Job Safety Analysis
Job Safety Analysis (JSA) is a safety tool which can be used by University supervisors and employees to increase the knowledge of hazards in the workplace at their specific work unit that poses a risk of causing injuries and accidents. There are numerous benefits in developing and implementing JSAs including improving knowledge of hazards among University supervisors and employees, and the prevention of accidents and injuries.
A blank JSA template and JSAs that have been developed at UNC-Chapel Hill for specific departments are available. You can use any of the JSAs as a reference to help develop one specific for a job or work task performed at your specific work unit.
If you have any questions in regards to Job Safety Analysis, please call Environment, Health and Safety at 919-962-5507.
JSA Library
- Solmetex Hg5 Series Collection Container Changeout
- Cordless Drill
- Drip Torch (Botanical Garden)
- Flushing Dental Vacuum Tanks
- Greenhouse Soil Mixer
- Miter Saw
- TORO Backhoe for Compact Utility Loaders (Botanical Garden)
- Boiler Plant Inspection and Maintenance/Respirator SOP
- Maintenance Shop
- Plant Operations
- Sweeping and Cleaning Boiler Ash Pits
- Augering Holes with Stihl BT 130
- Bandsaw
- Bench Grinder
- Box Cutter
- Chair Carrying Hand Trucks
- Chop Saw
- Cleaning Surface Mold Growth on Hard Surfaces
- Compactor Troubleshooting
- Cordless Drill
- DeWalt Silica Dust Collection Vacuum and Drilling Kit
- Dingo 323 Toro
- Drilling Concrete
- EGX 600 Engraver
- Operating an Electric Jig Saw
- Floor Buffer
- Forklift
- Fuel Pump Monthly Inspection
- Fueling a State Vehicle
- Gas-Powered Pressure Washer
- Genie Superlift Advantage
- Genomics Cistern Confined Space Entry
- Hard Hat Inspection
- Helmet/Hood Powered Air Purifying Respirator for Respiratory Protection
- Hydraulic Line Change in Compactors
- Hydraulic Press
- Jointer
- Loading Dock Plates
- Metal Lathe
- Miter Saw
- Moving and Lifting Heavy Objects
- PCBs Window Caulk Removal
- Placing/Removing Pool Cover Springs
- Polyurethane Use
- Portable Air Compressor
- Portable Band Saw
- Portable Table Saw
- Portable Tile Saw
- Pressure-Washing Exterior of Campus 95-Gallon “Outdoor Carts”
- Radial Arm Saw
- Reciprocating Saw
- Salt Spreader
- Sanding Painted Surfaces
- Six-Foot Portable Step Ladder
- Six-Inch Belt Sander
- Snow Removal and Clean-Up
- Soldering
- Straight-Cut Table Saw Operation
- Testing Water Line Fittings
- Using handheld power saw outdoors to cut masonry, concrete, stone or other silica-containing materials
- Wacker Neuson Vibratory Rammer
- Dental Chair Vacuum Line Repair
- Flushing Dental Vacuum Tanks for Brauer and Tarrson Halls
- Dental School Vacuum Receiver Tank Unclogging
- Chairside Collection Container Change Out (DD2011)
- Manual Flushing Dental Vacuum Tanks
- Solmetex Hg5 Series Collection Container Changeout
- Unclogging Pipes for Vacuum System Dental Buildings
- Box Cutter
- Brake Cleaner
- Gas-Powered Backpack Debris Blower
- Gas-Powered Chainsaw
- Gas-Powered Edger
- Gas-Powered Extended Shrub Pruner
- Gas-Powered Standard Shrub Pruner
- Gas-Powered Weed Eater
- Hand-Held Pruner
- Handsaw
- Pesticides
- Self-Propelled Walk-Behind Pushmower
- Solo Backpack Sprayer
- Toro Walk-Behind Hydraulic Mower
- Toro Z-Turn Riding Mower
- Wheelbarrows
- Zero Turn Lawnmower
Additional Resources
In addition to this JSA library, the following references provide information about JSAs, the development of JSAs and examples that may be used.
- U.S. Occupational, Safety and Health Administration
- The University of California, Berkeley
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- OSHA 3071: Job Hazard Analysis