Why is Job Safety Analysis Necessary?
All employers have duty of care to individuals, staff, contractors or third parties in the workplace. Failure to take reasonable steps to ensure their health and safety could result in legal action being taken against the employer for negligence or specific action being brought under local Occupational Health & Safety legislation. A Job Safety Analysis must be undertaken to identify risks to health and safety and control measures must be taken to manager those risks. Evidence is required to be kept in the form of reports which document the identified hazards and controls and regular updates must be produced which document the actions being taken to implement those controls. Job Safety Analysis is therefore a fundamental part of: OSHA Legislation in the USA European Health & Safety Legislation and is applicable in many other countries around the World.
