JHA / JSA / AHA builderLow Slope Roof Tear Off JHA
A JHA breaks the work into steps, hazards and controls. Use this example to build a draft for your actual job and review it with your crew.
Just need the example? Download it here.For the crew
You know the work. Let’s turn that experience into a plan your crew can talk through. Start with today’s job, then check the steps together.
Let’s build your JHA.
Step 1 of 4 · Working draft
Your job
Tell Jenkins what you’re planning and where the work will happen. Use the actual job details.
Use the published example’s suggestions when they fit your task, or write your own steps. These are planned controls, not verified worksite conditions.
Describe an observable step, how someone could be harmed, and the control that acts on that hazard. Identify who checks it and what evidence is needed.
Walk through the plan with the people doing the work. Resolve missing controls and agree who checks them. Moving to the next step does not approve the work.
Confirm people, equipment and emergency arrangements
Record changes, checks, and open actions
Walk the work area, review with the crew, and resolve missing controls. Follow the required approval process. This tool does not judge completeness, verify signatures or authorize work.
Print your own JHA by signing in, or contribute the selected structured categories as a guest. Signing in does not require research participation. Written job details are processed to prepare your export and are stored on our server only if you save to your private company library.
Research purpose, data fields, retention and withdrawal · Privacy notice
Sign-in uses a free account. Your tab draft is retained for the return from sign-in.
Hosted organization saving requires active jSMS access and a company workspace. View jSMS plans.
The export uses landscape pages, task-only continuation pages and a Page X of Y footer in current Chrome or Edge. Review every page. Opening an export is not proof that the JHA was printed or used. The PDF includes its research choice and reference; the private withdrawal link stays in the export’s screen-only receipt.
Device storage and other draft options
Device copies may contain private job information. Clear them when using a shared device.
Your entries stay in this working draft as you move between steps. Required field checks, employer review and work authorization remain separate.
Your Low Slope Roof Tear Off JHA
Walk through the job in order. Use these possible hazards, planned controls and checks to start a conversation about your actual work.
011. Release roof condition and materials
Possible hazards: Unknown asbestos, fragile deck or inadequate support can cause illness or collapse.
Planned controls: Supervisor confirms material investigation, roof condition and permitted loads before disturbing the system. Hold uncertain areas for the required investigation.
Check before work: Compare released work zones with the actual roof and material records.
022. Establish access and protection
Possible hazards: Workers can fall at edges, skylights, openings or access points.
Planned controls: Provide the planned fall and opening protection, safe access and rescue arrangements. Separate the receiving area below and coordinate occupied-building interfaces.
Check before work: Supervisor checks the work route and protected boundary before entry.
033. Stage tools and waste containment
Possible hazards: Poor staging can overload the roof or create trips and dropped objects.
Planned controls: Use permitted load locations, inspect tools and set contained waste collection near the work without blocking exits or drainage.
Check before work: Lead checks load distribution and waste routes against the plan.
044. Remove in controlled sections
Possible hazards: Cutting tools, protrusions and newly exposed weak areas can injure workers.
Planned controls: Follow the released section sequence from protected positions. Stop at unknown deck defects, services or materials and protect new hazards before moving on.
Check before work: Lead monitors the exposed deck and records deviations for disposition.
055. Lower debris by the planned route
Possible hazards: Falling waste, uncontrolled chutes or overloaded containers can strike people.
Planned controls: Contain waste and use the specified lowering system and controlled receiving area. Never throw debris over an edge or improvise a chute.
Check before work: Waste lead checks the lowering setup and receiving separation before each transfer.
066. Protect exposed areas and hand over
Possible hazards: Open roof sections, loose debris or weather can expose occupants and the next crew.
Planned controls: Secure material, maintain fall and opening protection and provide the specified temporary weather protection. Communicate deck defects, unfinished sections and load restrictions.
Check before work: Supervisor checks closeout and receiving-crew understanding.
Example scope and starting conditions
A roofing crew will remove released membrane and insulation from a low-slope commercial roof in controlled sections and lower contained debris through the planned waste route. This fictional learning example records planned controls; it supplies no actual inspections or work authorization.
- The roof investigation releases material hazards, deck condition and permitted work and storage loads.
- Access, edge and opening protection and the area below are established before removal.
- This excludes hazardous-material abatement, structural deck demolition and steep-slope shingle removal.
Know when to pause
- Unknown material, deck damage or concealed service appears.
- Loads, wind, rain or footing change.
- Fall protection or the waste receiving boundary fails.
After a pause, correct the condition, reassess the work, and obtain required authorization before restarting.
Free example and template
No account required. The worked example contains planned controls. The blank template is for your own work; neither includes fabricated inspection results, signatures or approval.
Worked exampleNeed help? Ask Jenkins
Jenkins · Your Safety Concierge
What brings you here today? Choose what you’re working on, or tell Jenkins about your situation.
Jenkins matches your words to published starting points. Keep names and private job details in your working draft. Suitable free resources come first.
For managers
Does the team have what it needs to carry out the plan? Give the crew time, equipment and support, and make it clear who will resolve anything that is missing.
Manager checks and supporting resources
Confirm the people doing the work have the time, equipment, information and support to carry out the plan. Agree who checks the controls and who resolves open actions.
Questions to resolve before work
- What confirms existing-material hazards and deck support?
- How will new openings and weak deck areas be protected immediately?
- Where may debris accumulate and how will it be lowered safely?
Training and qualifications to confirm
- Released removal method, roof loading and unexpected-material recognition.
