Take 5 and Job Hazard Analysis Procedure

Purpose. This procedure explains how workers complete a Take 5 before every task and how a job hazard analysis is prepared, approved and used for non-routine or high risk work.

1.Scope

This procedure applies to every person doing work on a Deepridge site or as a Deepridge crew on a client site. It supports the Risk Management Policy and must be used with the site principal hazard management plans.

2.Take 5

Before starting any task, the worker must stop, look at the work area, identify the hazards, assess the risk and put the controls in place. The Take 5 must be recorded in the worker's Take 5 book or the electronic form and be available to the supervisor on request. If the worker cannot control a hazard, they must not start and must call the supervisor.

• Stop and think about the task
• Look for hazards in the area, the plant and the method
• Assess what can go wrong and how badly
• Control the hazard before starting
• Do the task, and stop if anything changes

3.When a job hazard analysis is required

A job hazard analysis is required for any task that is non-routine, that is not covered by a written procedure, that involves working at heights, confined spaces, hot work, lifting with cranes, excavation deeper than 1.5 metres, work near live services or energised plant, or that the supervisor rates as high risk. The supervisor decides, and if in doubt a job hazard analysis will be done.

4.Preparing the job hazard analysis

The crew doing the work must prepare the job hazard analysis together on the Job Hazard Analysis Form, breaking the task into steps, listing the hazards at each step and the controls in order of the hierarchy. Every person on the task must sign the form before starting. The supervisor must review and approve it and must re-approve it if the task, the crew or the conditions change.

5.Records

The job hazard analysis must be kept at the work site during the task and filed with the work order or shift records afterwards. Hazards that cannot be controlled at the task level must be entered in the Hazard and Incident Register for the site to fix.

6.Audit

Supervisors will audit at least two Take 5s and one job hazard analysis per crew per week and record the audit. The HSE and Training Manager will review audit results monthly.