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2-Example Hierarchy of Control

The document discusses the hierarchy of risk control options in occupational health and safety, emphasizing that some controls are more effective than others. It presents a scenario involving noise exposure in a control room and outlines various control options such as elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative, and personal protective equipment. The document concludes with a comparison of these options, highlighting the best long-term solutions and practical implementations.

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2-Example Hierarchy of Control

The document discusses the hierarchy of risk control options in occupational health and safety, emphasizing that some controls are more effective than others. It presents a scenario involving noise exposure in a control room and outlines various control options such as elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative, and personal protective equipment. The document concludes with a comparison of these options, highlighting the best long-term solutions and practical implementations.

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Applying the hierarchy of risk control

Training course

Session 5
The hierarchy of risk control

ELIMINATION

SUBSTITUTION

ENGINEERING

ADMINISTRATIVE

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

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Holcim Group Support Risk Training: Session 5 June03/TA/ALT
Applying the hierarchy of risk control
It is considered that there is a hierarchy of risk control options. By
calling them a hierarchy, it indicates that there are a number of risk
control options, but that some are considered to be better or more
preferable than others
 Think about a situation where an operator is working in a control
room with a cement mill running next to it. You are the OH&S
Officer and do a noise exposure survey
 You find that anyone who spends 8 hours there will get an average
noise dose of 91 dB(A)
 When you check the standard, you find that the maximum allowable 8
hour average is 85 dB(A); and
 you know that each extra 3 dB(A) a person is exposed to actually
doubles their noise dose as it is a logarithmic scale
 You decide to think of some control options and try to apply the
hierarchy of risk controls to decide the best one to use
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Holcim Group Support Risk Training: Session 5 June03/TA/ALT
Applying the hierarchy of risk control
 After a brain storming session, the control options that
you come up with are:
 Giving the operator hearing protection
 Centralizing the mill controls so that control room is closed
 Putting double glazing between the mill and the operator
 Changing the operator regularly during a shift so as to limit
exposure to noise
 Changing from steel to rubber liners in the mill

 What do you end up doing?

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Comments
Centralizing the mill
Unlikely to happen quickly,
controls so that control
ELIMINATION but best long term solution
room is closed
Changing from steel to SUBSTITUTION Maybe in a raw mill, but
not usual for cement
rubber liners in the mill
Putting in double glazing ENGINEERING Quick and easy …
Do this 
Changing the person
being operator regularly ADMINISTRATIVE Possible, but not
a good option
Put up signs and give Least
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
operator ear muffs effective

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Holcim Group Support Risk Training: Session 5 June03/TA/ALT

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