Week 1
Tailboard planning and work-zone changes
Align job scope, switching/work authority, crew roles, weather, public interface and stop-work conditions.
Ask the crew: What changed today that could make this work harder or less predictable?
Sector 22 · Content development plan
Utilities: an 8-week safety conversation plan
Use one topic each week to connect planning with real work. Adapt the questions, work examples and controls to your site, workforce, equipment and jurisdiction. These topics are editorial starting points; they do not establish training completion, qualification or regulatory compliance.
Weekly topics
Week 2
Electrical approach boundaries and protective systems
Use the employer’s electrical safety program, assigned qualified roles and equipment-specific limits.
Ask the crew: What changed today that could make this work harder or less predictable?
Week 3
Overhead line and elevated work coordination
Plan line-of-fire, clearances, positioning, protective equipment, public access and rescue arrangements.
Ask the crew: What changed today that could make this work harder or less predictable?
Week 4
Underground locating and excavation
Verify location information, markings, tolerance zones, exposure method, shoring/protection and changing ground.
Ask the crew: What changed today that could make this work harder or less predictable?
Week 5
Switching, isolation and absence-of-energy verification
Coordinate the approved switching order, tags, grounds and verification for the specific system and task.
Ask the crew: What changed today that could make this work harder or less predictable?
Week 6
Confined spaces in water and wastewater systems
Evaluate the space, permit conditions, atmospheric monitoring, attendant, communications and rescue plan.
Ask the crew: What changed today that could make this work harder or less predictable?
Week 7
Gas leak response and pressure-system work
Establish isolation, ignition control, area protection, monitoring, communication and emergency response.
Ask the crew: What changed today that could make this work harder or less predictable?
Week 8
Driving, roadside work and severe-weather response
Protect workers and the public around vehicles, traffic, storms, outages and urgent restoration work.
Ask the crew: What changed today that could make this work harder or less predictable?
JHA development priorities
These are planned task-analysis drafts, not published JHAs. Each draft will need review against actual equipment, site procedures, applicable requirements and qualified-person roles before use.
Planned · 2213 Water and Sewage Systems
Underground water service excavation and repair
Locate, expose, protect, enter only under an approved method, repair and restore a defined service line.
Draft status: plannedPlanned · 2211 Electric Power
Electrical distribution switching and work zone setup
Pre-job briefing, approved switching coordination, protective boundaries and release steps.
Draft status: plannedPlanned · 2213 Water and Sewage Systems
Wastewater wet-well entry
Permit-required planning, isolation, atmospheric evaluation, attendant, communications and rescue readiness.
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