It is well understood fact that change, including organizational change, is a normal and inevitable as business seek improvements in profitability, market share, or manufacturing costs. It has long been acknowledged that when not properly evaluated and controlled, changes to physical equipment in a facility can lead to serious incidents with potentially severe consequences. However, because the effects of organizational change on process safety can be harder to see, it is less commonly recognized that other types of changes such as acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures, new and revised corporate process safety related policies/procedures, task allocation changes, changes in job responsibilities, loss of key personnel, or even changes in shift hours can have an adverse impact on process safety.
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