SAFETY ACRONYMS

 

ALARA – As Low As Reasonably Achievable

ALARP – As Low As Reasonably Practicable

ASSE – American Society of Safety Engineers

BBS – Behavioral Based Safety

COP – Code of Practice

CBT – Competency-Based Training

CIAED – Course in Automated External Defibrillation

DGHS – Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Substances

DIFR – Disabling Injury Frequency Rate

DoL – Department of Labour NZ

EHSR – Elected Health and Safety Representative

ELCB – Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker

EMP – Emergency Management Plan

ERT – Emergency Response Team

FAI – First Aid Incident

FIFR – Fatal Injury Frequency Rate

HAZOP – Hazard and Operability

HFA – Hazard Factor Assessment

HIRA – Hazard Identification Risk Assessment

HSE – Health & Safety Executive UK

HSR – Health and Safety Representative

HSSE – Health, Safety, Security & Environment

ISHR – Industry Safety & Health Representative

JSA – Job Safety Analysis (risk assessment before starting work)

JSEA – as for JSA but includes Environmental risks

L2RA – Level Two Risk Assessment

LOTO – lockout tag out

LTFR – Lost Time Frequency Rate

LTI – Lost Time Injury

MSDS – Material Safety Data Sheet

MTI – Medically Treated Incident

NLTPHRW – National Licence To Perform High-Risk Work

NMI – Near Miss Incident

NSCA – National Safety Council of Australia

NSFW – Not Safe For Work

OFA – Occupational First Aid

OHS – Occupational Health and Safety

OHSC– Occupational Health and Safety Committee

OSHA – Occupational Safety & Health Administration

OHSMS – Occupational Health and Safety Management System

PCBU – Person conducting a business or undertaking

PHP – Personal Hearing Protection

POCL – Pre Operation Check List

PPE – Personal Protective Equipment

PTW – Permit to Work

RA – Risk Assessment

RACE – Rescue, Activate alarm, Confine the fire, Evacuate/Extinguish

RCA – Root Cause Analysis

RCD – Residual Current Device

SFA – Senior First Aid

SHE – Safety Health and Environment

SHIT – Special High Intensity Training

SHMP – Safety & Health Management Plan (action plan to implement the SHMS)

SHMS – Safety & Health Management System

SIA – Safety Institute of Australia

SIFR – Serious Injury Frequency Rate

SINA – Safety Is No Accident

SIT – Safety Improvement Team

SMP – Safety Management Plan

SOP – Standard Operating Procedure

SSOP Safe Standard Operating Procedure

SSHR – Site Safety & Health Representative

SWI – Safe (or Standard) Work Instruction – short summary of the SOP

SWL – Safe Working Load

SWMS – safe work method statement

SWP – Safe Work Procedures, Safe Work Platform

TRI – Total Recordable Injuries

VRDs – Voltage Reduction Devices

W@H – Work at Heights

WAH – Work at Heights

WHS – Workplace Health and Safety

WHSO – Workplace Health and Safety Officer

WICS – Work In Confined Space

WMS – Work Method Statement