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What the file includes
An Excel file with six sheets; the JSA sheet is duplicated for each task.
JSA per task
A header with the data that NOM-029 and NOM-033 require, the step table with hazard, consequence, risk level and control, emergencies and signatures.
Matrix and lists
Tables 2, 3 and 4 of NOM-031 to calculate the level, the hazard types and the five control levels with an example each.
Pending actions and log
The controls that go to the NOM-030 program, and the tracking of numbers, reviews and retention.
What each NOM requires
Who does the analysis, who signs, when it is reviewed and how long it is kept, standard by standard.
What Mexican standards require
- No NOM uses the term JSA or AST. Mexico's Federal Occupational Safety and Health Regulation requires «the risk studies and analyses» that each standard calls for (art. 7 sec. I) and informing workers of the risks of their activity (art. 7 sec. XI). The JSA is one way to document it.
- Confined spaces: one for each job. NOM-033 requires a risk analysis for each space and for each job done in it (7.4), done by trained personnel (5.2) and approved and signed by the employer or its representative and the person in charge of preventive services (7.8 b).
- Electrical maintenance: one plan per activity. NOM-029 requires a work plan for each maintenance activity, with its potential risks (7.1 and 7.2), approved by the employer, the person in charge of preventive services or the job supervisor, and handed to the worker (7.3).
- Heights, welding and construction. NOM-009 requires analyzing the conditions of the area before working at height (5.1); NOM-027, the risks of welding and cutting (5.2); and NOM-031, an analysis per project or phase with its frequency and severity matrix (5.3 and 8.3).
- Protective equipment comes last. NOM-017-STPS-2024 treats it as a temporary measure, a complement or a backup to other measures (5.2). The full hierarchy, from eliminating the hazard to PPE, comes from ISO 45001, the ILO and NIOSH; no NOM lists it.
- Reviewed when something changes, kept for a year. No standard sets a period: it is reviewed with new equipment or substances, changes at the site, an incident or an unforeseen risk (NOM-033 7.9; NOM-029 7.4), and kept for at least one year (NOM-033 13.5; NOM-029 16.5; NOM-009 18.6).
Sources: Federal Occupational Safety and Health Regulation (DOF 13-11-2014); NOM-033-STPS-2015, NOM-029-STPS-2011, NOM-009-STPS-2011, NOM-027-STPS-2008, NOM-031-STPS-2011, NOM-017-STPS-2024 and NOM-030-STPS-2009 in the Official Gazette (DOF), and the OSHA 3071 guide. Checked on October 21, 2026.
How to use it in five steps
One sheet per task
Duplicate the JSA sheet and fill in the exact location, the task, the job supervisor, the crew, the date and the standards that apply.
Break the task into steps
In the real order, with a verb and an object. Write them with the people who do the task: they know which step gets skipped.
Rate each hazard
Frequency from A to E and severity from I to IV: the risk level fills in by itself with the NOM-031 matrix.
Choose the control from the top down
Eliminate, substitute, engineering, administrative and, last, PPE. A severe risk is dealt with before starting.
Sign, review and keep it
The crew signs as acknowledgment, whoever the standard names approves it, and pending items go to the program. Review it when something changes and keep it for at least a year.
Download the JSA template (Excel)
It is a working guide: not an official form or legal advice, and each company is responsible for how it uses it.
The last level of control, practiced
The Fyware Safe PPE simulator has the worker choose their equipment among good, damaged and wrong-industry items, and put it on with their own hands before entering the area.
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Need help with compliance?
SIISA Consultores (site in Spanish and English), serving all of Mexico, carries out compliance assessments, the NOM-030 safety program and support during STPS inspections. It is a Fyware partner.
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Frequently asked questions about the JSA template
Is a JSA mandatory in Mexico?
Not under that name: no Mexican standard uses the term «AST» (JSA) and there is no official form. What several standards require is analyzing risks before certain work: confined spaces (NOM-033 7.4), electrical maintenance (NOM-029 7.1), heights (NOM-009 5.1), welding and cutting (NOM-027 5.2) and construction (NOM-031 5.3). The JSA is one way to document it.
What is the difference between a JSA and a work permit?
They are different documents. The JSA analyzes the steps, hazards and controls; the written authorization has its own content (NOM-009 7.2; NOM-033 8.6; NOM-027 10.6) and refers to the analysis. In confined spaces the authorization is valid for up to one shift (NOM-033 8.6 b).
Who prepares and who signs the JSA?
A supervisor or the safety team coordinates it, and it is written with the crew. In confined spaces it is done by trained personnel and approved and signed by the employer or its representative and the person in charge of preventive services (NOM-033 5.2 and 7.8 b). In electrical maintenance, the plan is approved by the employer, the person in charge of preventive services or the job supervisor (NOM-029 7.3 b).
More questions
How often is a JSA updated?
No standard sets a period. It is reviewed when new tools, equipment or substances come in, conditions change, an incident occurs or an unforeseen risk appears (NOM-033 7.9), or when procedures change (NOM-029 7.4). What is updated at least once a year is the NOM-030 program (4.4).
Which risk matrix does the template use?
The one in NOM-031-STPS-2011: five frequencies (A to E) by four severities (I to IV), with five levels, from minimal to severe (8.3). It is mandatory only in construction; in a plant it is used as good practice, because it is the only matrix included in a Mexican standard.
How long is the JSA kept?
At least one year, on paper or electronically (NOM-033 13.5; NOM-029 16.5; NOM-009 18.6; NOM-017 9.5). If it is part of the NOM-030 assessment, the prudent choice is to keep it for two years (4.8).
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