Environmental Health, Safety, and Risk Management

Hazard Control

Worksite Inspections

The responsibility of each department is to conduct workplace inspections for all areas under departmental supervision at least annually.

Office, laboratory and shop setting inspection forms can be found to the right on this page in the worksite inspection resources section.

Job Hazard Assessments (JHAs)

Job hazard assessments must be conducted for all processes that:

Could result in serious injury or death.
Where there is a history of accidents related to the process or like processes.
Industry incidence indicates that significant risks are present.

A JHA can be simple or complex, and should be scaled to fit the process or procedure. A detailed example job hazard assessment tool used in a shop setting (but can be used in a laboratory or any process where hazards exist) can be found to the right under the JHA Resources section.

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Standard operating procedures are a written step by step set of instructions. When followed this set of instructions should reduce the risks of injury to an individual performing a particularly hazardous procedure.

An example template for an SOP can be found under the SOP Resources section.

Help!

For one-on-one help with either the creation of an SOP, conducting a JHA, or performing worksite inspections please contact the main office by email at ehsrm@mail.fresnostate.edu for guidance.