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D3 creates job-hazard-analysis training to boost safety culture

Fox (pictured right):

The safety of ITD employees is paramount, and District 3 recently took a step in the direction of boosting their safety culture by making employees more aware of the hazards associated with their jobs. They also taught employees to deconstruct an incident or near miss to look for hidden dangers or hazards in order to prevent future occurrences and repeat injuries or incidents.

Using the Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) process to build awareness, the district found that when crews had an incident/injury or a near miss, the folks who created the JHA had an opportunity to review the incident with them and to find what happened, why it happened, what choices/process could have been made or done differently to keep that type of incident from happening in the future.

This season, the district delivered hazard identification/recognition training to all D3 Operations staff.

After an incident, the crew will have an opportunity to review the task that was being performed that led to the incident or near miss, identify the hazards along with the root causes that led to the incident, and build a Job Hazard Analysis for the identified task or tasks.

D3 is currently building on the original concept and implementing a formal JHA process into crew reviews. Crews will receive on site/just-in-time training to facilitate the JHA process. The process will be mentored by District Safety Compliance Officer Eric Copeland, and the JHA will be documented and shared with the rest of the district to increase hazard awareness and safety.

We had multiple goals when creating the training – increasing employee awareness of safety hazards on the job site and reducing accidents/incidents/Injuries were just the most obvious. The team also wanted to change the perception that these things just “happen,” and wanted to give people a tool that they can use in every aspect of their lives, on and off the job."