Job Hazard Analysis
(Always Wear Proper PPE)
Project: Superintendent:
Task: Screening and Crushing Operations Date:
Step Potential Hazards Safe Procedures/ Crew Responsibilities
General mining hazards • All workers must have MSHA training and annual refresher
• Notify MSHA of crusher or screening plant move into pit
• Designate a Competent Person
Preparation
• Review P3 (Preparation Planning Procedures) and JHA (Job Hazard
Analysis) with crew
• Complete and review STA (Safety Task Assessment) daily
Clear and strip pit Hitting underground utilities • Notify Dig Safe and all non-member utilities prior to start
areas as needed* • Maintain all utility markings
* Complete and follow • Use hand tools to dig within 18” of a marked utility line
JHA for Clearing and
Grubbing
Trip, slip and fall hazards • Grade walking / working surface and remove large rocks and other trip
Grade set-up area for hazards
plant and stockpiles • Sand icy areas
• Install railing or utilize fall protection for work over 6’ high
Personnel struck by parts of • Assembly done by trained personnel, using proper rigging methods with
Set up screening or plant during assembly lifting and rigging equipment in good shape
crushing plant, power • Use tag lines to help guide lifted parts into place; do not walk next to
supply, stackers, etc. parts being lifted and moved
Electrocution • Assure proper grounding on electrical equipment
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Project: Superintendent:
Task: Screening and Crushing Operations Date:
Step Potential Hazards Safe Procedures/ Crew Responsibilities
Eye injury • All persons not in trucks or equipment wear safety glasses
Noise hazard • Wear hearing protection when noise levels cannot be reduced to below 90
dBA
Screen / crush Silica dust / nuisance dust • Use water and/or calcium as needed to control dust on haul roads
materials • Use watering system on screening or crushing plant as needed for dust
control
• Use respiratory protection if dust can’t be eliminated by other means;
medical evaluation, fit test, and respirator training are required
Personnel caught in pinch • Install guards over potential pinch points
points • Follow proper lockout - tagout procedures
Falls from equipment • Use 3-points of contact to enter or exit equipment or trucks
Hauling and loading units • All trucks and equipment have working back up alarms
hitting or backing into each • If possible, have haul units drive forward to loading unit and when
other backing up is required, driver must know what is behind at all times
• Use mirrors
• Utilize turnarounds to minimize backing
Load and haul Personnel struck by • Make eye contact with operator before approaching trucks or equipment
materials equipment • Wear high-visibility vests at all times
• Give machines the right of way
• Keep unnecessary people and equipment away from pit area
Personnel hit by falling • All persons outside of trucks and equipment wear hard hats
materials • Stay in haul unit while being loaded
• Never stand next to a truck that is being loaded
Loading unit engulfed by • Avoid pit face overhangs and keep face height low enough for safe
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bank or face operation
Project: Superintendent:
Task: Screening and Crushing Operations Date:
Step Potential Hazards Safe Procedures/ Crew Responsibilities
Ground personnel engulfed • Keep vehicles and people away from working pit face
by caving pit face
Load and haul Loading unit falls from • Keep loading unit a safe distance from edge of cut and berm along top
materials continued bench cut edge
Haul unit goes off the haul • Keep all haul roads smooth
road, causing rollover • Place berms along tops of steep slopes where trucks and equipment travel
Stockpile shifts, causing • Travel roads onto stockpiles are away from edges and have berms along
Stockpile materials** truck or equipment rollover. sides
** For stockpile
• Keep all dump areas level and bermed
operations, complete
Stockpile JHA
Haul unit tips over when • Dump with truck axles level
dumping
Other Steps (if any): Other Hazards: Other Safe Procedures:
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