116: Inspection/Audit/Measurement Issue

Node Inspection/Audit/Measurement Issue

Definition/Typical Issues

Was there a failure to perform an inspection? Was there a failure to perform inspections at regular intervals? Do inspections fail to find problems before they cause safety, reliability, or quality problems? Was there a failure to act upon the results?

Was there a failure to perform audits? Did an audit fail to find problems before they caused safety, reliability, or quality problems? Was there a failure to perform audits at regular intervals? Was there a failure to act upon the results?

Was there a failure to appropriately identify system (hardware, software, and organizational) measurements and metrics? Was there a failure to collect measurement and metric data? Was there a failure to analyze the data? Was there a failure to act upon the results?

Note 1: Inspections performed by maintenance personnel as part of normal maintenance activities should be addressed under the Equipment Reliability Program Issue (#28) node.

Note 2:Inspections performed by warehouse personnel as part of receipt inspection should be addressed under the Acceptance Testing Implementation Issue (#84) node.

Examples

Example 1

  • An audit had been developed to ensure that personal protective equipment (hard hats, safety goggles, etc.) was being worn by plant personnel. However, the audit was only conducted once.

Example 2

  • No audits had been developed to determine whether quality assurance inspections of final products were being implemented effectively.

Typical Recommendations

  • Ensure that periodic audits of systems important to safety, reliability, and quality are developed.
  • Ensure that audits are periodically implemented.
  • Use audits to perform field inspections and measure performance improvement over time.
  • Develop an auditing program that addresses issues such as:
    • Scope of application
    • Scheduling
    • Team staffing
    • Recommendation resolution
    • Documentation of audits
  • Establish an auditing system owner.
  • Define roles and responsibilities for the auditing system.

Cross-References

Version 10 Element(s)
Node ID Node Name
82 Audits LTA

 

PSM Element(s)
14

 

RBPS Element(s)
Measurement and Metrics
Auditing

 

Maritime Element(s)
Node ID Node Name
92 Audit Issue
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