I'm performing a HECA on the service of a hydraulic press. List applicable hazards and controls for this job

While my knowledge base doesn't contain specific documentation on Health, Environmental, and Safety Critical Activities (HECA) related to hydraulic presses, I can provide general safety guidance based on industry best practices for performing a Job Safety Analysis (JSA) to identify potential hazards and implement necessary controls.

A Job Safety Analysis (JSA) is a process to identify hazards and necessary control measures by breaking down each basic step of the job. Other terms used to describe this procedure are job hazard analysis (JHA) and job hazard breakdown. [5]

Here are the recommended steps for conducting a JSA:

• Select the job.
• Break the job into basic steps.
• Identify potential hazards.
• Determine preventive measures.
• Communicate information to everyone.

To identify potential hazards:

• Look at all aspects of the work, including non-routine activities such as maintenance, repair, or cleaning.
• Look at the physical work environment, equipment, materials, products, etc., that are used.
• Include the various steps that make up a task or activity.
• Look at injury and incident records.
• Talk to the workers; they know their job and its hazards best.
• Include all shifts and people who work off-site, either at home, on other job sites, drivers, teleworkers, or with clients.
• Look at the way the work is organized or done by different individuals.
• Look at foreseeable unusual conditions.
• Determine whether a product, machine, or equipment can be intentionally or unintentionally changed.
• Review all of the phases of the lifecycle of processes, products, and services.
• Examine risks to visitors or the public.
• Consider the groups of people that may have a different level of risk, such as young or inexperienced workers, persons with disabilities, or new or expectant mothers.
• Consider the psychosocial aspects of the job and the hazards that could be created.

[4] To determine preventative measures:

• Eliminate the hazard by choosing a different process, modifying an existing process, substituting with less hazardous product, improving the environment (e.g., ventilation), or modifying or changing equipment or tools.
• Contain the hazard.
• Revise work procedures.
• Reduce the exposure by minimizing the number of times the hazard is encountered or using appropriate personal protective equipment.

[1] [3] [1] When listing the preventive measures, specific statements which describe both what action is to be taken and how it is to be performed are preferable. [1]

The hierarchy of controls should be followed when implementing preventive measures, in the following order of preference:

• Elimination
• Substitution
• Engineering controls
• Administrative controls
• Personal protective equipment

Controls are usually placed at the source, along the path, and at the worker. The best strategy is to control the hazard at its source. [2]

PPE is considered the last level of protection when all other methods are not available or possible. [6]

It is important to monitor both the hazard and the control method to make sure that the control is working effectively and that exposure to the hazard is reduced or eliminated. [2]