Control Measures

Here you will find a one stop shop to help your company comply with workplace health and safety regulations, guidance and best practice.

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The list below details a number of control measure that can be introduced to control risk to any hazards that may be present in an office environment. This is not an exhaustive list but only a starting point to help risk assessors for the purpose of risk assessment.

Hierarchy of Control

1. ELIMINATION BY DESIGN

2. SUBSTITUTION WITH LESS HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE

3. AUTOMATION OF PROCESS

4. REDUCING EXPOSURE BY PROCESS CHANGE

5. ENGINEERING CONTROLS

6. MINIMISING EXPOSURE

7. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

8. MONITORING / HEALTH SURVEILLANCE

A

• Access control

• Accountability

• Administrative control

• Adequate information

• Adjustable equipment

• Approved code of practice (ACoPs)

• Alarms

• Anti-slip

• Arrangements

• AUTOMATION OF PROCESS

• Authorised persons

B

• Back-up procedures

• Barrier systems

• Battery power

• Battery powered tools

• British standards

• Bund

• Business continuity plan (BCP)

C

• Cable management

• Call out list

• Caution sign

• CCTV

• Check equipment before use

• Cleaning

• Cleanliness

• Communications

• Competent contractor

• Competent person

• Contact (emergency services)

• Contact (management)

• Contractor (health and safety)

• Contractor (insurance)

• Contractor (management)

• Contractor (selection)

• Controls

• Cordon off area

D

• Data protection

• De-icing

• Defibrillator

• Detection

• Disaster recovery

• Document holder

• Drinking water

E

• Ear protection

• Ear plugs

• ELIMINATION BY DESIGN

• Emergency lighting

• Emergency plan

• Emergency plan training

• Emergency procedures

• Emergency power off system (EPO)

• Emergency Services

• Enclosure

• ENGINEERING CONTROLS

• Entrance matting

• Ergonomics

• Escape routes

• Evacuation procedure

• Existing control measures

• Eye protection

F

• Face mask

• Fire alarm

• Fire action notice

• Fire detection

• Fire extinguishers

• Fire marshals

• Fire officer

• Fire protection

• Fire sprinkler

• Fist aid

• Fist aiders

• First aid kits

• First aid training

• Footrest

• Footwear

• Frequency of maintenance

• Fresh air

G

• Gangways clear and unobstructed

• Gates

• Generator

• Glasses

• Gloves

• Goggles

• Grilles

• Guards

• Guarding

H

• Handrails where changes in level

• Hard hats

• Hazard warning

• Hazard warning tape

• Hazard signs

• Health and safety file

• Health and safety law poster

• Health and safety training

• Health surveillance

• Help required?

• High visibility

• Housekeeping

• HSE guidance

I

• Incident contact centre

• Incident procedure

• Incident report form

• Induction training

• Inspection and testing

• Instruction

• Insurance (employee liability)

• Insurance (public liability)

• Intruder alarm

• Isolation

• Isolate supply

J

• Job specific training

K

L

• Lift and hoists

• Lighting

• Light meter

• Location

• Lockable cupboard

• Lock off procedure

• Locks

• Luminous signs

M

• Machine guarding

• Maintenance procedure

• Management

• Material safety data sheets (MSDS)

• Markings

• Mechanical aids

• Method statement

• Meters

• MINIMISING EXPOSURE

• Minimum standards

• MONITORING / HEALTH SURVEILLANCE

N

• Natural light

• Notices

O

• Occupational health

• Operating manual

P

• Panic alarm

• Panic button

• Permit to work

• Personal hygiene

• Person in charge

• PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

• Pipeline marking

• Planned maintenance

• Pollution control

• Portable appliance testing

• Posters

• Procedures

• Procedure for removing defective equipment

• Protection equipment and devices

Q

• Qualified staff

R

• Record

• Reduce

• REDUCING EXPOSURE BY PROCESS CHANGE

• Register

• Regulations

• Remote monitoring

• Reporting

• Residual current devices (RCD)

• Re-site equipment

• Respirators

• Responsibilities

• Rest breaks

• Rest facilities

• Risk assessment

S

• Safer alternative

• Safe system of work

• Safety inspection

• Safety checklist

• Safety glass

• Safety posters

• Seating (ergonomic and adjustable)

• Secure destruction

• Security

• Security guarding

• Security systems

• Security window film

• Segregation

• Servicing health and safety equipment and devices

• Shields

• Shredding confidential waste

• Signage

• Sign in and out

• Software

• Sound meter

• Spill kits

• Spill trays

• Standards

• Steel toe caps

• Storage

• SUBSTITUTION WITH LESS HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE

• Supervision

• Survey

T

• Task design

• Thermometer

• Toilet facilities

• Tools

• Torch

• Traffic management

• Trained staff

• Training

• Trolleys

• Trucks

• Turn off mains supply

U

• Uniform

• Uninterrupted power supply (UPS)

• User guides

V

• Ventilation

• Visitor book

• Voltage (110v)

W

• Washing facilities

• Waste collection

• Warning sign

• Welfare

• Welfare facilities

• Work breaks

• Workstation set-up

• Work wear

X

Y

Z

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