PROCESS 3.1.2 INTERNAL AUDITS BY OPERATIONAL DEPARTMENTS.
(a) Performance Objective. The organization will perform regularly scheduled internal audits of its operational processes, including those performed by contractors, to verify safety performance and evaluate the effectiveness of safety risk controls. (b) Design Expectations. (1) Line management of operational departments will conduct regular internal audits of safety-related functions of the organization’s operational processes (production system). (2) Line management will ensure that regular audits are conducted to: (a) Determine conformity with safety risk controls, and (b) Assess perform...