Control banding (CB) strategies offer simplified solutions for controlling worker exposures to constituents found in the workplace. CB is a risk assessment and control process developed by industrial hygienists that is utilized primarily for reducing work-related chemical exposures and has become an important component for identifying and evaluating hazards in laboratories. This process qualitatively generates exposure scenarios according to a “banding” principle. Due to the inherent simplicity of the modern CB approaches, toolkits that address chemical use and exposure reduction with these principles have gained international support. Our question is whether the CB principles might also apply to occupational safety as an accident prevention approach. For safety, probably “barrier banding” (BB) is a better title. Although the development of injury prevention toolkits is a proper goal for BB, some research is necessary before a similar success can be achieved as CB. The excellent efforts of the Workgroup Occupational Risk Model (WORM) research team have generated a number of considerations for BB research. Among these are developing safety exposure limits and time-weighted exposure principles that can be derived for a more aggregated level industry like construction. Optimizing a singular approach for both work-related injury and illness prevention in industry requires a simplified and multidisciplinary strategy utilizing a common risk communication language that CB and BB might provide.

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障碍带：使用控制带原理的安全解决方案概念

控制带（CB）策略提供了简化的解决方案，用于控制工人与工作场所中发现的成分的接触。CB是由工业卫生学家开发的风险评估和控制过程，主要用于减少与工作有关的化学物暴露，并已成为识别和评估实验室危害的重要组成部分。该过程根据“条带化”原理定性地生成暴露场景。由于现代认证机构方法的内在简单性，使用这些原则处理化学药品使用和减少接触的工具包已获得国际支持。我们的问题是，CB原则是否也可以作为预防事故的方法应用于职业安全。为了安全起见，可能最好使用“障碍带”（BB）。尽管开发伤害预防工具包是BB的适当目标，但要取得与CB相似的成功，还需要进行一些研究。工作组职业风险模型（WORM）研究团队的出色努力为BB研究带来了许多考虑因素。其中包括不断发展的安全暴露限值和时间加权暴露原理，这些原理可以从建筑等行业的总体水平中得出。在行业中针对工伤和疾病预防优化单一方法需要使用CB和BB可能提供的通用风险交流语言的简化和多学科策略。工作组职业风险模型（WORM）研究团队的出色努力为BB研究带来了许多考虑因素。其中包括不断发展的安全暴露限值和时间加权暴露原理，这些原理可以从建筑等行业的总体水平中得出。在行业中针对工伤和疾病预防优化单一方法需要使用CB和BB可能提供的通用风险交流语言的简化和多学科策略。工作组职业风险模型（WORM）研究团队的出色努力为BB研究带来了许多考虑因素。其中包括不断发展的安全暴露限值和时间加权暴露原理，这些原理可以从建筑等行业的总体水平中得出。在行业中针对工伤和疾病预防优化单一方法需要使用CB和BB可能提供的通用风险交流语言的简化和多学科策略。