#Controls Verified · #Ranked by Potential · #Fix the Problem
CAPA

Closed is not fixed.

Corrective and preventive actions, the closure loop. Athena Forms™ reads whether the fix actually held, not just whether someone marked it done.

Most effective1 · Eliminate2 · Substitute3 · Engineering4 · Admin5 · PPELeast effective

Closed without verification

An action gets marked closed and the record goes quiet. But nothing checked whether the hazard actually went away. The box is green; the risk may not have moved.

What Athena Forms™ does: surfaces the CAPAs closed without any verification that the fix held, so closed earns its color.

Overdue on what matters most

Open actions pile up, and the overdue list treats them all the same. The one sitting on a high-SIFp finding looks no different from a low-stakes housekeeping note.

What you see: overdue actions ranked by the potential behind them, so the highest-SIFp findings rise to the top instead of waiting in a flat queue.

Fix the problem, not the person

Are the right things being fixed? A retrain or a reminder sits at the bottom of the hierarchy, and the hazard is still there. The strongest corrective actions remove the energy or engineer it out.

What Athena Forms™ does: reads where each fix lands, and surfaces the findings where the action leaned on the person when the hazard could have been designed out.

Administrative training fix
Closed, not fixed
A machine guard kept getting removed to clear jams. The corrective action was to retrain the crew on the procedure and remind them at toolbox talks, and the action closed.
The fix
Retrain and remind
Athena reads it as
Hazard still present · engineer out the access

The crew was retrained. The guard could still be removed in seconds.

Unverified no check
Closed, not fixed
An action to replace a frayed lifting sling was marked complete. There was no photo, no inspection, and no record that the new sling was rated for the load.
The fix
Marked complete
Athena reads it as
No verification on a high-SIFp finding

The box was green. Nothing confirmed the hazard had actually moved.

PPE last line
Weak control
After a chemical splash, the corrective action was to require face shields at the station. The open transfer that allowed the splash stayed exactly as it was.
The fix
Add face shields
Athena reads it as
Hazard uncontrolled · close the transfer

PPE is the last line. The hazard was still there to release.

Let’s see whether your fixes actually held.

Book a demo and we will show you which corrective actions in your own program closed without verification, and which ones leaned on the person instead of the hazard.