Health and Safety abbreviations

               HEALTH AND SAFETY ABBREVIATIONS

• ·             AED – Automated External Defibrillator
• ·             AISE – Advance Institute of Safety Engineering
• ·             AFF –ADVANCED FIRE FIGHTING
• ·             ASR – Air Supplying Respirator
• ·             BLEVE – Boiling Liquid Expending Vapour Explosion
• ·             BP – Blanket  Permit
• ·             CAZ – Control Access Zone
• ·             CFR – Code of Federal Regulation
• ·             CNG – Compressed Natural Gas
• ·             COSHH – Control of Substance Hazardous to Health
• ·             CWP – Cold Work Permit
• ·             CO2 – Carbon Dioxide
• ·             CPR  – Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
• ·             CPE-collective protective equipment
• ·             CS – Confined Space
• ·             CWP – Cold Work Permit
• ·             DCP – Dry Chemical Powder
• ·             ECO – Echo Control Officer
• ·             EHO – Environment Health Officer
• ·             EIWP – Electrical Isolation Work Permit
• ·             ELCB – Earth Licase Circuit Breaker
• ·             EMS – Emergency Management System
• ·             EP – Excavation Permit
• ·             ERP – Emergency Rescue Plan
• ·             EWO – Engineering Work Order
• ·             FEE – Fire Extinguisher Equipment
• ·             FFE – Fire Fighting Equipment
• ·             FPR – Fall Protection Required
• ·             FPS – Fall protection System
• ·             FSC – Fire Safety Co-ordination
• ·             FAC – First Aid Case
• ·             FAT  – Fatality.
• ·             GFCI – Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
• ·             GK – Gas Kit
• ·             GM – Gas Monitor
• ·             H2S – Hydrogen Sulphide
• ·             HAZCOM – Hazardous Communication
• ·             HAZWOPER – Hazardous Waste Operability and Emergency Recovery
• ·             HIRA – Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
• ·             HWP – Hot Work Permit
• ·             HAZID – Hazard Identification
• ·             HAZOP – Hazard Operability
• ·             HEMP -  Hazard and Effect management process
• ·             HSE – Health Safety Environment
• ·             HSMS( Health and Safety Management System)
• ·             IDLH – Immediately Danger to Life and Health
• ·             IOSH – Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
• ·             ISO – International Standard Organization
• ·             IGC – International General Certification
• ·             JHA – Job Hazard Analysis
• ·             JRA – Job Risk Analysis
• ·             JSA – Job Safety Analysis
• ·             LOTO – Log Out Tag Out.
• ·             LTA – Lost Time Accident
• ·             LTI – Lost Time Injury
• ·             LTIFR  –   Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate
• ·             LEL – Lower Exposure Limit
• ·             LMRA – Last Minute Risk Assessment
• ·             LNG – Liquidized Natural Gas
• ·             LOAC – Limitation of Excess Certificate
• ·             LPG – Liquid Petroleum Gas
• ·             LWP – Lifting Work Permit
• ·             MCB – Minimize Circuit Breaker
• ·             MSDS – Material Safety Data Sheet
• ·             MOC – Mode of Change
• ·             NACO – National AIDS Control Organization
• ·             NBC – National Building Code
• ·             NEBOSH – National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health
• ·             NFPA – National Fire Protection Association
• ·             NSC – National Safety Council
• ·             OEL – Occupational Exposure Limit
• ·             OH & SMS – Occupational Health and Safety Management System
• ·             OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• ·             OSHAS – Occupational Safety and Health Assessment Series
• ·             PFAS – Personal Fall Arrest System
• ·             PH – Potential Hazard
• ·             PM – Particulate Matter
• ·             PPD – Partial Permanent Disability
• ·             PPM – Part Per Million
• ·             PRC – Preparation Reinstatement Certificate
• ·             RPE – Respiratory Protective Equipment
• ·             PEL-- Permissible Exposure Limit
• ·             PPE– Personal Protective Equipment
• ·             PTW – Permit to Work
• ·             SCBA – Self Contained Breathing Apparatus
• ·             SCUBA – Self Contained Under Water Breathing the Apparatus
• ·             SLC – Sling Load Capacity
• ·             SLI – Safe Load Indicator
• ·             SO2 – Sulphur Dioxide
• ·             SOP – Safe Operating Procedure
• ·             STA – Safety Task Assignment
• ·             STEL – Short Term Exposure Limit
• ·             STP – Sewage Treatment Plant
• ·             SWP – Safety Work Permit
• ·             SWP – Safety Working Process
• ·             SWS – Synthetic Web Sling
• ·             SSW  – Safe System of Work
• ·             SSP – Site Safety Plan
• ·             SWL – Safe Working Load
• ·             TWA – Time Weighted Average:
• ·             TBT – Tool Box Talk
• ·             TLV – Threshold Limit Value
• ·             TPI – Third Party Inspection
• ·             TSTI – Total Safety Task Instruction
• ·             UA – Unsafe Act
• ·             UC – Unsafe Condition
• ·             UEL – Upper Exposure Limit
• ·             VEWP – Vehicle Entry Work Permit
• ·             WDO – Waste Disposal Officer
• ·             WMITAB – Waste Management Industry Training Advisory Board
• ·             WPA – Work Permit Application
• ·             WPA – Work Permit Authorization
• ·             WPC – Work Permit Control
• ·             WPV – Work Permit Validity
• ·             WRS – Wire Rope Sling
• ·             WSC – World Safety Council