The three key aspects of occupational hygiene are recognition, evaluation, and control. Of these, control is the most important as it is what occupational hygienists aim to achieve. There are still many workplaces where exposure control could be improved due to issues like lack of awareness about risks, poor specification relying too heavily on PPE, and poor implementation and use of controls. Guidance from organizations like the HSE can help workplaces improve exposure control through best practices focusing on practical guidance for effective controls and their management.

1. Mike Slater

2. Recognition Evaluation Control

3. Recognition Evaluation Control
The three key aspects of occupational hygiene

4. Recognition Evaluation Control

5. Recognition Evaluation Control
Of these CONTROL is the most important

6. Recognition Evaluation Control
It’s what we’re trying to achieve

8. There are still many workplaces where control of
exposure could be improved

9. Awareness
Specification
Design
Implementation
Use

10. Some examples of where
improvements could be made

11. Lack of awareness about the risk?

12. Lack of awareness about the risk?

13. Lack of awareness?
Poor specification? (relying on PPE)

14. Poor specification and design

15. Poor specification and design

16. Poor specification and design.
Poor implementation

17. Lack of maintenance – Poor implementation

18. Lack of maintenance
Poor implementation

19. Lack of awareness – Poor specification (reliance on PPE) –
Poor implementation and use
(PPE not used properly)

20. Poor implementation and use
(PPE not used properly)

21. Poor implementation and use
(PPE not used properly )

23. Awareness
Specification
Design
Implementation
Use

24. Some good guidance is available from the HSE

25. What can we do?

27. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel

29. Don’t try to solve all the world’s
problems

30. Collate “best practice”

31. Develop practical guidance
on controls

32. Including guidance on
management of controls

33. The COSHH Essentials control sheets are a good
example of simple, but effective advice

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35. Mike Slater, Diamond Environmental Ltd. (mike@diamondenv.co.uk)
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