{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/put-an-expiry-on-every-temporary-exception",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1276",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Put an expiry on every temporary exception",
  "summary": "Temporary without an end condition is just permanent with optimistic wording.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Give the exception an owner, reason, scope, start date and explicit expiry or restoration condition. Define what normal state should return and what evidence is required before renewal. At expiry, restore the original control, replace it with a reviewed design or deliberately approve a new state. Do not let an emergency bypass survive because nobody remembered to remove it.",
  "limits": [
    "Use proportionate control. A trivial reversible preference does not need a formal exception record; consequential bypasses and control changes do."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-drift-alerts-change-control"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-2B07FFA4A53D551C"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "OSHA process-safety guidance recommends identifying and reviewing changes before implementation and specifically says temporary changes need a monitored time limit because uncontrolled temporary changes can become permanent.",
      "source_id": "RS-2B07FFA4A53D551C",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The guidance is written for hazardous industrial processes; the general exception-control pattern is transferred here by analogy.",
      "locator": "Managing Change"
    },
    {
      "claim": "OSHA guidance says temporary changes should be returned to the original or designed condition at the end of the approved period unless a new change is formally reviewed.",
      "source_id": "RS-2B07FFA4A53D551C",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Not every knowledge-work exception requires industrial-style approval; use proportional controls.",
      "locator": "Managing Change"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A temporary bypass, manual step, permission, relaxed control or emergency workaround is introduced to keep work moving."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Use proportionate control. A trivial reversible preference does not need a formal exception record; consequential bypasses and control changes do."
  ],
  "example": "A production check is temporarily manual while automation is repaired. The exception expires Friday unless a named owner documents why the manual control must continue and what compensating checks remain.",
  "check": "Every active temporary exception has a visible owner and end condition, and expired exceptions cannot remain active by default.",
  "steps": [
    "Every active temporary exception has a visible owner and end condition, and expired exceptions cannot remain active by default."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-2B07FFA4A53D551C",
      "title": "Compliance Guidelines and Recommendations for Process Safety Management",
      "url": "https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1926/1926.64AppC"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1276",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1277",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/review-exception-debt-as-a-portfolio"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-63301F6643A9DBC3",
      "title": "Detect safety drift before the exception becomes normal",
      "url": "/collections/detect-safety-drift-before-the-exception-becomes-normal"
    }
  ]
}