A food processing plant installs automatic mechanical blades that replace workers using handheld knives to portion raw chicken products on the line. Under the Hierarchy of Controls, this change represents which control level?

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Substitution, because a dangerous manual knife is replaced by a powered cutting device performing a functionally similar action.

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Engineering control, because a physical machine is installed in the facility to automatically perform the cutting operation.

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Administrative control, because changing the cutting method modifies the written work procedure without building new structures.

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Elimination, because the manual cutting hazard is fully removed from all workers' job tasks and daily exposure requirements.

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