Elimination remove the hazard. Change the activity or stop using it, e.g. do not travel to a – Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) 4 country. Substitution replace the activity, material or equipment with a less hazard one, e.g. substitute – a manual task for an automated task. Isolation isolate the hazard from the person at risk, e.g. separate pedestrian access from – vehicular access. Engineering Use guarding on equipment in workshops. – Administrative Controls Training, Standard Operating Procedures and completing a Risk – Assessment. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Use appropriate and proper fitting equipment, e.g. – safety goggles, gloves and lab PPE is to be used in conjunction with other control measures. Practicable Consider – When completing a risk assessment the following must be considered in the priority of order of Number 1 4: – Severity of hazard or risk; Knowledge of hazard or risk and ways of removing it; Availability and suitability of ways to remove or mitigate risk; Cost of removing or mitigating hazard or risk.
Elimination – remove the hazard. Change the activity or stop using it, e.g. do not travel to a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) 4 country. Substitution – replace the activity, material or equipment with a less hazard one, e.g. substitute a manual task for an automated task. Isolation – isolate the hazard from the person at risk, e.g. separate pedestrian access from vehicular access. Engineering – Use guarding on equipment in workshops. Administrative Controls – Training, Standard Operating Procedures and completing a Risk Assessment. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – Use appropriate and proper fitting equipment, e.g. safety goggles, gloves and lab PPE is to be used in conjunction with other control measures. Practicable – Consider When completing a risk assessment the following must be considered in the priority of order of Number 1 – 4: Severity of hazard or risk; Knowledge of hazard or risk and ways of removing it; Availability and suitability of ways to remove or mitigate risk; Cost of removing or mitigating hazard or risk.