How To Identify Hazards
A job hazard analysis is an exercise in detective work. A very successful analysis method asks "who, what, where, why, when, and how" questions.
Whoah! Where's the guard?
Your goal is to discover the following:
- Who is required to perform the task?
- What can go wrong?
- What are the consequences?
- Where is the task performed?
- When is the task performed?
- How could the hazard arise?
- What are contributing factors?
- How likely is it that the hazard will occur?
To make your JHA useful, document the answers to these questions in a consistent manner. Describing a hazard by answering the questions above ensures you target the most important contributing factors to the hazard.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
3-2. A successful method in conducting a Job Hazard Analysis involved asking _____ questions.
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