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102 Serious Incident Prevention

TABLE 9-1
Tools for Effectively Managing Change
Unplanned Changes
Audits
Inspections
Equipment testing
Instrument calibrations
Procedure reviews
Training
Near-miss and hazardous-condition reporting system
Documentation of acceptable operating conditions and parameters
Establishment and communication of incident prevention objectives
Management control systems including:
performance measures for serious incident prevention work
performance feedback
recognition and accountability
timely correction of identified problems
Planned Changes
Establishment of process for advance review and authorization of changes
Process hazard analysis
Prestartup inspections
Procedures updated for changes
Training
Safety permit systems
Effective communications
NOTE: The above listing is intended only to provide examples, and it is recognized that many
other potentially effective tools are available.

References

1. M. Roark, “City Owes Wal-Mart $283,000 Refund,” Longview, Texas, Daily
News, 21 July 2001, 1A.
2. J. S. Arendt, M. L. Casada, A. C. Remson, and D. A. Walker, A Manager’s
Guide to Implementing and Improving Management of Change Systems
(Chemical Manufacturers Association Inc., 1993).
3. “Medical Gas Supplier Restricted Further: Judge Issues Order After Deaths of
10 Veterans Exposed to Tainted Oxygen,” Dallas Morning News, 16 Nov.
1997; 28A.
4. D. G. Mahoney, ed., Large Property Damage Losses in the Hydrocarbon-
Chemical Industries, A Thirty-Year Review, 14th ed. (Risk Control Consulting,
a division of J&H Marsh & McLennan Inc., formerly M&M Protection
Consultants: 1992), 8.