For those who work and live in the world of Process Safety Management, the abbreviation MOC may make you and your colleagues cringe. And when some “consultant” tells you that using the Management of Change (MOC) process for changes to our Emergency Response Equipment, especially PPE, you are probably thinking… SERIOUSLY? I cant keep track of the ones I have open now! (that is another discussion we need to have later). But seriously, there are very few PSM/RMP and S&H audits that we perform where we do not find some serious discrepancies in the Emergency Response Team PPE and how it is being managed. Even just a change in brands of SCBA or LEVEL A suit can change the inspection/care of the PPE as some companies have different inspection/testing frequencies and limitations on their products. For example…
Doing an MOC on changes to your ERT PPE can save you a lot of headaches and maybe a life!
