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706 Conducting a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)
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The Risk Assessment Matrix

Another simple technique to help determine the overall risk of the jobs for which you'll be conducting a JHA, is called the Risk Assessment Matrix.

Risk Assessment Matrix

It's a simple process to determine the risk level of each job:

  1. List all of the jobs that you are analyzing.
  2. Estimate the probability and severity of each job.
  3. Next, place the task in the appropriate section of the risk matrix.

Once you've entered all tasks, you can easily prioritize each job to determine which jobs to analyze first.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

1-8. Which technique helps determine the amount of risk in a job?