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28 Consequence Definitions CONSEQUENCE LEVEL SAFETY Critical Multiple fatalities or permanent injuries ENVIRONMENT PRODUCTION Massive effect Permanent or long term damage to particular unique, rare or otherwise valued components of man-made or natural environment, or widespread environmental loss or damage Production stopped; extensive damage; repair required greater that 24 hours Major One fatality Major effect Repairable or short-term damage to particular unique, rare or otherwise valued components of man-made or natural environment, or widespread environmental loss or damage. Short-term health impact on humans: eye/skin irritations, hearing impairment Production stopped; major repair in less than 24 hours Moderate Severe injury Localized effect Distress impact on environment such as high oil in water concentration discharge, chemical discharge or product on ground Reduced production; localized damage Minor Lost time injury Minor effect Nuisance impact such as black exhaust Minor damage Negligible No injury No effect No significant impact No damage Figure 1. organized his decisions into a matrix and called them "Roger's Rules of Prioritization", much to Roger's satisfaction. Thus, everyone on every shift could set priorities with a consistent set of guidelines. A more conventional method is to start the team with the consequence table underlying a risk matrix. To do this, begin with any model and facilitate the team in adapting the categories and definitions to their specific environments. Figure 1 was developed by a pipeline team. Once developed, the consequence table provides easy definitions of Priority 1, 2, and 3, and the response times required by maintenance. In the above example, the team agreed that Critical and Major Jobs required maintenance's immediate response. They would go directly to the maintenance supervisor. The procedure then would be for maintenance to stop what they were doing, close it up, and come immediately (Priority 1). These had to start in less than 24 hours. Moderate jobs were the (Priority 2), going directly to the maintenance supervisor. These had to start within a couple of days. Minor and negligible jobs would go to the planner/scheduler (Priority 3). This includes predictive and preventive maintenance. Additionally, the team works through how maintenance should handle Priority 1 and 2 jobs. It must be remembered that maintenance did not always have to complete all repairs in the defined time frames. They had to stabilize the situation (get production going again). Once things were stabilized, if there were additional repairs (replacement equipment), that work would be identified as a new job and as a separate Priority 3. And, if a Priority 3 job aged beyond the fourweek limit, the planner/scheduler had to turn it over to the maintenance supervisor as a Priority 1 or 2. SOLUTIONS AUGUST 2016 10127-4056 SMRP Solutions SE.indd 28 8/22/16 9:43 AM

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