Standard Job Safety Analysis in Accelerate
VelocityEHS Accelerate makes three types of risk analyses available as part of our Standard Job Safety Analysis capability.
Watch the Overview
For a quick introduction, this video provides an overview of the JSA, HAZOP, and Aspects & Impacts Analysis workflows available in Accelerate. It’s a helpful starting point before diving into the individual tools.
A Job Safety Analysis (JSA) is the most common risk assessment method that involves breaking down a job into steps or tasks for the purposes of identifying and controlling the associated risks. The process includes hazard identification, risk assessment, identifying and implementing risk controls, and follow-up.
The need for a JSA may arise when
- a new task, job, or equipment is added,
- a task, job, or piece of equipment is modified,
- a contractor will be onsite to perform a task, or
- a task or job is due for an annual/biannual review.
A Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP) is a systematic examination of a process or operation to identify and evaluate problems that may represent risks or prevent efficient operation if there is a deviation from normal operating procedure.
A HAZOP focuses on identifying hazards in the workplace, while a JSA goes beyond this and handles the probability and risk of hazards. HAZOPs are typically used in very high-risk/high-hazard environments.
An Aspects and Impacts analysis is a study of how an organization’s activities, products, and services affect the environment.
Multiple individuals may be involved in the JSA/Aspects and Impacts/HAZOP process, from an initial coordinator to a reviewer/approver, and individuals who might carry out assigned action items. These roles may overlap, so that one individual may be responsible for more than one of these tasks. No one person “owns” the record. Rather, multiple people participate sequentially in managing the analysis from start to finish.
With the exception of a few subtle differences in the content you enter, the workflow is the same for all three types of analyses. Select each workflow step below to read more about it. Select the flowchart image to enlarge it.
Draft (Created by)
The draft stage establishes where and when the analysis will take place, who will participate in the process, and includes a brief description of what will be evaluated.
Scheduled (Risk Leader)
Optional stage. The responsible party(ies) can begin the analysis immediately, going right into the In Progress stage. Or, the Risk Leader can schedule it to begin at an appropriate future date and time; this places the analysis into a temporary "hold" state until the scheduled date and time arrives.
In Progress (Risk Leader)
The analysis remains In Progress while the details are being added: describe job steps; identify hazards/activities/deviations; assess the initial risk; document causes, consequences, and controls that are put in place; add recommendations for improvement and actions to reduce risk; and assess residual risk (projected risk after improvements take place). When this stage is complete, the Risk Leader indicates who is responsible for Review and for Closure, and then marks the analysis Complete.
Review (Responsible for Review)
The individual who is Responsible for Review verifies that the analysis is fully complete and up to standards. If necessary, the reviewer can pass it back to In Progress for modification.
Pending Closure (Responsible for Closure)
In this stage, the analysis is complete but the team is waiting for all corrective actions and recommendations to be implemented. It remains here until everything documented and agreed upon is complete; at this time, the individual Responsible for Closure can close it.
Closed
The analysis is complete and has been closed.
Prior Version
Some organizations reevaluate jobs on a regular basis. Creating a “prior version” of a Closed analysis copies identifying information to a new record; any analysis, residual risk information, and actions are removed, and the new record can be used for reevaluation. The original analysis will be tagged Prior Version, while the new one will be in the Draft stage.
