Corrective Action Tracking: Why EHS Teams Are Still Using Spreadsheets (And Paying For It)
Every EHS team understands the importance of corrective actions. Audit findings need follow-up. Incident investigations generate recommendations. Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs) identify gaps. Management of Change (MOC) reviews uncover actions that must be completed before risks are fully addressed. Yet many organizations still track these critical items in spreadsheets. At first, it seems manageable. […]
MOC in Oil & Gas: Why Rigid Systems Get Abandoned (And What to Do Instead)
Management of Change (MOC) programs are a cornerstone of process safety in the oil and gas industry. Whether you’re managing facility modifications, procedural updates, temporary bypasses, or organizational changes, an effective MOC process helps reduce risk and maintain compliance with Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements. Yet many Process Safety Managers face a frustrating reality: […]
What Happens to PHA Recommendations After the Workshop Ends?
Every PHA, HAZOP, or What-If study ends the same way: a list of recommendations. Some are straightforward — update a procedure, add a label, replace a valve. Others require engineering changes that take months to complete. All of them, in theory, need to be tracked to verified closure before the facility can demonstrate it […]