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From Hours to Minutes: How SafetyVue AR Streamlines the Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)

Written by Tim Wolter | Oct 30, 2025 1:00:02 PM

Every safety professional knows how time-consuming a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) can be. Traditional JHAs require hours of observation, manual note-taking, and repetitive documentation — often keeping safety leaders buried in paperwork instead of focused on the field.

SafetyVue AR changes that completely.

Using industrial-grade smart glasses, SafetyVue AR performs a hands-free video scan of the worksite in just two minutes and automatically generates a comprehensive JHA first draft delivered directly to the user’s inbox.

It’s the fastest, most objective, and most accurate way to perform a JHA — built specifically for real-world safety leaders who need results, not more forms.

The Traditional JHA: Manual, Slow, and Error-Prone

A traditional JHA requires supervisors to walk the site, observe tasks, document hazards, write control measures, and review every step with the team. That process can take 4–8 hours per job and still rely on handwritten notes or subjective assessments.

This system creates several common challenges:

  • Lost or incomplete paperwork
  • Inconsistent hazard identification between supervisors
  • Delays in report delivery and approval
  • Time wasted on administrative follow-up

These inefficiencies mean hazards stay unaddressed longer — and valuable safety insights never make it to decision-makers.

The SafetyVue AR Difference

SafetyVue AR eliminates every one of those barriers.

Instead of juggling clipboards or tablets, safety professionals simply wear SafetyVue’s industrial-grade smart glasses and conduct a hands-free video scan of their work area. The process takes less than two minutes and requires zero manual data entry.

Here’s how it works:

  • Record: Start a scan and walk the worksite naturally. The glasses record real-time, high-resolution footage and environmental context.
  • Process: Within minutes, the system analyzes the video data using advanced AI models trained on thousands of real-world hazard scenarios.
  • Deliver: A detailed, multi-page JHA first draft is automatically delivered to the user’s inbox — ready for expert review and sign-off.

Each report includes:

  • Identified potential hazards
  • Risk assessments
  • Recommended OSHA-grounded control measures

This isn’t just an AR visualization tool — it’s a complete, automated foundation for your safety documentation workflow.

From Data Capture to Safety Intelligence

Every SafetyVue AR scan becomes a verifiable record of site conditions — creating an objective data layer that feeds directly into the SafetyVue Data Flywheel.

This connected intelligence system links JHA data with:

  • Asset histories
  • Personnel compliance records
  • Incident data and inspection logs

Over time, these relationships generate predictive insights that help safety leaders see risks forming before incidents occur.

That’s the real value of SafetyVue AR: not just saving time, but building the intelligence to prevent.

The Advantages of SafetyVue AR

1. Hands-Free and Field-Ready

Engineered for tough environments, SafetyVue AR runs on industrial-grade smart glasses designed for real work — not consumer devices. Workers can scan freely without breaking focus or interrupting the job.

2. Accuracy Through Objectivity

The system captures ground truth from the field — not opinions or estimates — creating consistent, verifiable JHAs across all sites and shifts.

3. Minutes, Not Hours

What once took half a day now takes under two minutes. The AI-powered process eliminates manual note-taking, transcription, and report formatting.

4. Automated Reporting

Within minutes, safety professionals receive a detailed, formatted JHA first draft in their inbox, complete with hazards, risks, and recommended controls.

5. Smarter Oversight

Supervisors can spend their time reviewing high-quality, data-backed reports instead of collecting data in the field.

A Safer, Smarter Jobsite

With SafetyVue AR, every scan contributes to a smarter safety ecosystem.
Patterns across sites and teams reveal trends before they become problems. Each report strengthens predictive analytics and enhances leadership visibility.

SafetyVue AR doesn’t replace the safety expert — it amplifies them by removing administrative burden and allowing them to focus on the human judgment and leadership that machines can’t replicate.

The Future of Job Hazard Analysis

SafetyVue AR represents the next generation of AR for job hazard analysis — one that’s built from the ground up for enterprise safety management.

It’s not a demo tool or an app. It’s a purpose-built field system that delivers real value:

  • Faster hazard identification
  • Consistent documentation
  • Objective field intelligence

In just two minutes, SafetyVue AR captures everything you need to start building a safer, more predictable worksite.

Because at SafetyVue, we believe you can’t prevent tomorrow’s incident with yesterday’s paperwork.

See SafetyVue AR in Action

Experience how SafetyVue AR is transforming JHAs across the field. Request a demo or learn how to bring hands-free, data-driven hazard analysis to your organization.