in this way.
If more operational steps are required, it is
advisable to break the job into two seg-
ments, each with a separate JSA. As an
example, Table 1 presents the tasks involved
in changing a flat tire.
Table 1. An example of JSA applied to changing a flat tire.
JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS WORKSHEET
JOB: changing tire on a vehicle
Analysed by: John Supervisor and Tom Worker
Date: 29 May 2001
Reviewed by: Joe Expert
Date: 1 June 2001
Approved by: Co-Chairs Health and Safety Committee
Date: 5 June 2001
Sequence of Tasks
Potential Hazards
Preventive Measures
1. Park vehicle.
2. Get spare tire and tool kit.
3. Pry off hub cap.
4. Loosen lug bolts (nuts).
5. And so on ……..
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