Safety & Occupational Health-Job Hazard Analysis

These Job Hazard Analysis' are presented as an EXAMPLE ONLY.

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The job hazard analysis (JHA) process insures that the safety and health of employees is fully considered during the planning stages of a Forest project or activity. This process provides the format for building safety into every project. The purpose of these guidelines is to help make that happen

Conducting and documenting a job hazard analysis prior to beginning work on a project or research study has been a Forest Service requirement for over 20 years. Properly understood and implemented, a job hazard analysis is a powerful tool to insure that work is conducted safetly.

Hazards which may be encountered by employees when they perform tasks involved in a project or activity are put under close consideration and review. The JHA puts together a set of actions which creates a safe work environment and establishes safe work procedures.

A safe work environment and safe work procedures are essential outputs, and integral to any project or activity. They are as important as more commonly recognized outputs, such as contracts administered, habitat enhanced, and plans produced, etc. Providing for a safe work environment and safe work procedures requires similar planning activities as those which ensure the other project outputs are accomplished and standards are met.

The best job hazard analyses are those that are focused, complete, clearly documented, communicated to employees, and implemented.

Job Hazard Analysis Guidelines (rtf format)

JHA form in rtf format click here (useable with Word)

Click on the first letter of the subject JHA in which you are interested.

For example, to find a JHA on blasting, click on b. Some subjects may befound in two places. Some subjects may be found with a related or similar word.

Forest Service JHAs
Received after the release of the 12/1/1999 Health and Safety Code Handbook.

Forest Service Pre-2000 JHAs
Received prior to the release of the 12/1/1999 Health and Safety Code Handbook.

Interagency Fire JHAs
Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife

If you have questions regarding any of these JHA's, please contact your agency Safety & Health Manager.

USDA Forest Service - Northern Region
Last Modified: Friday, 27 July 2007 at 15:38:24 EDT