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706 Conducting a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)
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Review Incident/Accident History

Review your worksite's history of accidents and illnesses that needed treatment and incidents that required repair or replacement of equipment.

Employee sitting at a table reading the results of a risk analysis
Review and conduct a risk analysis.

It's also important to look at near miss events in which an injury did not occur, but could have. These events are indicators that existing hazard controls (if any) may not be adequate and deserve more scrutiny.

Conduct a Risk Analysis

Once you have identified tasks you believe might require a JHA, it's important to prioritize each task. To do this, analyze each task to determine their degree of risk. To determine the degree of risk objectively, it's important to know what risk is, so let's discuss the concept next.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

1-4. Once you have identified tasks you believe might require a Job Hazard Analysis, it's important to _____ each task.