Safety Abbreviations

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Abbreviations

1.     

HSE

Health Safety & Environment

2.     

WSC

World Safety Council

3.     

ILO

International Labour Organisation

4.     

IEA

International Ergonomic Association

5.     

WHO

World Health Organisation

6.     

DGFASLI

Director General Factories Adversaries Service Labour Institute

7.     

NSC

National Safety Council

8.     

BIS

Bureau of Indian Standard

9.     

IS

Indian Standards

10.  

ISI

Indian Standard Institute

11.  

CLI

Central Labour Institute

12.  

RLI

Regional Labour Institute

13.  

NIOSH

National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health

14.  

NFPA

National Fire Protection Association

15.  

ANSI

American National Standard Institute

16.  

ACGIH

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

17.  

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

18.  

NEBOSH

National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health

19.  

IOSH

Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

20.  

ISO

International Organization for Standards

21.  

IGC

International General Certification

22.  

AIES

All Institute of Engineering and Safety

23.  

AISE

Advance Institute of Safety Engineering

24.  

OHSAS

Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series

25.  

OH & SMS

Occupational Health and Safety Management System

26.  

FSC

Fire Safety Co-ordination

27.  

DOT

Department Of Transportation

28.  

PSM

Process Safety Management

29.  

PASS

P – Pull the Pin

A – Aim the hose to the Base of the Fire

S – Squeeze the Trigger

S – Sweep Side by Side

30.  

PFAS

Personal Fall Arrest System

31.  

SCUBA

Self-Contained Under Water Breathing Apparatus

32.  

SCBA

Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus

33.  

ASR

Air Supplying Respirator

34.  

APR

Air Purifying Respirator

35.  

CFR

Code of Federal Regulation

36.  

PM

Particulate Matter

37.  

SPM

Suspended Particulate Matter

38.  

VOC

Volatile Organic Compound

39.  

PPE

Personal Protective Equipment

40.  

PPC

Personal Protective Clothing

41.  

PRP

Personal Respiratory Product

42.  

SAR

Supply Air Respiratory

43.  

RACE

R – Rescue

A – Alarm

C – Confine

E – Extinguish

44.  

DCP

Dry Chemical Powder

45.  

FFE

Fire Fighting Equipment

46.  

FEE

Fire Extinguisher Equipment

47.  

CNG

Compressed Natural Gas

48.  

PDCA

Plan Do Check Act

49.  

PVC

Poly-Vinyl Chloride

50.  

LPG

Liquidified Petroleum Gas

51.  

LNG

Liquidfied Natural Gas

52.  

AFFF

Aqueous Film Forming Foam

53.  

FFFP

Film Forming Fluoro Protein Foam

54.  

GFCI

Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter

55.  

SOP

Safe Operating Procedure

56.  

HAZCOM

Hazard Communication

57.  

HAZOP

Hazard and Operability

58.  

FMEA

Failure Mode and Effective Analysis

59.  

QRA

Quantitative Risk Assessment

60.  

ELCB

Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker

61.  

CS

Confined Space

62.  

MCB

Miniature Circuit Breaker

63.  

RPE

Respiratory Protective Equipment

64.  

H₂S

Hydrogen Sulphide

65.  

SO₂

Sulphur Dioxide

66.  

CO₂

Carbon Dioxide

67.  

CS₂

Carbon Disulphide

68.  

IDLH

Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health

69.  

LEV

Local Exhaust Ventilation

70.  

STEL

Short Term Exposure Limit

71.  

LEL

Lower Explosive Limit

72.  

UEL

Upper Explosive Limit

73.  

OEL

Occupational Exposure Limit

74.  

REL

Recommended Exposure Limit

75.  

PEL

Permissible Exposure Limit

76.  

LFL

Lower Flammability Limits

77.  

UFL

Upper Flammability Limits

78.  

LFM

Lean Flammable Mixture

79.  

RFM

Rich Flammable Mixture

80.  

HAZWOPER

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

81.  

ECR

Emergency Control Room

82.  

ERP

Emergency Response Plan

83.  

EAC

Emergency Action Code

84.  

MSIHC

Manufacture Storage & Impact of Hazardous Chemical

85.  

EIP

Emergency Information
Panel           

86.  

CPR

Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation

87.  

PPM

Part Per Million

88.  

NIHL

Noise Induced Hearing Loss

89.  

HAV

Hand Arm Vibration

90.  

WBV

Whole Body Vibration

91.  

HAVS

Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome

92.  

TTS

Temporary Threshold Shift

93.  

