What’s at Stake?

A hazard is the potential for harm that, if left uncontrolled, can result in an injury or illness. A job hazard analysis, JHA for short, is all about breaking down jobs and tasks into smaller steps to find the hazards and then ways to reduce or remove those hazards. A JHA might also be called a job safety analysis (JSA).

What’s the Danger?

Many jobs and tasks have hazards associated with them. It can be a job as simple as changing a light bulb or as complex as shutting down a nuclear reactor. If these hazards aren’t identified and corrected through safe […]