{"id":10668,"date":"2025-05-27T15:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/pages\/article\/coshh-control-measures\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:46:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:46:16","slug":"coshh-control-measures","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/article\/coshh-control-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"COSHH Control Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-632 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shutterstock_67247680-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"COSHH control measures\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Control measures are always a mixture of equipment and ways of working to reduce exposure. The right combination is crucial. No measures, however practical, can work unless they are used properly. So, any \u2018standard operating procedure\u2019 should combine the right equipment with the right way of working. This means instructing, training, and supervising the workers who are doing the tasks.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/article\/coshh-regulations\/\">COSHH regulations<\/a>\u00a0will give information on the law behind COSHH control measures.<\/p>\n<p>You need control measures that work and continue to work \u2013 all day, every day. The HSE states the following control measures in order of priority:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eliminate the use of a harmful product or substance and use a safer one.<\/li>\n<li>Examine the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/article\/safety-data-sheets-under-coshh\/\">Safety data sheets under COSHH<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Use a safer form of the product, e.g. paste rather than powder.<\/li>\n<li>Change the process to emit less of the substance.<\/li>\n<li>Enclose the process so that the product does not escape.<\/li>\n<li>Extract emissions of the substance near the source.<\/li>\n<li>Have as few workers in harm\u2019s way as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Provide personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gloves, coveralls, and respirators. PPE must fit the wearer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Control equipment comes in many forms. It includes ventilation to extract dust, mist and fume; glove boxes and fume cupboards; spray booths and refuges (clean rooms in dirty work areas). It also includes using water to reduce dust and systems for disinfecting cooling water.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9FvtJiH95lg?si=qO594306vwfPrZXs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For control equipment, your supplier should provide a \u2018user manual\u2019. If you don\u2019t have one, ask for it. If this is impossible, you may need professional help to write one. The user manual should schedule checks, maintenance and parts replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have got control, you need to keep it. Employers must ensure that the control measures, including the equipment and the way of working, are working properly. You should name someone to be in charge of checking and maintaining control measures. It could be you or someone you appoint, as long as they know what they need to do and are able to do it. Two of the most common control measures where maintenance is critical are local exhaust ventilation (LEV) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/article\/ppe-personal-protective-equipment\/\">PPE &#8211; personal protective equipment<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Control measures are always a mixture of equipment and ways of working to reduce exposure. The right combination is crucial. No measures, however practical, can work unless they are used properly. So, any \u2018standard operating procedure\u2019 should combine the right equipment with the right way of working. 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