1.0 ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
1.1 The purpose of a Job Safety Analysis (JSA) program is to mitigate or eliminate hazards associated
with performing specific job tasks. The JSA program safely manages worker exposure to job-site
potential hazards and appropriate control measures. JSAs are vital to an organization’s overall
safety program because they encourag
e operati
onal prioritizati
on of safety,
integrate saf
ety as
part of the work task for high risk and/or novel activities, and encourage safety communication
at the crew level.
1.2 The purpose of this document is to describe guidelines for the preparation and communication
of task-specific JSAs. Although a JSA (sometimes called a Field Level Hazard Analysis [FLHA]), a
Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), Site-Specific Safety Plans (SSSP), and Toolbox Talks are all jobsite
safety-related tools, each plays a different role. For these guidelines, the following definitions
1.2.1 Job Safety Analysis (JSA) – JSAs are prepared for a specific work activity that will be
performed. JSAs are performed to identify hazards (real and potential) that are, or may
be, present at the specific work location under current environmental conditions
(weather, external impacts, etc.) and to prescribe the appropriate mitigation of the
identified potential hazard(s), before commencing a work activity. JSAs should be
performance of the task.
1.2.2 Field Level Hazard Analysis (FLHA) – FLHAs are basically the same as JSAs.
1.2.3 Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) – A JHA is a document that identifies the general hazards of
and mitigation measures for common construction activities or tasks, such as excavation,
stringing pipe, lowering-in, welding, tie-ins, bending, etc.
1.2.4 Site-Specific Safety Plan (SSSP) – An SSSP is a document that is developed for each
specific project, identifying its safety hazards and how to mitigate them. A SSSP can be
important source material for creating JSAs.
1.2.5 Toolbox Talks – Toolbox talks are utilized for a wide variety of topics (e.g., safety, task
review, environmental, land owner considerations, etc.). Toolbox talks are particularly
useful when discussing safety to review “good catches” or incidents that have happened
within a company or they can be lessons learned that have been shared in our industry
(e.g.,
refer to the INGAA Foundation Lessons
Learned
Database).
1.3 The basic JSA described in this document is most often prepared by the Crew Leader or Foreman
(or other personnel as assigned or designated by the Foreman), with ACTIVE input and
participation from the crew members, and used to stimulate substantive conversation regarding
task steps or sequencing, specific hazards, and the corresponding control measures.