SAFETY COACH NOTE – JOB HAZARD ANALYSIS

What are the benefits?	Why doesn’t happen more often?	Who should be involved
Lower health costs	Lack of development time	Manager develop action plan
Better morale	Unwillingness to change	Committee provides input
Increased productivity	Unable to recognize benefits	Supervisors support team
		Workers are team members
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Unbelievably high return on investment of time and energy.	People are too busy coping with the current problems, so they don’t have the energy to evaluate improvements	Everyone has a role to play in the process, but a dedicated champion is often required.

JOB HAZARD ANALYSIS in TEN STEPS

Become or identify a champion with a sincere personal commitment

Gain the support of upper management

Develop an action plan which includes objectives and standards

Inform everyone about the objectives and why their co-operation is necessary

Create and train teams of analysis's

Complete a trend analysis to help identify high risk tasks to be examined

Complete s eries of job task hazard analyses

Evaluate the effectiveness of the suggested changes

Implement hazard controls

After a reasonable period, evaluate the effectiveness of these changes

Skip any of these steps and experience suggests that failure will be the result.

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