Management of change audits

Some Generic Management of Change Audit Questions... 

Programs or activities that are undertaken to prevent an incident. Sometimes referred to as leading safety indicators. These may include preparation and implementation of safety policies, standards and procedures, safety communication activities, risk assessments, management of change, audits and inspections, training, continuous safety improvement activities, etc. See also Leading Indicator. 

Some generic management of change audit questions... 

Maintenance (Mechanical Integrity) —Pre-Startup Review —Management of Change —Safety Audits — Accident Investigation... 

Pre-Startup Safety Review Mechanical Integrity Hot Work Permit Management of Change Incident Investigation Emergency Planning and Response Compliance Audits Trade Secrets... 

This sample uses CCPS PSM Element 5, Management of Change, to illustrate a useful audit report format. The full report would include similar treatment of the other 11 PSM Elements. 

FIGURE 4-5. Baseline Audit Report for Management of Change... 

Training, operating procedures, management of change and audits are obvious first candidate programs and elements because these already have considerable overlap with the ISO 9000 requirements. 

Ensure staffing, training, inspections, tests, maintenance, and management of change are all adequate to maintain the integrity of the system throughout the facility lifetime (Key Procedures, Audit Process). 

Core attribute Fundamental underlying property of a protection layer. The core attributes are independence, functionality, integrity, reliability auditability management of change, and access security. 

Common sense and the OSHA Chemical Process Safety Management Law requires an audit of compliance to the Management of Change. Periodic review and documentation of a sites activities in managing aspects of personnel and process safety is often a part of an organization s culture. A good audit can measure the actual versus intended effectiveness of various programs. 

These are some common-sense audit questions for the Management of Change. Other questions can be found in Appendix 13A of Plant Guidelines for Technical Management of Chemical Process Safety. [4]... 

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