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JOB HAZARD ANALYSIS

JHA-004

LANDING A LOAD

Pinch against a wall, unprepared set, tag line wrapped on a wrist.

DOCUMENT
GOSPEL-JHA-004
REVISION
01 CURRENT
EFFECTIVE
2026-09-01
OWNER
GOSPEL Safety
APPROVED BY
GOSPEL
REVIEW
2027-09-01

THE JOB

Putting the piece down so it stays put and nobody is trapped. Method: GOSPEL-SWP-015.

WHO IS EXPOSED

  • Rigger at the set
  • Tag-line hands
  • Operator
  • Anyone between the load and a structure

A JHA names what can hurt someone and how that risk is controlled. It is not the procedure. Do the work to the matching SWP. WorkSafeBC does not prescribe a JHA form — the Workers Compensation Act s. 21(2)(b) requires workers to be made aware of known or reasonably foreseeable hazards. This is how GOSPEL does that for this job.

HAZARDS AND RISK

Task is the work being analysed — not a procedure to follow. Controls follow the hierarchy: eliminate, substitute, engineer, administer, PPE last. The badge is how bad this task going wrong is in this job. Extreme is the killer with no recovery. High is serious injury or a dropped load you still have a chance to stop. Moderate is lost time or a plan that failed. Low is first aid.

LOWMODERATEHIGHEXTREME

TASKHAZARDRISKCONTROL
Prepare the setNo blocking, bolts, dunnage or clearanceMODERATELoad set on nothing. Collapse, roll, second lift in a panic.Set ready before the load arrives. If the set is not ready, the load does not come in.
Control rotationSpin into people or plant; tag line on the bodyHIGHStruck-by, pull-in, person used as an anchor.Tag lines, not shoulders. Hold so you can let go. GOSPEL-JHA-008.
Keep the pinch clearPerson between load and wall, column, truck or another pieceEXTREMECrush. Often fatal. Often ‘just guiding it’.Nobody in the pinch. Push with a tag line or a pike pole — not a hip.
Land, then disconnectUnhooking a load that is still liveHIGHLoad shifts onto the rigger. 14.50.Fully landed and stable. Slack confirmed. Then hardware off. Then inspect the gear.

RESIDUAL RISK

A prepared set still pinches when the piece rotates on the last inch. Residual is the gap between load and wall. Held by tag lines, a slow land, and nobody in that gap. 14.50 — unhook only when landed and stable.

THE JOB DOES NOT PROCEED IF

  • Landing not prepared
  • People between load and structure
  • Tag line wrapped on a wrist or belt
  • Signal lost on the last foot

PPE — LAST LINE

  • Hard hat
  • CSA-grade footwear
  • High-visibility clothing
  • Eye protection
  • Task-rated gloves
  • Hearing protection where required
  • Fall protection where the work exposes a fall

SWP — LOAD CONTROL →

REFERENCES

  • Workers Compensation Act s. 21(2)(b) — workers made aware of known or reasonably foreseeable hazards
  • Workers Compensation Act s. 21(2)(e) — information, instruction, training and supervision
  • OHS Regulation B.C. Reg. 296/97 (in force 15 Apr 1998) Part 3 — program, instruction, inspections (ss. 3.1–3.12)
  • CCOHS Job Safety Analysis — JSA and JHA are the same method: break the job, name the hazards, select controls
  • Workers Compensation Act s. 21 — known or reasonably foreseeable hazards; instruction and supervision
  • OHS Regulation (B.C. Reg. 296/97, in force 15 Apr 1998) Part 3 — OHS program, instruction, inspections
  • OHS Regulation Part 4 s. 4.13 — risk assessment where rescue or evacuation may arise
  • OHS Regulation Part 8 — PPE; headwear CSA Z94.1-05 or Z94.1-15
  • OHS Regulation Part 11 — fall protection
  • OHS Regulation Part 14 — Cranes and Hoists
  • 14.2(5) — CSA Z150-1998, or ASME B30.5-2004, or ASME B30.22-2005 (articulating boom)
  • 14.2(6) — CSA Z248-2004 for tower, hammerhead and self-erecting tower cranes
  • 14.35 pre-use inspection · 14.36 load weight · 14.42.1 critical lift · 14.44 loads over work areas · 14.45 unattended loads · 14.47–14.49 signals
  • OHS Regulation Part 15 — Rigging
  • Manufacturer load chart, manual and configuration limits
  • Site lift plan, FLHA and site rules where stricter

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