control-measure

A control measure is a deliberate intervention put in place to eliminate a hazard or reduce the likelihood or severity of harm in a workplace or operational context. It operates within a recognized hierarchy: elimination (removing the hazard entirely) takes priority over substitution (replacing the hazard with a less dangerous alternative), engineering controls (isolating people from the hazard), administrative controls (changing the way people work), and personal protective equipment (protecting the worker as a last line of defense). The persistence mechanism is a formal safety management system that documents, implements, monitors, and periodically reviews each control measure to ensure it remains effective and appropriate as conditions change. [formal: mensura repressiva | substrate: behavior | horizon: hours | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.61]