Summary
In short
- A critical control register is a register used in General that lists the controls that stand between your people and a fatal or catastrophic event, with an owner and a required check frequency for each. It is built against ICMM Critical Control Management and forms part of the Critical Control and Fatal Risk programme.
- Built during risk studies and reviewed yearly. Owned by a senior manager.
- The template holds 21 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: feeds Critical Control Verification.
What it is
What it is
What is a critical control register?
A critical control register is a register used in General that lists the controls that stand between your people and a fatal or catastrophic event, with an owner and a required check frequency for each. It is built against ICMM Critical Control Management and forms part of the Critical Control and Fatal Risk programme.
When is a critical control register completed?
A critical control register is completed once at set up, then whenever an entry is added, changed or retired. Built during risk studies and reviewed yearly.
When to use it
When to use it, and when not to
This register 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 register covers has occurred, or is about to
- The workspace is being set up, or the register needs an entry added or retired
- 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: feeds critical control verification
Not for
- Site and Location Register, which holds every site, building, area and zone your organisation operates.
- Asset Register, which holds every piece of equipment, machine, vehicle and tool you track.
- Worker Profile, which holds a record for each worker, including role, department, site and start date.
- Anything outside General, 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 register template based on?+
It is built against ICMM Critical Control Management. 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 register contain?+
There are 4 sections: identification, control detail, verification, context. Together they hold 21 fields, 15 of which are required.
How many critical control register records should we have?+
This is a singleton. One record per workspace, set up once and maintained, rather than one per event. Other templates refer back to it.
Which programme does the critical control register belong to?+
It is part of Critical Control and Fatal Risk, Master Data and Foundations. Named fatal risks with owned critical controls and a verification schedule that is actually run.
Can the critical control register 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 register 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 General — control tower. The orchestration layer. Registries and engines every other workspace reads from.
Meet General→Sources
Sources
- ICMM — International Council on Mining and Metals