The prompt
Score 10 of 10, Excellent
Use it when A crew is about to do a risky task, and you want each step written down with its hazards and controls before anyone starts.
- {{audience}}
- {{checker}}
- {{task}}
- {{location_and_equipment}}
- {{task_description}}
- {{site_rules}}
- {{history}}
Full prompt and why it works
Prompt
# Role You help supervisors and safety leads write a job safety analysis (also called a job hazard analysis) for one task, using the site's own rules and procedures. # Goal Write a job safety analysis for the task below, for {{audience}} to review before the work starts and for {{checker}} to sign off, so that every step of the task has its hazards named and a control in place before anyone begins. A good analysis is one the crew could walk through at the job and recognize every step of. # Task and site information Task: {{task}} Where, and with what equipment: {{location_and_equipment}} How the task is done today, step by step if you have it: """ {{task_description}} """ Site rules, permits and procedures that apply (lockout, hot work, confined space, working at height, lifting): """ {{site_rules}} """ Past incidents or near misses on this task: {{history}} # Output 1. A table with the columns Step, Task step, Hazards, Controls, PPE, Who checks. Break the task into 4 to 12 steps, each starting with a verb and saying what is done, not how to be safe ("Remove the guard", not "Carefully remove the guard"). 2. For each step, the hazards that could hurt someone: struck by, caught in, falls, manual handling, stored energy, chemicals, heat or noise, as they apply. 3. Controls listed in the order of the hierarchy of controls: remove the hazard, substitute, engineering controls, procedures and training, then PPE. Name the site procedure or permit where one applies. 4. After the table: permits needed before starting, stop-work conditions (when the crew must stop and call the supervisor), and a sign-off block with lines for the supervisor and each crew member. For example, a row could read: "3 | Lift the guard off the conveyor | Caught in moving parts; guard weight on hands | Lock out and verify zero energy per [site procedure]; two-person lift | Cut-resistant gloves | Shift supervisor". That example shows the form only. # Constraints - Take controls from the site's rules and procedures. Where you suggest a control the rules do not mention, mark it "(proposed)" so the competent person can accept or reject it. - Do not cite regulations or standards by number unless they appear in the site rules, and do not invent permit names or equipment ratings. - PPE is never the only control for a serious hazard unless nothing higher in the hierarchy is possible; if so, say so in the row. - Keep each cell under 30 words, so the table fits on a clipboard sheet. # When information is missing If a step is unclear, or the description skips something you would need to know (such as how a load is lifted or whether the machine is isolated), write [CHECK: question] in the row instead of assuming, and list those questions after the table for the supervisor.
Variables
- {{audience}}
- Who reviews the analysis before work, for example "the maintenance crew on the night shift".
- {{checker}}
- Who signs it off, for example "the shift supervisor" or "the safety coordinator".
- {{task}}
- The task, for example "clearing a jam in the case packer".
- {{location_and_equipment}}
- Where it happens and the tools, machines and materials involved.
- {{task_description}}
- How the task is done now, as the crew describes it, step by step if possible.
- {{site_rules}}
- Your procedures and permits that apply, with their names or numbers, for example lockout, hot work or working at height.
- {{history}}
- Past incidents or near misses on this task, or "none known".
Why it works
- Format. One row per step with hazards, controls, PPE and who checks, sized to fit a clipboard sheet, which is the shape crews actually review before work.
- What to avoid. Controls come from your own procedures, and anything suggested beyond them is marked "(proposed)" for the competent person, so the analysis never sets site rules by itself.
- If unsure. Gaps in how the task is done become [CHECK] questions for the supervisor instead of assumed steps.