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. 2023 Jul 4;10:1184526. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1184526

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Hierarchy of Controls Applied to NIOSH Total Worker Health (170). An applied model of the traditional hierarchy of controls used in occupational safety and health that emphasizes organizational-level interventions to protect workers' safety, health, and wellbeing. Workplace programs using a total worker health approach should emphasize elimination (the top of the hierarchy) or control of workplace safety and health hazards as the primary goal. Hazards that cannot be eliminated must be managed through engineering, administrative, or, as the very last resort, individual-level interventions. Addressing environmental determinants of health rather than focusing on individual-level ones (the bottom of the hierarchy) is a crucial concept. This figure is minimally adapted from materials developed by the CDC. The unaltered material and additional resources are available on the CDC website (NIOSH TWH website) for no charge. Use of this material does not imply endorsement of this manuscript by the CDC or United States government.