Important Health And Safety Abbreviations And Their Meanings

Health And Safety Abbreviations

As a Health and Safety professional, you must familiarize yourself with the numerous Health and Safety abbreviations and their meanings which you may come across in practice.

We will be highlighting some Health and Safety abbreviations and their meanings with brief explanations where necessary.

At the end of this article, you will get to understand some Health and Safety abbreviations that you may not have known.

NOTE: Some of the abbreviations  organization specific.

Let us start:

Health And Safety Abbreviations And Their Meanings

HEMP            –           Hazard and Effect management process

The Hazards and Effects Management Process (HEMP) is developed to identify the HSE hazards and assess the hazards for adequate management.

LTI                 –           Lost Time Injury

Lost Time Injury (LTI) is an injury sustained by an employee that will ultimately lead to the loss of productive work time in the form of worker delays or absenteeism. i.e: The worker not returning to work within 24hours.

FAT                –           Fatality

A fatality is the death of human caused by an accident, or is the quality of the disaster being able to cause the death of a human.

HSE-MS        –           Health and Safety Management System

The HSE-MS is a management tool to achieve the Company’s commitment to conduct its business in a way that protects the health and safety of its employees, contractors and the public and is environmentally responsible.

SWL               –           Safe Working Load

Safe Working Load (SWL) sometimes stated as the Normal Working Load (NWL) is the maximum safe force that a piece of lifting equipment, lifting device or accessory can exert to lift, suspend, or lower, a given mass without fear of breaking.

AFI                 –           Area for Improvement

ALARP          –           As Low as Reasonable practicable

ALARA         –           As Low as Reasonable Achievable

RR                  –           Risk Reduction

RTA               –           Road Traffic Accident

A Road Traffic Accident (RTA) is when a road vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal or geographical or architectural obstacle.

LTIFR           –           Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate

It is the number of lost time injuries occurring in a workplace per 1 million man-hours worked.

 LOTO            –           Log Out Tag Out

Lockout-tagout (LOTO) or lock and tag is a safety procedure which is used in industry and research settings to ensure that dangerous machines are properly shut off and not able to be started up again prior to the completion of maintenance or servicing work.

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FAC                –           First Aid Case

This is a kind of injury which could allow the worker to get back to work within 24 hours after being injured.

PTW               –           Permit to Work

The permit-to-work is a documented procedure that authorizes certain people to carry out specific work within a specified time frame. It sets out the precautions required to complete the work safely, based on a risk assessment. It describes what work will be done and how it will be done.

CPR                –           Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure that combines chest compressions often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function and other essential organs until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.

HAZID          –           Hazard Identification

It is a qualitative technique for the early identification of potential hazards and threats effecting people, the environment, assets or reputation.

HAZOP         –           Hazard Operability

It is a structured and systematic examination of a complex planned or existing process or operation in order to identify and evaluate problems that may represent risks to personnel or equipment.

SSoW             –           Safe System of Work

A formal procedure which results from systematic examination of a task in order to identify all the hazards. It defines safe methods to ensure that hazards are eliminated or risks minimised.

PPE                –           Personal Protective Equipment

PPE is equipment that will protect the user against health or safety risks at work. It can include items such as safety helmets, gloves, eye protection, high-visibility clothing, safety footwear and safety harnesses. It also includes respiratory protective equipment (RPE).

RIDDOR       –           Reporting of Injuries, Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013, often known by the acronym RIDDOR, is a 2013 Statutory Instrument of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It regulates the statutory obligation to report deaths, injuries, diseases and “dangerous occurrences”, including near misses, that take place at work or in connection with work.

PEL                –           Permissible Exposure Limit

The permissible exposure limit (PEL or OSHA PEL) is a legal limit for exposure of an employee to a chemical substance or physical agent such as loud noise. Permissible exposure limits are established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

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TWA              –           Time Weighted Average

A time-weighted average is used to calculate a workers daily exposure to a hazardous substance (such as chemicals, dusts, fumes, mists, gases, or vapors) or agent (such as occupational noise), averaged to an 8-hour workday, taking into account the average levels of the substance or agent and the time spent in the area.

