5 Minute Safety Briefs February Week 4
By EnPro Learning System
02/17/17
5 Minute Safety Meetings - February 20th – 24st
Monday - Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)/Job Safety Analysis (JSA):
What are they and how are they done? Last week we talked about the importance of planning out the work tasks before the work starts – Plan your work and Work Your Plan. Let’s dive deeper into how we can proactively plan the steps needed to complete work tasks safely and effectively. The JSA is a method to systematically identify and evaluate hazards associated with a particular job or task. JSAs work to control identified hazards and ensure that employees have the training, equipment and supplies needed to do their jobs safely. To identify the job or task to be analyzed, you want to look for jobs or tasks with a history of injuries or near misses and jobs with catastrophic potential (fire, explosion, systemic equipment failure or large chemical releases). You will also want to evaluate tasks in which one minor human error could lead to serious injury. Also plan to do JHAs for jobs or tasks that are not standard work, rarely performed jobs, complex multi-step jobs and when people are new to the job or task. JSAs should be conducted by area operators; they work with the machines and processes every day and have the firsthand knowledge. It is helpful to involve operators from other areas to provide a fresh perspective. Engineers and supervisors should also review JSA development to provide support and resources as needed.
Tuesday - Conducting the JSA:
1. Identify the job or task to be analyzed
2. Break the job or task into key components
3. Identify the hazards found in each key component
4. Identify ways to eliminate or control these hazards
5. Eliminate the hazard or install controls
6. Keep a record of the hazards identified and steps taken to eliminate or control them
While conducting the JSA take the time to observe and talk with area operators to see how the work tasks are done and the demands of their jobs; talk with them to determine the most hazardous part of their jobs, this can help with ranking hazards and control measures.
Wednesday - Things to keep in Mind:
• Too much detail makes the JSA cumbersome, but too little detail may omit hazards
• The right amount of detail breaks the job into components that make sense in terms of the overall job
• Generally, limit the number of components to 10 or less
• Remember the Hierarchy of Controls, the best method to control hazards is to eliminate them at the source
• PPE is the least effective method of hazard control
• JSAs need to be reviewed annually to ensure they are kept current, retrain employees when JSAs are revised
Thursday - Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Assessments:
• Where a JSA calls for the use of PPE, create a documented PPE assessment that details the PPE requirements for that particular job
• The PPE assessment is a one page form that communicates the PPE requirements to employees, it is recommended that both pictures and written descriptions of the required PPE be included
• Ensure the PPE assessments lists the specific requirements of the work area (i.e. protection level, model number)
• Post PPE assessments in each work area
• Update annually and whenever there are changes to the workplace, seasonal PPE assessments may be needed
• Retrain employees whenever the PPE assessment changes and annually on the required use and care of PPE annually
• An example PPE assessment form is included for reference
Friday - Freestyle Friday:
Pick a topic specific to your site and share it, or ask a team member to share a safety issue that is important to them, hold a hazard ID hunt, etc. Did you find a Safety Opportunity this week
