Job Hazard Analysis: A Guide for Voluntary Compliance and Beyond, Second Edition, provides a complete reference for performing JHA and setting up a JHA program. The book identifies the basic job steps and tasks, their associated hazards and risks, and safe operating procedures and hazard controls based on this analysis.

Authors James Roughton and Nathan Crutchfield argue that the JHA should be the centerpiece of any risk control and occupational safety and health program. 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 concepts are presented for the JHA, incorporating elements from Behavior-Based Safety and Six Sigma. Readers are taken 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 that can be easily incorporated into occupational safety and health management systems, thus 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.

• Provides a basic understanding of the JHA process and a more in-depth background on the human performance improvement for a successful JHA program implementation
• Methodically develops the risk assessment basics needed within the JHA process
• Presents expanded resources that are useful in safety systems
• Incorporates elements from Behavior-Based Safety and Six Sigma

Part 1, Developing a JHA process that supports the Safety Culture • Chapter 1 Why focus on JHAs? • Chapter 2 Incorporating Human Performance Improvement into the JHA Process • Chapter 3, Understanding the Human Role in the Safety Process • Chapter 4, Leadership and Employee Participation

Part 2, Developing a Toolkit for Identifying Workplace Hazards and Associated Risk • Chapter 5, Preparing for the Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment • Chapter 6, Workplace Hazard Analysis and Review of Associated Risk • Chapter 7, Developing Systems to Manage Hazards • Chapter 8, Defining Associated Risk

Part 3, Developing an Effective Job Hazard Analysis • Chapter 9, Planning for the Job Hazard Analysis • Chapter 10, Breaking the Job Down Into Individual Components • Chapter 11, Putting together the Puzzle Pieces • Chapter 12, Standard or Safe Operating Procedures (SOP) • Chapter 13, Assessing Safety and Health Training Needs

Part 4, Additional Tools That Can Be Used To Develop a Successful JHA • Chapter 14, Overview of a Safety Management System • Chapter 15, Six Sigma as a Management System for a JHA Process • Chapter 16  Curation of Data and Information • Final Words, Can You Develop a Culture that Will Sustain the JHA Process?   

The second edition of a comprehensive and clear reference to identify hazards and risks at work and develop safe operating procedures and controls to comply with OHSA guidelines.

• Provides a basic understanding of the Job Hazard Analysis process and a more in-depth background on the human performance aspect of a successful JHA program
• Expanded material on health and safety needs
• New edition includes material on defining associated risk and developing a toolkit to identify it

Job Hazard Analysis 2nd Edition is a complete guide to performing Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) and setting up a JHA program. A 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 that analysis. In this book, James Roughton and Nathan Crutchfield argue that the JHA should be the centerpiece of any risk control and occupational safety and health program. However, the traditional JHA has potential problems in gathering an 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.

Roughton and Crutchfield present their 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. By fitting it into occupational safety and health management systems the JHA program allows businesses to move from mere compliance to pro-active safety management. The book is supported by numerous examples of JHAs, end of chapter review questions, sample checklists, action plans and forms.

James Roughton MS, CSP, CRSP, R-CHMM, CIT, CET, Certified Six Sigma Black Belt

James is an experienced Safety Professional with an in-depth knowledge of the use of Social Media to help improve productivity. He is an accomplished speaker, author, writer and web developer. Three of his most notable books include Safety Culture: An Innovative, Leadership Approach, Developing an Effective Safety Culture: A Leadership Approach, and Job Hazard Analysis: A Guide for Voluntary Compliance and Beyond. He is also an active board member and web master for the Georgia Conference - www.georgiaconference.org and has won the Environmental Conference’s Earl Everett distinguished Service Award, 2014.

Nathan Crutchfield CSP, CPCU, ARM, ARP; Principal, Crutchfield Consulting, LLC

Nathan is an independent consultant whose professional history encompasses a full range of risk control program design, development, implementation and evaluation.  He has provided expertise to a broad array of clients that include public entities, associations, and general industry. He has served on the Executive Board of the Georgia Safety, Health, and Environmental Conference and received the Georgia Safety, Health, and Environmental Conference’s Earl Everett distinguished Service Award in 2014.