Hierarchy of Controls

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Fundamentals of Total Worker Health Approaches: Essential Elements for Advancing Worker Safety, Health, and Well-Being: Figure 1: Hierarchy of Controls [NIOSH 2015]
• Personal Author:
  Lee, Michelle P. ; Hudson, Heidi ; Richards, Reid ; Chang, Chia-Chia ; Chosewood, L. Casey ; Schill, Anita L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This infographic shows the hierarchy of controls conceptual model. The hierarchy of controls identifies a preferred order of actions to best control hazardous workplace exposures. Elimination, substitution, and engineering controls are more effective because they control exposures without significant human interaction. Administrative controls and personal protective equipment can also be effective at reducing workers' exposures to hazards.
  
  This illustration is also used as Figure 1, page 9, of "Fundamentals of Total Worker Health Approaches: Essential Elements for Advancing Worker Safety, Health, and Well-Being," also available in this repository.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Health Policy Health Promotion Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Occupational Health Occupational Health Services Safety Working Conditions
• Keywords:
  Occupational Health Programs Occupational Safety Programs Total Worker Health TWH
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; NIOSH Infographics  
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-112, 2016 Dec; :1-25
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eb99bb23dbc60b1021ab530777e4ccd5fd7cfc1d2b6bd36c409f199ff93797b51b26090cae446c961754cd2149f8d825abefdcf0ab86b3f52afd7dd06fcbece8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/255380/cdc_255380_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 58.09 KB ]