📊 HIRAC vs JSA vs JHA vs RISK ASSESSMENT — Know the Difference!

 📊 HIRAC vs JSA vs JHA vs RISK ASSESSMENT — Know the Difference!

 

Different Tools • SAME GOAL — Safe Work, Every Time! ✅

 

 

 

🔵 RISK ASSESSMENT — The Umbrella Concept

 

Focus: Evaluate risk level — likelihood × consequence

Scope: Broad or narrow — applies to ANY hazard

Output: Risk rating (Low/Med/High/Extreme) + recommended actions

When: Whenever decisions need risk-based info

 

🟢 HIRAC — Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment & Control

 

Focus: COMPREHENSIVE system-wide process

Scope: Activities, processes, workplaces, systems

Steps: Identify → Assess → Control → Review

Output: Risk register, matrix, control plan, action plan

When: Planning, design, change, or comprehensive review

 

🟡 JSA — Job Safety Analysis

 

Focus: DETAILED step-by-step job breakdown

Scope: Specific task — critical steps analyzed

Steps: Break job → Identify hazards per step → Define controls

When: Complex, non-routine, multi-step jobs

Nature: Detailed & systematic

 

🟠 JHA — Job Hazard Analysis

 

Focus: QUICK & PRACTICAL task-level hazard check

Scope: Specific task — workplace level

Steps: Identify → Assess → Implement controls

When: Before starting routine/specific work

Nature: Simple, fast, on-the-spot

 

 

 

🔗 HOW THEY CONNECT

 

RISK ASSESSMENT = Umbrella Concept

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HIRAC = Comprehensive Process

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JSA = Detailed Method (complex jobs)

JHA = Quick Tool (specific tasks)

 

 

 

💡 REMEMBER:

 

IDENTIFY HAZARDS • ASSESS RISKS • CONTROL THEM • PROTECT LIVES

Different Tools. Same Purpose. SAFE WORK, EVERY TIME! 🛡️✅

 

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