Job hazard analysis and PPE assessment records: the fields OSHA lists
The fields OSHA names for a job hazard analysis form and for the written certification of a PPE hazard assessment, each field attributed to the OSHA publication or rule it comes from.
Checked against the sources at the bottom of this page on October 9, 2026. Rules, fees and pay change: the source has the last word.
This page reports what the named codes, regulators and makers say. It is not training and does not teach the work. This page reports what the official source says. It is not legal advice: ask the office named here. It lists the fields that OSHA names for two records, a job hazard analysis form and the written certification of a PPE hazard assessment. The list follows OSHA's publications and rule text, field by field, and each field says which one it comes from. It is not a template, and a record with these fields is not claimed to meet any rule. All pages were read on October 9, 2026. The courses that teach the work are in the guides on chainsaw tickets and certifications by country.
Record one: the job hazard analysis form in OSHA 3071
OSHA's booklet Job Hazard Analysis, publication 3071, revised 2002, describes a job hazard analysis as breaking a job into its steps, finding the hazards in each step and deciding how to control them. Its Appendix 3 prints a sample form. The fields on that sample form are:
- Job title, job location, analyst and date, in the header.
- Task number and task description, one block per step of the job.
- Hazard type and hazard description.
- Consequence of the hazard.
- Hazard controls.
- Rationale or comment.
The booklet's worked example is a metal shop job and not tree work. It shows the form filled one task at a time, with the hazard description and numbered hazard controls for each. The booklet says the analysis is reviewed from time to time, and when the job, tools or process change. It does not say a form of this layout is required.
Record two: the written certification of a PPE hazard assessment
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.132 on general requirements for personal protective equipment says the employer assesses the workplace for hazards that call for PPE. Paragraph (d)(2) says the employer verifies that the assessment was done through a written certification that identifies four things:
| Field | Where OSHA names it |
|---|---|
| The workplace evaluated | 1910.132(d)(2) |
| The person certifying the evaluation was done | 1910.132(d)(2) |
| The date or dates of the assessment | 1910.132(d)(2) |
| A statement that the document is a certification of hazard assessment | 1910.132(d)(2) |
OSHA's 2021 enforcement memo on tree care quotes the assessment duty in 1910.132 in its text on climbing and work aloft in trees and on chain saw leg protection, which is why the record matters to tree crews. The memo does not itself set a form. The guide to OSHA standards that apply to tree work lists the other standards, and the guide to site paperwork by country compares the records asked for in each country.