When do you require a job have a JHA?
I’ve found the OSHA guidelines are pretty ambiguous on this, and I’m having some trouble defining to myself when a JHA is needed. I wouldn’t require someone write a JHA to unplug a coffee pot, but you could make the argument by these definitions it might be required.
Does anyone have a quantitative measure that determines when a JHA is needed? ie: if something gets locked out, if there’s electricity involved, etc.
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I can't answer for everyone but I know I created general office safety program. This included initial training and annual refresher. It was basic but it covered all normal use items like general electrical safety, paper shredders, office equipment use and operations, ergonomics, repetitive motions, eye strain, lighting, slips and trips and most other common items. You can't assume employees know, so I found it wise to include some coverage of basic office items. You could create a JHA for almost anything if you really wanted but would be poor use of time. Many other aspects out there to focus our attention on for safety of the employees. I think it boils down to your industry and best judgement by you. Hard to quantify something like that, at least in my opinion.
A great rule of thumb is an operation or machinery that doesn’t have safety standards or manufacturing standards that cover adequately the safety of your workers. This is obviously not for administrative areas. I agree with the previous comments as well.