Summary
In short
- A critical control owner review is a review used in KnowSafe that the named owner of a control confirms it is still the right control, still resourced and still working. It is built against ICMM and forms part of the Critical Control and Fatal Risk programme.
- Run yearly per control. Carried out by the owner with the risk lead.
- The template holds 33 fields across 4 sections.
- ICMM is international Council on Mining and Metals. Publishes critical control management, widely borrowed outside mining for fatal risk control.
- It connects to the rest of the library: links Critical Control Register.
What it is
What it is
What is a critical control owner review?
A critical control owner review is a review used in KnowSafe that the named owner of a control confirms it is still the right control, still resourced and still working. It is built against ICMM and forms part of the Critical Control and Fatal Risk programme.
When is a critical control owner review completed?
A critical control owner review is completed at the review interval, and after any trigger event. Run yearly per control.
When to use it
When to use it, and when not to
This review is one step in a larger programme. Using it for work that belongs to a neighbouring template produces records that are hard to report on later.
Use it for
- The event or activity this review covers has occurred, or is about to
- A new record is needed; each one gets its own ID in the form CCOR-2026-000
- You are running the Critical Control and Fatal Risk programme and this is one of its steps
- A linked record needs this one to exist: links critical control register
Not for
- Critical Control Verification, which checks that a control standing between people and a fatal event is actually in place and working.
- Critical Control Performance Review, which reviews how a set of critical controls has performed over a period, including verification rates and failures.
- Barrier Health Check, which checks the barriers named in a bowtie are present and effective, working through the bowtie one branch at a time.
- Anything outside KnowSafe, which belongs in the workspace that owns that process
Standards
What it is built against
ICMMInternational Council on Mining and Metals
Publishes critical control management, widely borrowed outside mining for fatal risk control.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the critical control owner review template based on?+
It is built against ICMM. ICMM is international Council on Mining and Metals. Publishes critical control management, widely borrowed outside mining for fatal risk control.
What sections does the critical control owner review contain?+
There are 4 sections: header, is it still the right control, is it resourced, is it working. Together they hold 33 fields, 25 of which are required.
How often is a critical control owner review raised?+
A new record is raised at the review interval, and after any trigger event. Each one is given an ID in the form CCOR-2026-000, so it can be traced and referenced from other records.
Which programme does the critical control owner review belong to?+
It is part of Critical Control and Fatal Risk. Named fatal risks with owned critical controls and a verification schedule that is actually run.
Can the critical control owner review template be changed?+
Yes. Every field, option, score and conditional rule is editable, and the links to other templates come with it. Most teams install it as it is, run it for a cycle, then adjust.
The agents
What the agents do with it
The form is the easy part. Keeping it current, routing it to the right owner and holding the evidence together is the work that actually slips.
Holds the critical control owner review library against your registers, routes each record to its owner, and keeps the evidence trail together.
Coordinates the crew, rolls completion and exceptions into one view, and holds every write for your approval before it touches a record.
This template lives in KnowSafe — safety and compliance. Incidents, hazards, permits, inspections and the critical controls behind them.
Meet KnowSafe→Sources
Sources
- ICMM — International Council on Mining and Metals