10.16.6 Worker Consultation And Observation
People who operate, maintain, assess, or work near RF equipment often know where the written arrangements are difficult to apply or where actual conditions differ from assumptions.
Audit consultation may include:
- RF Workers, Controlled Area Workers, and other affected workers;
- Responsible Persons, supervisors, and permit issuers;
- operators, engineers, maintenance technicians, and assessors;
- contractors, building managers, and other source operators at shared sites; and
- health and safety representatives, first aiders, and emergency personnel.
Interviews should be supported by observation of work, access, source-status communication, isolation, verification, and handback where practicable. The audit should compare work as planned with work as actually performed.
Consultation can reveal weak signals such as nuisance alarms, workarounds, confusing signs, unreported changes, difficult permits, or near misses. A constructive process encourages reporting and strengthens ownership without substituting opinion for technical evidence.
10.16.7 Corrective And Preventive Actions
Each audit finding should be evaluated to determine:
- its nature, evidence, compliance status, risk, and priority;
- its immediate, contributing, and systemic causes;
- the interim and final corrective or preventive action required;
- the accountable owner and people who must be consulted; and
- the due date, completion evidence, and method of effectiveness review.
Actions should be tracked to verified closure. Closing an item because a document was issued or equipment was repaired is insufficient unless the intended control has been implemented and shown to be effective.
Repeated findings, overdue actions, and recurring workarounds should trigger review of the underlying program, Plan, resources, governance, or management-of-change process rather than another isolated correction.