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JOB HAZARD ANALYSIS

JHA-008

TAG LINE

Wrap on a wrist. Standing in the bight. Pulled under the load.

DOCUMENT
GOSPEL-JHA-008
REVISION
01 CURRENT
EFFECTIVE
2026-09-01
OWNER
GOSPEL Safety
APPROVED BY
GOSPEL
REVIEW
2027-09-01

THE JOB

Using a line to control rotation of a live load. Method: GOSPEL-SWP-016.

WHO IS EXPOSED

  • Tag-line hands
  • Anyone in the bight
  • Rigger who grabbed the load instead

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
Select and attachFrayed line, snag, attach point that slipsMODERATESudden release. Load spins. Person stumbles under it.Serviceable length for this load. Attach where it will not slip off or cut.
Hold the lineTurn around the body; gloves that will not releaseHIGHPull-in, amputation, person dragged under the load.Hold so you can let go. Never a wrap on flesh or belt. You are not an anchor.
StandFall zone, pinch, bight, under the boomHIGHStruck-by or crush when the load or the line takes you.Out of the fall zone, out of the pinch, out of the bight. Guide — do not fight.
Near linesTag line as a conductor into MADHIGHArc, shock. 14.52.1.If the line can blow into a conductor, this is not a tag-line job until the utility or the plan says it is.

RESIDUAL RISK

A correct hold still loses when the load takes a gust. Residual is a person who becomes an anchor. Held by being able to let go, by standing out of the fall zone, and by stopping the crane instead of winning a tug-of-war.

THE JOB DOES NOT PROCEED IF

  • Line wrapped on a wrist, belt or ankle
  • Standing in the bight
  • Pulling the load under the boom
  • Line that can blow into a powerline

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 — TAG LINES →

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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