COMAH REMODELLING: THE COMAH COMPETENT AUTHORITY AS A LEARNING ORGANISATION FOR MAJOR HAZARDS

摘要

The remodelled COMAH regulatory regime went live on 1 April 2010 after a two year project to develop options and deliver the changes. This paper describes how the remodelled Competent Authority (CA), comprising HSE, the Environment Agency and SEP A, is a learning organisation for major hazards. This includes aspects of leadership, self-examination, options development, new intelligence systems, hazard ranking/performance rating system and new arrangements for the faster release of learning from incidents. It also focuses on the process of the COMAH remodelling project in creating the required organisational change, including leadership, involvement, communications and training. This is put in the context of earlier work on the science of learning organisations for major hazards. The paper uses the remodelled CA as a case study to make the practical steps to becoming a learning organisation more accessible and usable by others.