- Fall protection and the actual waste-lowering system.
Confirm the actual training evidence for the assigned people. A toolbox talk does not establish competence.
Decisions that change the plan
Does the masonry demolition example cover this removal?
No. It is a ground-floor partition task. Roof tear-off adds fall protection, evolving deck condition, roof load limits, material investigation and debris lowering.
What must be recorded before this example is used on a job?
Replace the scenario with the actual work, identify additional hazards with the crew, and record the applicable instructions, responsible people, inspection findings, unresolved actions and required authorization. A planned verification is not an inspection result.
Keep planning connected
Resources that support this JHA
Additional tools for task planning and safe work. Start with the free resources; explore paid options only when they meet an additional need.
Toolbox talks for the work
Prepare a practical crew discussion.
Asbestos: Verify Before You Disturb the Material →Fall Prevention: Verify the Controls →Demolition: Verify Before Disturbing →Roof Tear-Off: Verify the Deck and Debris Route →
Safety program resources
Review procedures, roles, and requirements.
Browse the existing catalog and confirm the scope and purchase availability of each program.
Browse safety programs →
Paid service · Availability
Task-specific training and qualifications
Explore applicable training and qualification needs.
Task-specific training services are not currently available to book here. Start with the free training-needs lookup; a toolbox talk or online course alone does not establish competence or employer authorization.
Review training needs · Free →People, equipment, emergency arrangements and open actions are recorded in the guided JHA’s Crew review step.
Open the crew review step →For safety professionals
How do we know the planning process and controls are working? Connect what the crew reports with field checks, risk decisions and the evidence behind your system.
Industry context, SIF, control verification and AHA review
Guidance and evidence
Review the method, risk decisions and evidence behind the plan. Use the actual jurisdiction, equipment instructions, employer process and project requirements.
Task-by-task control and verification rationale
1. Release roof condition and materials
Hazard: Unknown asbestos, fragile deck or inadequate support can cause illness or collapse.
Control: Supervisor confirms material investigation, roof condition and permitted loads before disturbing the system. Hold uncertain areas for the required investigation.
Verification: Compare released work zones with the actual roof and material records.
Why this belongs in the analysis: Removal exposes conditions hidden beneath the covering.
2. Establish access and protection
Hazard: Workers can fall at edges, skylights, openings or access points.
Control: Provide the planned fall and opening protection, safe access and rescue arrangements. Separate the receiving area below and coordinate occupied-building interfaces.
Verification: Supervisor checks the work route and protected boundary before entry.
Why this belongs in the analysis: A skylight is not assumed to be a protective cover.
3. Stage tools and waste containment
Hazard: Poor staging can overload the roof or create trips and dropped objects.
Control: Use permitted load locations, inspect tools and set contained waste collection near the work without blocking exits or drainage.
Verification: Lead checks load distribution and waste routes against the plan.
Why this belongs in the analysis: Waste loading grows as removal progresses.
4. Remove in controlled sections
Hazard: Cutting tools, protrusions and newly exposed weak areas can injure workers.
Control: Follow the released section sequence from protected positions. Stop at unknown deck defects, services or materials and protect new hazards before moving on.
Verification: Lead monitors the exposed deck and records deviations for disposition.
Why this belongs in the analysis: The existing roof investigation must be checked against discoveries.
5. Lower debris by the planned route
Hazard: Falling waste, uncontrolled chutes or overloaded containers can strike people.
Control: Contain waste and use the specified lowering system and controlled receiving area. Never throw debris over an edge or improvise a chute.
Verification: Waste lead checks the lowering setup and receiving separation before each transfer.
Why this belongs in the analysis: The waste route is part of the roof task.
6. Protect exposed areas and hand over
Hazard: Open roof sections, loose debris or weather can expose occupants and the next crew.
Control: Secure material, maintain fall and opening protection and provide the specified temporary weather protection. Communicate deck defects, unfinished sections and load restrictions.
Verification: Supervisor checks closeout and receiving-crew understanding.
Why this belongs in the analysis: End-of-shift protection must address both workers and the building below.
Compare control wording
| Needs improvement | More useful for this scenario |
|---|---|
| Be careful around the equipment. | Use permitted load locations, inspect tools and set contained waste collection near the work without blocking exits or drainage. |
| Check the area before starting. | Supervisor confirms material investigation, roof condition and permitted loads before disturbing the system. Hold uncertain areas for the required investigation. |
Common questions
Can this be used as a JSA?
Use the Task | Hazard | Control structure if it meets the employer’s format. Adapt the boundaries, controls, verification and records to the actual job.
Does this provide a completed USACE AHA?
No. Use the project’s required AHA process, risk method, supporting fields and acceptance requirements. The existing formwork AHA explains the additional structure.
Are these resources part of a paid course?
This walkthrough, browser draft builder and downloads are free public resources, separate from Academy course enrollment.
References and source note
- OSHA Protecting Roofing Workers
- OSHA 1926.501 Duty to have fall protection
- OSHA 1926.502 Fall protection systems criteria
- OSHA 1926.503 Fall protection training
- OSHA 1926.300 Hand and power tools
Original worked example developed for the stated scenario. Primary references support the planning framework; the actual equipment manual, product instructions and project design must supply applicable operating and acceptance criteria. Use actual equipment instructions and site requirements alongside these references. Reference review: October 9, 2026.
Developed by Todd Jerome Jenkins, MS, CSP · Edition v1.0 · October 9, 2026
Use the builder’s Print / Save as PDF action after signing in or accepting research participation.