Hierarchy of Controls – Your Roadmap to Risk Reduction

 🚧 Hierarchy of Controls – Your Roadmap to Risk Reduction 🚧

In Health, Safety & Environment (HSE), we manage hazards using a structured approach called the Hierarchy of Controls — from most effective to least effective:

🔺 1. Elimination – Remove the hazard completely.

✅ Best option!

🧯 Example: Remove a faulty machine from use.

🔺 2. Substitution – Replace the hazard with something safer.

🔄 Example: Use water-based paint instead of solvent-based.

🔺 3. Engineering Controls – Isolate people from the hazard.

🛠️ Example: Machine guards, ventilation systems.

🔺 4. Administrative Controls – Change how people work.

📋 Example: Training, signage, work rotation, SOPs.

🔺 5. PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) – Last line of defense.

🦺 Example: Helmets, gloves, safety glasses.

⚠️ PPE alone is not enough! Always try to eliminate or reduce the hazard first.

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