| 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 |