- Design and operate processes and activities to minimise emission, release and spread of substances hazardous to health
- Take into account all relevant routes of exposure - inhalation, skin absorption and ingestion - when developing control measures
- Control exposure by measures that are proportionate to the health risk
- Choose the most effective and reliable control options which minimise the escape and spread of substances hazardous to health
- Where adequate control of exposure cannot be achieved by other means, provide, in combination with other control measures, suitable personal protective equipment
- Check and review regularly all elements of control measures for their continuing effectiveness
- Inform and train all employees on the hazards and risks from the substances with which they work and the use of control measures developed to minimise the risks
- Ensure that the introduction of control measures does not increase the overall risk to health and safety
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