Safety and health work-instruction in mechanics provided using job safety analysis technique

Automotive and automotive industries in developed and developing countries are important. Many experts are associated with this industry. Mechanics is one of them. In order to reduce the effects of the economic losses caused by diseases and accidents, several methods are presented to identify hazards in the workplaces which can be helpful in controlling risks. One of them that rely on aspects of health, safety and ergonomic is Job Safety Analysis techniques. In this study, 63 Mechanics workshops in a city in Iran were selected for analysis. All of these workshops were anlyzed using JSA technique. First the jobs were broken to their tasks and steps. Next, the hazards were identified for each of these tasks. Finally, for each of these hazards, corrective actions and control measures were offerd in a work instruction. JSA is one of the most important management tools that help eliminating hazards and reducing workplace injuries and incidents. Also JSA identifies errors in the production process and increases productivity. JSA completed forms can be used for retraining workers and train new workers, and to investigate the causes of the accident. JSA allows to workers that be involved in this process and share their knowledge and experience

Keywords:

Safety , Health , Work-instruction , Job