Title: JSA (Job Safety Analysis) and the Trash Can Provision
Course: Open PRO110 Safety, Health & Environment > Section: Module 6: Rescue and First Aid

JSA is an acronym for Job Safety Analysis. See an example here JSA Safety Sheet

Generally as you prepare for a job you look to see what tools equipment and parts you need. This is very similar, what you do with the JSA is to look at the overall job and the steps to complete the job, and then you break the steps down looking for hazards as we learned in the hazard recognition chapters.

Next you would put in your mitigation steps, and your expected outcome. This document may be altered throughout the project to ensure that it has the job steps and hazards on it. Sometimes several JSA's a day may be filled out. You can normally count on about 20 minutes to fill out a proper JSA,  but there are times when it may take HOURS to fill out the JSA and it may be several pages long; however this is a very unusual situation.

We will fill these out on a site visit, we will do one together, then I will task each of you to do one by yourselves to submit as an assignment. A JSA is not required under OSHA law, however, you are required to notify others of any hazards your job may create, this is covered by the general duty clause in OSHA law, also known as the trash can provision. Many companies do not require a JSA to be done if you are working alone, but if somebody else comes in to your work area, you may have to stop your job and fill out a JSA!

The General Duty clause is  below (5A1):

Each employer --
 | (1) shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees; (2) shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this Act. | 29 USC 654
(b) Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to this Act which are applicable to his own actions and conduct.

SO as you can see this is pretty vague, it is meant to be, this is were something goes if it doesn't look, smell or taste right to the inspector and there is not a rule that an inspector can find to prevent the situation.

Our JSA's fill an important role in helping our coworkers get home safely.