If you identify a hazard that poses an immediate or significant danger to people, then immediate action is required. This may require you to stop the unsafe work until appropriate controls are put in place, isolate the hazard or put temporary controls in place until the hazard can be addressed permanently.
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Interim or emergency control measures
Some types of controls take time to get right (e.g. controls that involve designing work processes, or physical changes to the work environment requiring planning and approval). In these circumstances, and when you are not reasonably able to eliminate the risk, you may need to put short-term, interim controls in place in the meantime to minimise the risk. However, you should not let these short-term controls stay in place as a permanent fix.
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