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  • Occupational health and safety
  • Risk assessment methodologies
  • Industrial hygiene

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  • Control banding (CB) is a widely adopted risk assessment strategy for diverse occupational hazards.
  • The complexity of workplace hazards is increasing due to technological, environmental, and economic factors.
  • There is a growing need for accessible and effective risk assessment tools for both OSHH professionals and nonexperts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the application of control banding (CB) as a risk assessment strategy.
  • To review recent developments and literature in the field of CB.
  • To illustrate the utilization of CB with a case study from a large, diverse worksite and discuss its future trajectory.

Main Methods:

  • Review of control banding (CB) literature and applications.
  • Analysis of CB tool development and validation efforts.
  • Case study illustrating CB implementation in a large, diverse worksite.

Main Results:

  • CB applications have significantly expanded globally, enhancing understanding of occupational exposures.
  • Notable advancements in CB tools for workplace chemicals, nanomaterials, and airborne pathogens (e.g., COVID-19).
  • Extensive validation efforts have increased the credibility and reliability of CB as an alternative risk assessment approach.

Conclusions:

  • Control banding (CB) provides a simplified strategy for assessing occupational exposures and implementing controls.
  • CB serves as a valuable primary or tiered risk management tool for both experts and nonexperts.
  • CB is poised to remain a crucial tool for managing increasing workplace hazard complexity.