1 | ☐ | Are terms familiar to the procedure user located in an appendix? | Section 3.1.1, Guideline 1 |
2 | ☐ | Are definitions of industry-specific terms that are not familiar to the procedure user included within the procedure between sections? | Section 3.1.1, Guideline 2 |
3 | ☐ | Are technical requirements and exceptions/limits of procedure applicability included in a limitation section? | Section 3.1.1, Guideline 3 |
4 | ☐ | Are limitations written in the passive voice, with no action required? | Section 3.1.1, Guideline 4 |
5 | ☐ | Are hazards within each precaution written in the passive voice, with exposure reduction methods for each hazard written in the active voice? | Section 3.1.1, Guideline 5 |
6 | ☐ | Are specific limits included on controlled parameters as well as appropriate corrective actions to return parameters to the normal control band? | Section 3.1.1, Guideline 6 |
7 | ☐ | Are materials necessary for each task and their locations listed as a preface at the beginning of the procedure as well as within the procedure steps? | Section 3.1.1, Guideline 7 |
8 | ☐ | Are procedures written at the lowest practicable reading level without compromising the intent of the procedure? | Section 3.1.2, Guideline 1 |
9 | ☐ | Are procedure steps with a required sequence of performance numbered consistently and consecutively, with steps without a required performance bulleted? | Section 3.1.2, Guideline 2 |
10 | ☐ | Is a font size of at least 12 pt used? When modified for those with vision impairments, is a font size of at least 18 pt used? | Section 3.1.2, Guideline 3 |
11 | ☐ | Are serif fonts used for paper presentation and sans serif fonts used for electronic presentation? | Section 3.1.2, Guideline 4 |
12 | ☐ | Is positive phrasing rather than negative phrasing used when possible for action steps? | Section 3.1.3, Guideline 1 |
13 | ☐ | If there is a conditional element in a step, is the step started with the conditional term? | Section 3.1.3, Guideline 2 |
14 | ☐ | If a step does not contain a conditional statement, is the step started with an action verb? | Section 3.1.3, Guideline 3 |
15 | ☐ | Are procedural steps written in an active voice? | Section 3.1.3, Guideline 4 |
16 | ☐ | Are common and simple words and sentence structures used when possible? | Section 3.1.3, Guideline 5 |
17 | ☐ | Are steps requiring complex decision making or assessment of multiple conditional actions presented in a flowchart or decision table format? | Section 3.1.3, Guideline 6 |
18 | ☐ | Are procedural steps not requiring many conditional assessments presented as a text list rather than a flowchart? | Section 3.1.3, Guideline 7 |
19 | ☐ | Does each step include only one action when possible? | Section 3.1.3, Guideline 8 |
20 | ☐ | Are initial lines used in infrequently performed procedures for which workers may be unfamiliar with the procedural steps? | Section 3.1.3, Guideline 9 |
21 | ☐ | Are checkboxes used for frequently performed task procedures to ensure procedure use? | Section 3.1.3, Guideline 10 |
22 | ☐ | Do the procedures for novices include more detailed information? | Section 3.1.3, Guideline 11 |
23 | ☐ | Do the procedures for experienced workers include less detailed information? | Section 3.1.3, Guideline 12 |
24 | ☐ | Are relevant operating limits, consequences of deviation, and limit exceedance actions included in tabular format in the procedure appendix? | Section 3.1.4, Guideline 1 |
25 | ☐ | Are operational limits included on checklists and log books? | Section 3.1.4, Guideline 2 |
26 | ☐ | Are prerequisites listed in the written procedure prior to the procedure steps, with checkboxes added to them? | Section 3.1.4, Guideline 3 |
27 | ☐ | Do the initial start-up procedures include target levels, milestones, consequences, and remedial methods? | Section 3.2.4, Guideline 1 |
28 | ☐ | Are relevant visuals used to complement written information when practicable for infrequently performed procedures? | Section 3.2.4, Guideline 2 |
29 | ☐ | Do the normal operations procedures include logs for operators to record elements of the monitoring process? | Section 3.2.1, Guideline 1 |
30 | ☐ | Is more detailed information provided within the steps for temporary operations? | Section 3.2.2, Guideline 1 |
31 | ☐ | Are normal shutdown procedural steps written only using information that is necessary to perform the shutdown safely? | Section 3.2.6, Guideline 1 |
32 | ☐ | Are emergency procedures written using steps that are as concise as possible? | Section 3.2.3, Guideline 1 |
33 | ☐ | Do emergency procedures contain information or decision-making aids for use when unexpected problems occur? | Section 3.2.3, Guideline 2 |
34 | ☐ | Are hazards that potentially exist during the emergency shutdown process identified and necessary precautions provided/prescribed in the procedure? | Section 3.2.7, Guideline 1 |
35 | ☐ | Do start-up after shutdown procedures describe process excursions that may occur and the appropriate corrective actions? | Section 3.2.5, Guideline 1 |
36 | ☐ | Do the limits in the procedure include equipment identification, limit description, and numerical limit values with units? | Section 3.3.1, Guideline 1 |
37 | ☐ | Are the consequences of divergence from limits included in the procedure with the limits themselves? | Section 3.3.2, Guideline 1 |
38 | ☐ | Are preventative and corrective actions to be taken in response to limit divergence included in the procedure with the limits themselves? | Section 3.3.3, Guideline 1 |
39 | ☐ | Do hazard precautions only include information required by workers to perform the task safely? | Section 3.4.2, Guideline 1 |
40 | ☐ | Are precautions necessary to control or prevent EH&S hazards included? | Section 3.4.2, Guideline 2 |
41 | ☐ | Is “danger” used to indicate severe hazards, with either “warning” or “caution” used to indicate mild or moderate hazards? | Section 3.4.2, Guideline 3 |
42 | ☐ | Are hazards, consequences, and prevention strategies applicable throughout the procedure presented immediately before all procedure steps? | Section 3.4.3, Guideline 1 |
43 | ☐ | Is precautionary information relevant to particular steps placed immediately before those steps? | Section 3.4.3, Guideline 1 |
44 | ☐ | Is each hazard statement numbered consistently and consecutively as if it were a step? | Section 3.4.3, Guideline 2 |
45 | ☐ | Are borders around hazard steps avoided? | Section 3.4.3, Guideline 3 |
46 | ☐ | Are hazard icons with hazard statements avoided? | Section 3.4.3, Guideline 4 |
47 | ☐ | When hazard pictograms are used, is the hazard statement shaded using a color that contrasts the font color? | Section 3.4.3, Guideline 5 |
48 | ☐ | Are workers provided a page at the end of the procedure to note any procedure-related problems or suggestions? | Section 6.1, Guideline 1 |
49 | ☐ | Are procedures updated when there are changes to the process that make any steps invalid or unclear? | Section 6.2, Guideline 1 |