PTS

Permanent Threshold Shift

94.  

TLV

Threshold Limit Value

95.  

SWP

Safety Work Permit

96.  

PTW

Permit to Work

97.  

WMSDS

Work related Muscular Skeletal Disorder Syndrome

98.  

WHMIS

Workplace Hazardous Material Information System

99.  

ECO

Echo Control Officer

100.     

WDO

Waste Disposal Officer

101.     

ALARP

As Low As Reasonably Practicable

102.     

HWP

Hot Work Permit

103.     

CWP

Cold Work Permit

104.     

VEWP

Vehicle Entry Work Permit

105.     

EIWP

Electrical Isolation Work Permit

106.     

BP

Blanket Permit

107.     

EMS

Emergency Management System

108.     

EP

Excavation Permit

109.     

JCB

Joshep Cyril Bandfold

110.     

LWP

Lifting Work Permit

111.     

DA

Dissolved Acetylene

112.     

SWP

Safety Working Process

113.     

SWL

Safe Working Load

114.     

EHO

Environment Health Officer

115.     

FPS

Fall protection System

116.     

FPR

Fall Protection Required

117.     

FBSH

Full Body Safety Harness

118.     

WRS

Wire Rope Sling

119.     

SWS

Synthetic Web Sling

120.     

SLC

Sling Load Capacity

121.     

DG

Dangerous Goods

122.     

SLI

Safe Load Indicator

123.     

TREM

Transport Emergency Card

124.     

ESD

Emergency Shut Down

125.     

STP

Sewage Treatment Plant

126.     

LOTO

Lock Out/Tag Out

127.     

HIRA

Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

128.     

WPA

Work Permit Authorization

129.     

WPC

Work Permit Control

130.     

GK

Gas Kit

131.     

GM

Gas Monitor

132.     

PH

Potential Hazard

133.     

TPI

Third Party Inspection

134.     

JSA

Job Safety Analysis

135.     

JHA

Job Hazard Analysis

136.     

JRA

Job Risk Analysis

137.     

ACB

Air Circuit Breaker

138.     

ZAP

Zero Accident Performance

139.     

LPA

Last Prevention Accident

140.     

MAH

Major Accident Hazard

141.     

MAC

Major Accident Control

142.

WMITAB

Waste Management Industry Training Advisory Board

143.     

SDS

Safety Data Sheet

144.     

MSDS

Material Safety Data Sheet

145.     

AEP

Authorized Electrical Person

146.     

WPA

Work Permit Application

147.     

NBC

National Building Code

148.     

ACOP

Approved Code of Practise

149.     

PRC

Preparation Reinstatement Certificate

150.     

BLEVE

Boiling Liquid Expending Vapour Explosion

151.     

COSHH

Control of Substance Hazardous to Health

152.     

LTFR

Lost Time Frequency Rate

153.     

BOCW

Building and Other Construction Work

154.     

LMRA

Last Minute Risk Assessment

155.     

CAZ

Control Access Zone

156.     

WPV

Work Permit Validity

157.     

EWO

Engineering Work Order

158.     

PPD

Partial Permanent De escalation

159.     

LOAC

Limitation of Excess Certificate

160.     

ERP

Emergency Rescue/Response Plan

161.     

FAC

First Aid Case

162.     

TBT

Tool Box Talk

163.     

ABC

Airways Breathing Circulation

164.     

AED

Automated External Defibrillator

165.     

AGT

Authorized Gas Tester

166.     

MOC

Management of Change

167.     

LTA

Lost Time Accident

168.     

AC

Alternating Current

169.     

DC

Direct Current

170.     

APW

Air Pressurized Water

171.     

SSP

Site Safety Plan

172.     

STA

Safety Task Assignment

173.     

TSTI

Total Safety Task Instruction

174.     

PTW

Permit To Work

175.     

LAP

Limited Access Permit

176.     

LAZ

Limited Access Zone

177.     

BTU

British Thermal Unit

178.     

CF₃Br

Bromo Trifluoro Methane

179.     

CF₂ClBr

Bromo Chloro Difluoro Methane

180.     

TEC

Ternary Eutectic Chloride

181.     

PCPL

Penta Chloro Phenyl Laurate

182.     

MCP

Manual Pull Switches

183.     

PAS

Public Address System

184.     

HVAC

Heat Ventilating and Air Conditioning

185.     

LHD

Linear Heat Detection

186.     

LED

Light Emitting Diode

187.     

ELD

Electronic Light Detector