Glass light bulb change policy
Does anyone have a glass light bulb procedure or is it part of your glass brittle plastic procedures? TYIA
It shall be part of glass and brittle plastic procedure. If glass light bulb management (eg: Maintenance department) and Glass monitoring record (eg: QC) then it may require two different documents (not for audit or standard but for ease of management in organisation)
I just added the statement to my glass and brittle plastic policy
- To minimize the potential for product contamination cleaning of glass or plastics will be conducted during non production time.
- Changing/replacing bulbs will be done during non production times.
It is part of our procedure, just states the responsibility for replacing lamps goes to the Maintenance department to control how and when lamps are replaced and ensure shields are installed at the same time. We have started our second round of light conversion. First we went from T12 fluorescent to T8 and are now converting all T8 fixtures to plastic LED lamps. they are 110v direct so there's no longer a need for ballasts or extra wiring plus they last 10X longer and don't yellow!
With companies that I've worked at or otherwise dealt with, lightbulbs were part of the overall glass and brittle plastic procedure.
Have it listed on the glass inventory checklist.
I don't see much use in creating an entirely separate procedure for it.
With companies that I've worked at or otherwise dealt with, lightbulbs were part of the overall glass and brittle plastic procedure.
Have it listed on the glass inventory checklist.
I don't see much use in creating an entirely separate procedure for it.
I have been asked specifically for this in SQF audits. It followed a conversation where the auditor asked 'what happens in case of glass breakage?' Because if it can happen, it will.
"What happens in case of glass breakage?" is an entirely reasonably question from the auditor.
Doesn't your glass and brittle plastic procedure cover what happens in case a glass bulb breaks?
What was the auditor's reasoning for requesting a separate procedure?
"What happens in case of glass breakage?" is an entirely reasonably question from the auditor.
Doesn't your glass and brittle plastic procedure cover what happens in case a glass bulb breaks?
What was the auditor's reasoning for requesting a separate procedure?
To ensure that everyone would know how to handle that situation, including the off shifts and sanitation. Otherwise, he would have wanted s training log. The procedure is part of a glass breakage kit, dedicated specifically to that use.
To ensure that everyone would know how to handle that situation, including the off shifts and sanitation. Otherwise, he would have wanted s training log. The procedure is part of a glass breakage kit, dedicated specifically to that use.
I can see where the auditor is coming from. Anyone in the production and storage areas of a factory needs to know what to do in the case of glass breaking (or a product spill for that matter). I would personally choose to do the training instead of setting up a separate process to keep everything as concise as possible, but you could technically create a separate process for light bulbs that is available to another group of people, if necessary.