What is the primary purpose of a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)?

• A. A plan to monitor fatigue across multiple tasks
• B. Job Hazard Analysis or Job Safety Analysis identifies hazards for a specific job/task and implements controls to reduce risk
• C. A general safety policy to update training
• D. A method to log near misses

Answer: (B)

A Job Hazard Analysis focuses on identifying hazards for a specific job or task and implementing controls to reduce risk. By breaking a job into its individual steps and examining what could go wrong at each step, it helps you choose practical measures—engineering controls, administrative procedures, or personal protective equipment—to prevent harm before work starts. This task-specific approach makes hazards and controls clear for that particular job, guiding training, procedures, and protective measures tailored to what actually happens on the job. It’s not about monitoring fatigue across many tasks, not a broad safety policy to update training, and not simply a method to log near misses.