General H of Controls

Employers duty to apply principles of prevention (Regulation 4) Schedule 1 to the

regulations sets out
The general principles of prevention to control the risks:
These include:

Avoiding risks.
Evaluating the risks which cannot be avoided.
Combating the risks at source.
Adapting the work to the individual especially workplace design, choice of
work equipment and of working an production methods with a view to
alleviating monotonous work and work at a predetermined work-rate and
reduce their effect on health.
Adapting to technical progress.
Replacing the dangerous by the non-dangerous or the less dangerous.
Developing a coherent protection policy.
Giving collective measures priority over individual protective measures.
Giving appropriate instructions to employees.