Job skills and controls needed to meet or exceed OHS requirements

Job skills and controls needed to meet or exceed OHS requirements

“A skill is the learned ability to carry out a task with pre-determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both”

“A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or environment. Most hazards are dormant or potential, with only a theoretical risk of harm; however, once a hazard becomes "active", it can create an emergency situation. A hazardous situation that has come to pass is called an incident. Hazard and possibility interact together to create risk”

“A job safety analysis (JSA) is a procedure which helps integrate accepted safety and health principles and practices into a particular task or job operation. In a JSA, each basic step of the job is to identify potential hazards and to recommend the safest way to do the job. Other terms used to describe this procedure are job hazard analysis (JHA) and job hazard breakdown”

“The Town of Preeceville is committed to promoting and improving a safe work environment for all its employees, partners, volunteers, and vendors. Our goal is to exceed workplace legislative requirements by continuously thinking safety first and changing the culture which requires everyone’s input. As we strive to do more with less in each of our jobs, health and safety must be front and central to everything we do. Providing a safe and healthy work environment is a priority for the Town of Preeceville”

Leadership and Safety @ http://www.worksafesask.ca/Barling-presentation

Policy: (Name and number)

Purpose: To control with policy and procedure statements workplace hazards by developing each procedure as a skill to deal with the hazard and the steps need to meet or exceed OHS guidelines.

Title: (What job/skill will be analyzed?)

What steps are taken to do the job?

What are the potential hazards?

What measures can you/we take to overcome the hazards?

When would you use this skill?

How often would you use it?

Are there any site specific variations to the skill?

What limitations are there?

How would you work around the limitations to meet OHS? 

Post worksheet for review in the workplace for employees to sign off on.

Review after one month, six months or one year?

Is it working?  If not, make another plan.  Can it be improved on?

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act - R.S.C., 1985, c. C-13

“The purpose of this Act is to promote the fundamental right of Canadians to a healthy and safe working environment by creating a national institute concerned with the study, encouragement and cooperative advancement of occupational health and safety, in whose governing body the interests and concerns of workers, trade unions, employers, federal, provincial and territorial authorities, professional and scientific communities and the general public will be represented”

 

The following is from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety web site:

Job Safety Analysis Worksheet
Job:
Analysis By:	Reviewed By:	Approved By:
Date:	Date:	Date:
Sequence of Steps	Potential Accidents or Hazards	Preventative Measures