Work organization

• Author: International Labour Organization
• Pages: 78-78

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18. Work organization

18.1. Job safety analysis

18.1.1. The employer, in consultation with workers and their representatives, should

study the work process in order to determine the tasks that make up job or work operation.

Each of those tasks should then be analysed to determine the hazards, assess the risks, and

devise suitable means for performing the task as safely as possible. Special attention

should be given to maintenance tasks.

18.1.2. The results of this analysis should be used to write a set of safe work

procedures (SWPs), listing the hazards, required work procedures, appropriate PPE and

procedures to be followed in case of unusual circumstances or emergencies.

18.1.3. The SWPs applicable to each task should be readily available to the workers

involved. They should be reviewed with each such worker or work crew assigned to the

task before the first time they perform it, and frequently thereafter.

18.1.4. SWPs should be reviewed, and revised if necessary, whenever the task or its

hazards change, when there is an accident involving the task, and periodically.

18.2. Work flow

18.2.1. As part of the risk-assessment process, the employer, in consultation with

workers and their representatives, should chart the flow of raw materials, intermediate and

finished products, mobile equipment and workers in the course of operations, noting the

hazards that pertain to each step. The results of this analysis should be used to design the

overall work process to be as safe as practicable.

18.3. Work teams

18.3.1. Work teams should be resourced adequately to undertake the job safely.