Engineering controls
Engineering controls are strategies designed to protect workers by removing hazardous conditions or by placing a barrier between the worker and the hazard.[1]
Three basic strategies are: substitution, isolation, and ventilation.[2]
References
- ↑ "CDC - NIOSH Directory of Engineering Controls". www.cdc.gov. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
- ↑ Cora Roelofs (1 January 2007). Preventing Hazards at the Source. AIHA. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-1-931504-83-6.
Sources
- Harold E. Roland; Brian Moriarty (10 October 1990). System Safety Engineering and Management. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 73–. ISBN 978-0-471-61816-4.
- Jeanne Mager Stellman (1 January 1998). Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety: Chemical, industries and occupations. International Labour Organization. pp. 871–. ISBN 978-92-2-109816-4.
- Jeanne Mager Stellman (1998). Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety: The body, health care, management and policy, tools and approaches. International Labour Organization. pp. 1026–. ISBN 978-92-2-109814-0.
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