Design and management of controls
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The document discusses the inadequacies in control measures designed to manage exposure to hazardous agents in the workplace, emphasizing that poor design, maintenance, and user compliance hinder effectiveness. It outlines a management framework that includes key steps such as awareness, specification, design, and implementation to enhance control measures. Collaboration between employers and suppliers is crucial in developing effective control solutions and ensuring proper usage and maintenance.
Design and management of controls
- 1. Mike Slater
- 3. Many control measures are badly designed and ineffective at controlling exposure to hazardous agents at work
- 4. Controls, once installed, are often inadequately maintained
- 5. In some cases workers don’t use the controls properly and management don’t enforce their use
- 6. Good management of the specification, design and use of controls is needed if they are going to be effective at controlling exposure
- 7. The following slides set out a management framework for the design and implementation of controls
- 8. Awareness Specification Design Installation Use
- 9. Awareness Specification These are the key steps in Design the management process. There are a number of more Implementation detailed elements for each of the steps Use
- 10. Awareness • Recognise risk exists Specification • Understand control principles Design • Understand control hierarchy Implementation • Understand “good practice” Use
- 11. Awareness • Evaluate exposure Specification • Identify sources Design • Apply hierarchy of control Implementation • Prepare specification Use
- 12. Awareness • Select potential suppliers Specification • Suppliers prepare designs and quotations Design • Review designs / quotations • Supplier selection Implementation • Prototype / trials ? Use
- 13. The employer and the supplier need to work together to develop successful control solutions
- 14. Awareness • Safe installation of engineering controls Specification • Commissioning Design • Verification of control Implementation • Provision of information by supplier Use • Training of users
- 15. Awareness • Correct use Specification • Supervision • Maintenance Design • Testing Implementation • Inspections Use • Monitoring and health surveillance • Audit and review
- 16. Credits This presentation contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0
- 18. Mike Slater, Diamond Environmental Ltd. (mike@diamondenv.co.uk) This presentation is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK:International Licence