Energy control procedures administrative controls

There are a variety of control techniques, documented in the literature, to reduce overall worker exposure to noise. Such controls reduce the amount of sound energy released by the noise source, divert the flow of sound energy away from the receiver, or protect the receiver from the sound energy reaching him or her. For example, types of noise controls include proper maintenance of equipment, revised operating procedures, equipment replacements, acoustic shields and barriers, equipment redesign, enclosures, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment. 

The subsequent Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citations covered these wilful violations failure to develop document and utilize procedures to control potentially hazardous energy, lack of guarding and positive means to prevent movement of the log carriage. 

Barrier Analysis is a systematic process that can be used to identify physical, administrative, and procedural barriers or controls that should have protected persons, property, and the environment from unwanted energy and prevented the occurrence. (See Chapter 11.)... 

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