OTHERS INCLUDES:

  1. HSE – Health Safety Environment
  2. ANST – American National Standard Institute
  3. NFPA – National Fire Protection Association
  4. OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  5. IOSH – Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
  6. NEBOSH – National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health
  7. ISO – International Standard Organization
  8. PM – Particulate Matter
  9. AIES – All Institute of Engineering and Safety
  10. AISE – Advance Institute of Safety Engineering
  11. OSHAS – Occupational Safety and Health Assessment Series
  12. OH & SMS – Occupational Health and Safety Management System
  13. CFR – Code of Federal Regulation
  14. APR – Air Purifying Respirator
  15. ASR – Air Supplying Respirator
  16. SCBA – Self Contained Breathing Apparatus
  17. SCUBA – Self Contained Under Water Breathing the Apparatus
  18. PFAS – Personal Fall Arrest System
  19. DCP – Dry Chemical Powder
  20. CO2 – Carbon Dioxide
  21. LPG – Liquid Petroleum Gas
  22. LNG – Liquidfied Natural Gas
  23. FFE – Fire Fighting Equipment
  24. WSC – World Safety Council
  25. FEE – Fire Extinguisher Equipment
  26. CNG – Compressed Natural Gas
  27. AFFF – Aqueous Film Forming Foam
  28. GFCI – Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
  29. CS – Confined Space
  30. ELCB – Earth Licase Circuit Breaker
  31. MCB – Minimise Circuit Breaker
  32. NSC – National Safety Council
  33. NACO – National AIDS Control Organization
  34. SOP – Safe Operating Procedure
  35. HAZCOM – Hazardous Communication
  36. RPE – Respiratory Protective Equipment
  37. FSC – Fire Safety Co-ordination
  38. H2S – Hydrogen Sulphide
  39. SO2 – Sulphur Dioxide
  40. IDLH – Immediately Danger to Life and Health
  41. STEL – Short Term Exposure Limit
  42. LEL – Lower Exposure Limit
  43. UEL – Upper Exposure Limit
  44. OEL – Occupational Exposure Limit
  45. HAZWOPER – Hazardous Waste Operability and Emergency Recovery
  46. PPM – Part Per Million
  47. TLV – Threshold Limit Value
  48. SWP – Safety Work Permit
  49. ECO – Echo Control Officer
  50. WDO – Waste Disposal Officer
  51. HWP – Hot Work Permit
  52. CWP – Cold Work Permit
  53. VEWP – Vehicle Entry Work Permit
  54. EIWP – Electrical Isolation Work Permit
  55. BP – Blanket Permit
  56. EMS – Emergency Management System
  57. EP – Excavation Permit
  58. LWP – Lifting Work Permit
  59. SWP – Safety Working Process
  60. EHO – Environment Health Officer
  61. FPS – Fall protection System
  62. FPR – Fall Protection Required
  63. WRS – Wire Rope Sling
  64. SWS – Synthetic Web Sling
  65. SLC – Sling Load Capacity
  66. SLI – Safe Load Indicator
  67. HIRA – Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
  68. JSA – Job Safety Analysis
  69. JHA – Job Hazard Analysis
  70. JRA – Job Risk Analysis
  71. WPA – Work Permit Authorization
  72. WPC – Work Permit Control
  73. GK – Gas Kit
  74. GM – Gas Monitor
  75. PH – Potential Hazard
  76. TPI – Third Party Inspection
  77. ACB – Air Circuit Breaker
  78. ZAP – Zero Accident Performance
  79. WMITAB – Waste Management Industry Training Advisory Board
  80. MSDS – Material Safety Data Sheet
  81. AEP – Authorized Electrical Person
  82. STP – Sewage Treatment Plant
  83. WPA – Work Permit Application
  84. NBC – National Building Code
  85. PRC – Preparation Reinstatement Certificate
  86. BLEVE – Boiling Liquid Expending Vapour Explosion
  87. COSHH – Control of Substance Hazardous to Health
  88. LMRA – Last Minute Risk Assessment
  89. CAZ – Control Access Zone
  90. WPV – Work Permit Validity
  91. EWO – Engineering Work Order
  92. PPD – Partial Permanent Disability
  93. LOAC – Limitation of Excess Certificate
  94. ERP – Emergency Rescue Plan
  95. TBT – Tool Box Talk
  96. ABC – Airways Breathing Circulation
  97. AED – Automated External Defibrillator
  98. MOC – Mode of Change
  99. AGT – Authorized Gas Tester
  100. LTA – Lost Time Accident
  101. UA – Unsafe Act
  102. UC – Unsafe Condition
  103. IGC – International General Certification
  104. SSP – Site Safety Plan
  105. STA – Safety Task Assignment
  106. TSTI – Total Safety Task Instruction
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