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 Safety Acronyms

Here are a few Safety Acronyms to get the ball rolling and hopefully the list will grow over time:

1. AART – Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques
2. AFARP – As far as reasonably practical
3. ALARA – As Low As Reasonably Achievable
4. ALARP – As Low As Reasonably Practicable
5. ASSE – American Society of Safety Engineers
6. BBS – Behavioural Based Safety
7. COP – Code of Practice
8. CBT – Competency Based Training
9. CIAED – Course In Automated External Defibrillation
10. DGHS – Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Substances
11. DIFR – Disabling Injury Frequency Rate
12. DoL – Department of Labour NZ
13. EHSR – Elected Health and Safety Representative
14. ELCB – Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker
15. EMP – Emergency Management Plan
16. ERT – Emergency Response Team
17. FAI – First Aid Incident
18. FIFR – Fatal Injury Frequency Rate
19. HAZOP – Hazard and Operability
20. HFA – Hazard Factor Assessment
21. HIRA – Hazard Identification Risk Assessment
22. HSE – Health & Safety Executive UK
23. HSR – Health and Safety Representative
24. HSSE – Health, Safety, Security & Environment
25. ISHR – Industry Safety & Health Representative
26. JSA – Job Safety Analysis (risk assessment before starting work)
27. JSEA – as for JSA but includes Environmental risks
28. L2RA – Level Two Risk Assessment
29. LOTO – lock out tag out
30. LTFR – Lost Time Frequency Rate
31. LTI – Lost Time Injury
32. MSDS – Material Safety Data Sheet
33. MTI – Medically Treated Incident
34. NLTPHRW – National Licence To Perform High Risk Work
35. NMI – Near Miss Incident
36. NSCA – National Safety Council of Australia
37. NSFW – Not Safe For Work
38. OFA – Occupational First Aid
39. OHS – Occupational Health and Safety
40. OHSC– Occupational Health and Safety Committee
41. OSHA – Occupational Safety & Health Administration
42. OHSMS – Occupational Health and Safety Management System
43. PCBU – Person conducting a business or undertaking
44. PHMP – Principal Hazard Management Plan – defined term in Qld coal mining legislation. A Principal Hazard is one capable of causing multiple fatalities. No coal mine in Qld can start without a PHMP for all PHs relevant to its operations.
45. PHP – Personal Hearing Protection
46. POCL – Pre Operation Check List
47. PPE – Personal Protective Equipment
48. PTW – Permit to Work
49. RA – Risk Assessment
50. RACE – Rescue, Activate alarm, Confine the fire, Evacuate/Extinguish
51. RCA – Root Cause Analysis
52. RCD – Residual Current Device
53. SFA – Senior First Aid
54. SHE – Safety Health and Environment
55. SHIT – Special High Intensity Training
56. SHMP – Safety & Health Management Plan (action plan to implement the SHMS)
57. SHMS – Safety & Health Management System
58. SIA – Safety Institute of Australia
59. SIFR – Serious Injury Frequency Rate
60. SINA – Safety Is No Accident
61. SIT – Safety Improvement Team
62. SMP – Safety management Plan
63. SOP – Standard Operating Procedure (defined in Queensland mining legislation)
64. SSOP Safe Standard Operating Procedure
65. SSHR – Site Safety & Health Representative
66. SWI – Safe (or Standard) Work Instruction – short summary of the SOP, usually one page, listing risks and risk controls.
67. SWL – Safe Working Load
68. SWMS – safe work method statement
69. SWP – Safe Work Procedures, Safe Work Platform
70. TRI – Total Recordable Injuries
71. VRDs – Voltage Reduction Devices
72. W@H – Work at Heights
73. WAH – Work at Heights
74. WHS – Workplace Health and Safety
75. WHSO – Workplace Health and Safety Officer
76. WICS – Work In Confined Space
77. WMS – Work Method Statement