By
James Roughton, Certified Safety Professional (CSP); Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP); Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM); MS
in Safety Science; Past President of the Georgia Chapter of ASSE, Independent consultant, U.S.A. Past President of the Georgia Chapter
of ASSE; Safety Professional of the Year in 1998-1999.
Nathan Crutchfield, Masters degree in Business Administration, Georgia State University; Bachelor of Civil Engineering Technology, Southern Technical Institute
(now Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia).
Professional designations and affiliations: CSP (Certified Safety Professional);
ARM (Associate in Risk Management; CPCU (Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter); ARP (Associate in Research & Planning); Society
of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters, American Society of Safety Engineers (Professional Member); American Society of Training
and Development., Crutchfield Consulting, risk management consultants, U.S.A.
Description
A Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) identifies the basic job steps and tasks and their associated hazards and risks, and then develops safe operating
procedures and hazard controls based on this analysis. In this book, James Roughton and Nathan Crutchfield argue that the JHA should
be the centrepiece of any risk control and occupational safety and health program and a methodical analysis is required for the new American
safety and health management standard ANSI/AIHA Z10. However, the traditional JHA has potential problems in gathering and analysis of
task data and, with its focus on the sequence of steps, can miss the behavioral effects and the systems interactions between tools, equipment,
materials, work environment, management and the individual worker. The authors present a new and improved concept for the JHA incorporating
elements from Behavior-Based Safety and Six Sigma. They take the reader through the whole process of developing tools for identifying
workplace hazards, developing systems that support hazard recognition, developing an effective JHA, and managing a JHA based program
and fitting it into occupational safety and health management systems, allowing businesses to move from mere compliance to a pro-active
safety management. The book is supported by numerous examples of JHAs, end of chapter review questions, sample checklists, action plans
and forms.
Audience:
Safety and Health professionals in all industries; supervisors, senior managers and HR professionals with responsibility for safety and
health. Loss control and insurance professionals. Lecturers and students on occupational safety and health courses - vocational and degree
courses at community colleges and universities.
