Introduction to Fire Safety Management

15.16.6 Monitoring exposure at the workplace – 
regulation 10
Where the risk assessment reveals that it is neces-
sary either for the maintenance of adequate control of 
employee exposure to substances hazardous to health, 
or for protecting their employees’ health, the employer 
must ensure that employee exposure to hazardous sub-
stances is monitored.
Schedule 2A – Principles of good practice
Design and operate processes and activities to minimise 
emission, release and spread of substances hazardous to 
health
Take into account all relevant routes of exposure when 
developing control measures – inhalation, skin absorption 
and ingestion
Control exposure by measures that are proportionate to the 
health risk
Choose the most effective and reliable control options which 
minimise the escape and spread of substances hazardous to 
health
Where adequate control of exposure cannot be achieved 
by other means, provide, in combination with other control 
measures, suitable PPE
Check and review regularly all elements of control measures 
for their continuing effectiveness
Inform and train all employees on the hazards and risks from 
the substances with which they work and the use of control 
measures developed to minimise the risks
Ensure that the introduction of control measures does not 
increase the overall risk to health and safety
Note:
Additional precautions are detailed for carcino-
gens and biological agents
Where PPE is provided, it must be suitable for the pur-
pose and:
➤
Comply with the Personal Protective Equipment 
Regulations 1992 as amended or
➤
In the case of respiratory protective equipment 
(RPE), be of a type approved by or conform to a 
standard approved by HSE.
15.16.4 Use of control measures – regulation 8
Employers must take all reasonable steps to ensure that 
all preventive and control measures, including PPE, are 
applied or used properly.

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