A Safety Assessment Checklist for

A Safety Assessment Checklist for Modifications in a Small Company... 

A one-page memory-jogging safety assessment checklist was made available by Trevor Kletz in 1976. [6] The checklist is still valid today. After a review of several Management of Change policies from several major companies, it appears that Kletzs checklist or a similar checklist was used as a basis for a few companies procedures. 

The application of checklists is one of the most popular methods for the identification of process deviations and their effects, The reason lies in their broad and very simple applicability as well as in the usually relatively limited effort required. Checklists can be compiled for quite different aims of a safety technical assessment. Special lists can be developed and applied for... 

The key objective of a risk assessment is to ensure that following the change the organization will have the resources (personnel, time, information, etc.), competence, and motivation to ensure safety without unrealistic expectations of people. Task mapping can be a very useful tool in these situations. Refer to Table A. 16 in Appendix A for a checklist which may be helpful for task mapping. 

Notice. The Safety Checklist is for a preliminary safety review only and does not take the place of a complete assessment or test report(s). Other requirements may apply. Refer to appropriate standards and directives for final assessment and completion of test report(s). 

A management-risk analysis method would not only inform safety cases, it would also be complimentary to an organisation s audit function. For example, a checklist to inform audits could be made of processes or activities that are deemed particularly risky or that rely on assumptions in which there is limited confidence. In addition, the frequency or thoroughness of audits and the focus of safety assessments may also be increased for parts of a management system that are considered similarly risky, or whose failures could lead to particularly severe consequences. In these ways, both the efficiency and the effectiveness of audits and safety assessments could be improved. 

The lead auditor should prepare a list of questions pertinent to the scope of the audit. ISA-TR84.00.04-1 Annex D.4 Functional Safety Assessment provides example checklists that could be addressed during the audit. In addition, refer to the COPS book, Guidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management Systems," 2011. 

To determine whether it is appropriate to conduct an assessment of safety culture, it is necessary for the investigator to be able to determine the signs that there may be such a problem. It is possible to cross-reference the elements of safety culture to causes in a standard RCA approach, and to turn these cross-references into a checklist for use by the investigator. This provides a direct link for the investigator from the analysis technique with which they are working to safety culture assessment, indicating the areas of safety culture that are likely to require most attention. 

The data for this activity are captured during the incident investigation, however it is extremely unlikely that any form of safety culture assessment would take place whilst the investigation were still active. It is anticipated that if the checklist revealed that there were a large number of causes linked to the Safety Culture Maturity Model then there would be a recommendation arising from the investigation that safety culture be assessed at some future date. It is also possible that the data from a number of investigations would be examined for trends, and if any such trends were present, then a safety culture assessment may be recommended. 

Submit comments on all Yes answers and any other safety concerns. A risk assessment shall be completed for all Yes answers. Provide a copy of the signed off Checklist to the Epsilon Corporation MOC Coordinator and to ESH. 

In summary, a successful health and safety policy is likely to lead to a successful organization or company. A checklist for assessing any safety policy has been produced by the HSE and is reproduced in Appendix 2.1. 

MIMAH is a standardised systematic approach for the identification of hazards. MIMAEI is complementary to existing methods, such as EI/ ZOP, FMEA, checklists etc and ensures a better exhaustiveness in terms of hazard- and safety-barrier identification. Bow-ties are the basis of MIMAH methodology in ARAMIS. LOPA is a means of assessing the performance of the safety barriers. 

Signature of quality (SoQ) It is a self-assessment process supported by a checklist covering customer focus, innovation, personnel and organizational leadership, use of technology and environment and safety issues. It is useful in FIT SIGMA for estabhshing a company health report. 

This audit checklist should be considered as guidance only for the preparation of suitable checklists for application in your museum or gallery. Safety audits are usually evaluated by using a system of points scoring . Answers to questions are assessed by the person making the report and compared to a known or reasonable standard. For example, responses to the first question, Is the safety policy appropriate and up to date , could be ... 

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