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706 Conducting a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)
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List the Procedure Steps

Introduction

Nearly every task can be broken down into a series of steps.

Review a list of the steps in the task.

Developing steps for a job is critical in the analysis process to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of each task.

One Step - One Action

The process of "analysis" in the context of a JHA includes breaking the "whole" procedure down into its basic steps. The idea is to carefully describe actions and hazards within each step, and how to mitigate those hazards through control strategies.

  • Each step in the task being analyzed will describe an action. It tells what the worker does in each step.
  • Actions may or may not be observable. An action may describe something that is done or not done.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

2-1. The Job Hazard Analysis breaks down the entire procedure into individual steps. What should each step in the procedure describe?