Analysis and Management of Change (MOC)
Criteria for MOC
When decisions and changes are made rapidly, safety and health risks can increase resulting in disasters. There are many examples of how even simple changes at a worksite have led to tragedy.
What is MOC
Management of Change (MOC) is a best practice used to ensure that safety, health and environmental risks are controlled when a company makes changes in their facilities, documentation, personnel, or operations.
Managing change begins by conducting risk analysis — a discussion of the types of changes being considered that could affect workplace safety and health, including effects that may not be obvious. Changes being considered must be thoroughly evaluated for how they affect employee safety and health.
Sometimes there is a domino effect, where one change leads to more changes, and you will need to determine if the changes being considered prompt additional changes to operating procedures.
The MOC program must specify what types of changes are to be managed, for example, physical alterations to equipment or new operating procedures.
It's best that the procedures for managing changes are written and regularly reviewed to reduce the risk associated with the changes. You should develop and implement written management of change procedures for modifications associated with the following:
- equipment
- operating procedures
- personnel changes (including contractors)
- materials
- operating conditions
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3-1. What are the best two practices to reduce the risk associated with any changes the SEMS?
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