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control measures and PPE rely on human behaviour and supervision, and used
on their own, tend to be least effective in minimising risks.
A combination of these control measures may be required in order to adequately manage the risks with abrasive blasting. You should check that your chosen control measure does not introduce new hazards.
Chapters 3 and 4 of this Code provide information on control measures for abrasive blasting activities.

    2.4 Reviewing control measures

The control measures that are put in place to protect health and safety should be regularly reviewed to make sure they are effective. This may involve, for example, air monitoring to measure the concentration of crystalline silica in the worker's breathing zone during the abrasive blasting process. If the control measure is not working effectively it must be revised to ensure it is effective in controlling the risk.

Common review methods include workplace inspection, consultation, testing and analysing records and data.
You can use the same methods as in the initial hazard identification step to check control measures. You should also consult your workers and their health and safety representatives
and consider the following questions:
    * Are the control measures working effectively in both their design and operation?
    * Have the control measures introduced new problems?
    * Have all hazards been identified?
    * Have new work methods, new equipment or chemicals made the job safer?
    * Are safety procedures being followed?
    * Has the training and instruction  provided to workers on how to work safely been successful?
    * Are workers actively involved in identifying hazards and possible control measures?
    * Are they openly raising health and safety concerns and reporting problems promptly?
    * Are the frequency and severity of health and safety incidents reducing over time?
    * If new legislation or new information becomes available, does it indicate current control measures may no longer be the most effective?
If problems are found, go back through the risk management steps, review your information and make further decisions about risk control.

Health monitoring

Regulation 368: A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure health monitoring is provided to a worker carrying out work for the business or undertaking if:
    * the worker is carrying out ongoing work at a workplace using, handling, generating or storing hazardous chemicals and there is a significant risk to the worker's health because of exposure to a hazardous chemical referred to in Schedule 14, table 14.1, column 2; or
    * the person identifies that because of ongoing work carried out by a worker using, handling, generating or storing hazardous chemicals there is a significant risk that the worker will be exposed to a hazardous chemical (other than a hazardous chemical referred