Job hazard analysis builder

No risk scoring

Break the job into steps, say what could hurt somebody and what you do about it, and print the sheet.

The steps

Break the job into the steps somebody actually performs, in order. For each one, what could hurt them and what you are doing about it. There is no score to give a hazard here — a number would look like a measurement, and nothing measured it.

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

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There is no risk score in this tool

Nearly every free JHA template has a matrix: pick a severity, pick a likelihood, multiply, color the cell. It is the most persuasive thing on the page, and nothing produced it except two dropdowns somebody guessed at.

A “4” looks like a measurement. It is an opinion in a costume — and on a sheet that goes into a file, that guess gets read months later as a finding. If your organization runs its own scoring system, it is yours: describe it in your own words in the controls column, where a reader can see where it came from.

The method, which is the part that works

Break the job into the steps somebody actually performs, in order. For each one: what could hurt them, what you are doing about it, and what they wear. Four columns, as many steps as the job has.

Do it with the people who do the job, not at a desk. Almost everything useful in a JHA comes out of somebody saying “that is not how we actually do that bit”.

What the sheet does not claim

It does not decide that your hazards are complete, that your controls are adequate, or that the analysis satisfies anything. The printed sheet says so on its face, because it is going into a file where somebody will read it as evidence and should know exactly whose analysis it is.

What it connects to

The analysis is filed against the building in Records. Talking the crew through it before the job is the toolbox talk log; hot work with its own permit is the hot work permit; and something the analysis turns up that needs fixing first belongs in the corrective action tracker.

Your own analysis, documented. CompliMaint issues no certification and makes no determination that any hazard list is complete, that any control is adequate, or that any workplace is compliant. Everything runs on your device.

Questions people ask

What is a job hazard analysis?
You break a job into the steps somebody actually performs, in order, and for each step you write down what could hurt them and what you are doing about it. The value is in the conversation it forces with the people who do the job; the sheet is the residue of that conversation.
Why is there no risk score or matrix?
Because nothing measured it. A severity dropdown times a likelihood dropdown produces a number that looks like data and is a guess, and on a printed record that guess gets read as a finding later. If your organization runs a scoring system, it is yours — describe it in your own words in the controls column. This tool will not manufacture one for you.
Is a JHA the same as a JSA?
In practice people use both names for the same document — job hazard analysis and job safety analysis. Some organizations distinguish them; most do not. This builder produces the step, hazard, control and PPE table that both names refer to.
Does it tell me whether my analysis is good enough?
No. It helps you document your analysis. It makes no determination that the hazards you listed are complete, that the controls you chose are adequate, or that the result satisfies any requirement — those are judgements for the people who know the job and for whoever oversees the work.