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JOB HAZARD ANALYSIS

JHA-009

RIGGING INSPECTION

Unidentified gear. A cut that the next rigger will use.

DOCUMENT
GOSPEL-JHA-009
REVISION
01 CURRENT
EFFECTIVE
2026-09-01
OWNER
GOSPEL Safety
APPROVED BY
GOSPEL
REVIEW
2027-09-01

THE JOB

Deciding whether a sling or fitting may take load. Method: GOSPEL-SWP-009. Part 15.

WHO IS EXPOSED

  • Rigger doing the inspection
  • The next rigger if failed gear is left on the pile
  • Anyone under a hitch made of that gear

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
IdentifyUnmarked sling, mystery fitting, homemade eyeMODERATEWLL is a rumour. Overload. Dropped load. Part 15.No ID — out of service. Engineer for modifications (14.15). Shop specials are out.
Inspect body and hardwareBroken wires, cuts, stretch, opened throat, missing latchHIGHHitch fails at load. People in the zone take the consequence.Rejection criteria in the SWP. Fail = tag, isolate, report the same shift. GOSPEL-SWP-025.
Leave it for the next personFailed gear on the working pileMODERATEThe next hitch is the incident. Delayed, not avoided.Physical isolation. Not beside the good slings. Not ‘we’ll deal with it later.’

RESIDUAL RISK

Inspection catches what can be seen. Residual is internal damage, a tag that lied, or gear that fails between inspect and use. Held by inspecting again after the lift, and by destroying or quarantining anything that failed — not by leaving it ‘so nobody trips.’

THE JOB DOES NOT PROCEED IF

  • No identification or illegible rating
  • Cut, birdcage, opened hook, wrong pin
  • Heat or chemical damage the material is not rated for
  • Homemade modification

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 — RIGGING INSPECTION →

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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