---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 851.22"
title: "10"
number: "851.22"
heading: "Hazard prevention and abatement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/851.22"
---

# §851.22. Hazard prevention and abatement.

- (a) Contractors must establish and implement a hazard prevention and abatement process to ensure that all identified and potential hazards are prevented or abated in a timely manner.
  - (1) For hazards identified either in the facility design or during the development of procedures, controls must be incorporated in the appropriate facility design or procedure.
  - (2) **For existing hazards identified in the workplace, contractors must—**
    - (i) Prioritize and implement abatement actions according to the risk to workers;
    - (ii) Implement interim protective measures pending final abatement; and
    - (iii) Protect workers from dangerous safety and health conditions;
- (b) Contractors must select hazard controls based on the following hierarchy:
  - (1) Elimination or substitution of the hazards where feasible and appropriate;
  - (2) Engineering controls where feasible and appropriate;
  - (3) Work practices and administrative controls that limit worker exposures; and
  - (4) **Personal protective equipment.**
- (c) Contractors must address hazards when selecting or purchasing equipment, products, and services.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201(i)(3), (p); 42 U.S.C. 2282c; 42 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 6931, Feb. 9, 2006, unless otherwise noted.