Controls

Controls help keep safe those involved in the air transport of lithium batteries. Controls can be either administrative or engineering. Some example of controls are as follows:

• Procedural Control - Refers to administrative tasks that help communicate changes in work procedures, such as written safety policies, rules, supervision, schedules, and training with the goal of reducing the duration, frequency, and severity of exposure to hazardous situations.
• Engineering Control - Refers to the systems in place to reduce hazards in the workplace.
• Preventative Control - An action, process, or other activity the keeps a dangerous good such as a lithium battery from turning into an unsafe event such as a lithium battery fire on-board an aircraft. An example is prohibiting lithium batteries in checked luggage.
• Escalation Factor - A factor that can weaken the preventative control, such as a passenger's ignorance of the rule against packing lithium batteries in checked luggage.
• Escalation Control - A process that can prevent an escalation factor from inhibiting a preventative control, such as an operator making passengers aware of the requirement prohibiting lithium batteries in checked luggage.
• Personal Protective Equipment - Refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury.
• Education and Training - Refers to controls that exist so that best practices and information is presented in a manner that a recipient, such as an employee, is capable of understanding.