Engineering Controls

OSHA defines an engineering control as a physical change to the "machine or work environment to prevent employee exposure to the potential hazard." Some examples of how to eliminate hazards via engineering controls include the following:

• Providing initial design specifications that eliminate hazards
• Providing proper ventilation
• Substituting worksite materials with less harmful materials
• Safely isolating or enclosing a process (to eliminate contamination or hazards)
• Changing a process (to eliminate contamination or hazards)

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