JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS

IDENTIFYING HAZARDS CHECKLIST

SN HAZARDS YES NO N/A

Is there a danger of striking against, being struck by, or otherwise ✔
1
making harmful contact with an object?
2 Can the employee be caught in, by, or between objects? ✔

Is there a potential for a slip or trip? Can the employee fall on the same ✔
3
level or to another?
4 Can pushing, pulling, lifting, bending, or twisting cause strain? ✔

Is the area hazardous to safety or health? For example, are there ✔

5
concentrations of toxic gas, vapor, mist, fume, dust, heat, or radiation?
Is it possible for a person to come in contact with any moving piece of ✔
6
machine or equipment?
Are rotating equipment exposed where they can strike at or snag a ✔
7
worker’s clothing?
Is it possible to be drawn into the running nip point between two moving ✔
8 parts, such as belt and sheave, chain and sprocket, pressure rolls, rack
and gear, or gear train?
Do machines or equipment have reciprocating movement or any ✔
9 motion where workers can be caught on or between a moving part and
a fixed object?
Is it possible for a worker’s hands or arms to make contact with moving ✔
10 parts at the point of operation where milling, shaping, punching,
shearing, bending, grinding, or other work is being done?
Is it possible for material to be kicked back or ejected from the point of ✔
11
operation, injuring someone nearby?
Are machine controls safeguarded to prevent unintended or ✔
12
inadvertent operation?
Are machine controls located to provide immediate access in the event ✔
13
of an emergency?
14 Do machines vibrate or move while in operation? ✔

Is it possible for parts to become loose during operation, injuring ✔

15
operators or others?
 Are guards positioned or adjusted to correspond with the permissible ✔
16
openings?
Is it possible for workers to bypass the guard, thereby making it ✔
17
ineffective?
Do machines, equipment, and appurtenances receive regular ✔
18
maintenance?
Are machines placed so operators have sufficient room to safely work ✔
19
with no exposure to aisle traffic?
Is there sufficient room to accommodate incoming and finished work ✔
20
as well as scrap that may be generated?
Are the materials handling methods adequate for the work in process ✔
21
and the tooling associated with it?
If tools, jigs, and other work fixtures are required, are they stored ✔
22
conveniently, where they will not interfere with the work?
Is the work area well illuminated with specific point-of-operation lighting ✔
23
where necessary?
Is ventilation adequate, particularly for those operations that create ✔
24
dusts, mists, vapors, and gases?
25 Is the operator using personal protective equipment? ✔

Is housekeeping satisfactory with no debris or tripping hazards or spills ✔

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on the floor?

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