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A
AAIAC Adventure Activities Industry Advisory Committee
ABC
Achieving Behavioural Change
ABCB Association of British Certification Bodies
AC Advisory Committee
ACAS Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration
ACL Approved Carriage List
ACMD Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
ACOP Approved Code of Practice
ACSNI Advisory Committee on the Safety of Nuclear
Installations
ACTRAM Advisory Committee on the Safe Transport of
Radioactive Materials
ACTS Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances
AEGM Association of Electronic Guard Manufacturers
AFFF Aqueous Film Forming Foam
AFRC Agricultural and Food Research Council
AIB Asbestos Insulation Board
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIOSH Associate of the Institute of Occupational
Safety and Health
AIST Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
AIT Auto Ignition Temperature
ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable
ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable
ANC Association of Noise Consultants
APF Assigned Protection Factor
APV Assumed Protection Factor
ARCA Asbestos Removal Contractors Association
ATV All-Terrain Vehicle
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B
BA Breathing Apparatus
BAT Best Available Techniques
BATNEEC Best available techniques not entailing
excessive cost
BCF Bromochlorodifluoromethane
BELS Biological Exposure Limits
BIOH British Institute of Occupational
BLEVE Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion
BPBIF British Paper and Board Industry Federation
BPEO Best Practicable Environmental Option
BPM Best Practicable Means
BSE Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
BSI British Standards Institution
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C
CAWR Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations
CBN Cubic Boron Nitride
CD Consultative Document
CE Conformité Européen
CEN Comité Européen de Normalisation
CDM Construction Design and Management
CD-ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CHIP Chemical (Hazard, Information and Packaging
for Supply) Regulations
CHSW Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare)
Regulations
CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
CLAW Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1980
COMAH Control of Major Accident Hazards
COP Code of Practice
COPA Control of Pollution Act
CORGI Confederation for the Registration of Gas
Installers
COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
Regulations
CPS Crown Prosecution Service
CTS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
CV Calorific Value
CWCS Control of Work in Confined Spaces
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D
dB Decibels
DB Dry Bulb
dB(A) Decibels (A Weighted Scale)
DO Dangerous Occurrence
DSE Display Screen Equipment
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
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E
EA Environment Agency
EC European Commission / European Communities
EHO Environmental Health Officer
EMAS Employment Medical Advisory Service
EMR Electromagnetic Radiation
EPA Environmental Protection Act
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F
FA First Aid / Factories Act 1961
FTA Fault Tree Analysis
FLT Fork Lift Truck
FMEA Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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G
GMO Genetically Modified Organism
GNVQ General National Vocational Qualification
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H
HASAWA Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
HAZOP Hazard and Operability Study
HEPA High efficiency particulate air (air filter
standard)
HGV Heavy Goods Vehicle
HSC Health and Safety Commission
HSE Health and Safety Executive
HS(G) Health and Safety (Guidance)
HS(R) Health and Safety (Regulations)
HSW Act Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974
HSWA Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
HT High Tension (electrical)
HV High voltage
HVAC Heating, ventilating and air conditioning
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I
IIRSM International Institute of Risk and Safety
Management
IOSH Institution of Occupational Safety and
Health
IPC Integrated Pollution Control
IPPC Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
IR Infra Red / Ionising Radiation
IRM Institute of Risk Management
IRP Institute of Radiation
IRR Ionising Radiations Regulations
ISBN International Standard Book
ISO International Standardization Organization
IT Industrial Tribunal / Information
Technology
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J
JIB Joint Industry Board
JIC Joint Industrial Council
JSA Job Safety Analysis
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L
LAC Local Authority Circular
LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of
Radiation
LC Lethal Concentration
LD Lethal dose
LEL Lower explosive limit
Lepd Average daily noise
exposure
Leq Equivalent continuous
sound level
LEV Local exhaust ventilation
LOEL Lowest Observed Effect Level
LOLER Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment
Regulations
LP Liquefied Petroleum / Low Pressure
LPG Liquefied Petroleum
LTA Lost time
LV Low voltage
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M
MAPP Major Accident Prevention Policy
ME Myalic Encephalomyelitis
MEK Methyl Ethyl Ketone
MEL Maximum Exposure Limit (replaced by WEL)
MEWP Mobile elevating work platform
MHSWR Management of Health and Safety at Work
Regulations
MIC Methyl Isocyanate
MIG Metal inert gas
MIND National Association on Mental Health
MMMF Man-made Mineral
MOD Ministry of Defence
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets
MWF Metalworking fluids
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N
NDT Non-Destructive testing
NEBOSH National Examination Board in Occupational
Safety and Health
NFDC National Federation of Demolition Contractors
NI Northern Ireland
NIR Non-Ionising Radiation
NONS Notification of New Substances Regulations
NPF Nominal Protection Factor
NRPB National Radiological Protection Board
NVQ National Vocational Qualification
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O
OEL Occupational Exposure Limit
OES Occupational Exposure Standard (replaced by
WEL)
OHP Overhead Projector
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(USA)
OSRPA Offices Shops and Railway Premises Act
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P
Pa Pascal (unit of pressure)
PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
PCB Polychlorinated biphenyl
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
ppm Parts per million
PRA Probabilistic Risk Assessment
PRV Pressure Relief
PSA Probabilistic Safety Analysis
PTW Permit to Work
PUWER Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride
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Q
QA Quality Assurance
QMS Quality Management Systems
QNFT Quantitative Fit Testing
QRA Quantified Risk Assessment
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R
R Risk phrases (i.e. R40, R42)
R & D Research and Development
RCD Residual Current Device
REGS Regulations
REM Rapid Eye Movement
RF Radio Frequency
RIDDOR Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous
Occurrences Regulations
ROPS Roll-Over Protection System
RoSPA Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
RPA Radiation Protection Adviser
RPE Respiratory protective equipment
RSI Repetitive Strain Injury
RSP Registered Safety Practitioner
RTA Road Traffic Accident
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S
SEPA Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
SFAIRP So far as is reasonably practicable
SI Statutory Instrument
SME Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
SMR Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations
SPL Sound Pressure Level
STEL Short term exposure limit
SWL Safe Working Load
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T
t tonne(s)
T Toxic
TDGSA Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers)
Regulations
TDI Toluene diisocyanate
TD Toxic dose
TEC Training and Enterprise Council
THERP Techniques for Human Error Rate Prediction
TIG Tungsten Inert Gas
TLV Threshold limit value
TQ Total Quality
TWA Time-Weighted Average
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U
UVCE Unconfined Vapour Cloud Explosion
UEL Upper explosive limit
UFL Upper flammability limit
UKAEA United Kingdom Atomic Energy
UV Ultra Violet
UWED Use of Work Equipment Directive
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V
VCE Vapour Cloud Explosion
VCM Vinyl Chloride Monomer
VDU Visual Display
VOC Volatile Organic Compounds
VWF Vibration white finger
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W
WCI Wind Chill Index
WBV Whole body vibration
WRULD Work related upper limb disorders
WEL Workplace Exposure Limit
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XI Irritant
Xn Harmful
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Y
YP Young Person
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