SAFETY ACRONYM | ABBREVIATIONS
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| Safety acronym |
ACRONYM | ABBREVIATIONS
4WD Four-wheel Drive
A/C Air-Conditioning
AA Area Authority
AAQS Ambient Air Quality Standard
ABIH American Board of Industrial Hygiene
ABS Anti-lock Braking System
ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists
ACM Asbestos Containing Material
ACPH Air Changes per Hour
ADR European Agreement on the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by
Road
AEGL Acute Exposure Guideline Levels
AFISO Aerodrome Flight Information Service Officer
AFM Airplane Flight Manual
AGL Aeronautical Ground Lighting
AH Anchor Handling
AHTS Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel
AHV Anchor Handling Vessel
AI Asset Integrity
AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association
AIMS Asset Integrity Management System
AIS Automatic Identification System
AISC American Institution of Steel Construction
ALARA as Low and Reasonable Achievable
ALO Aircraft Landing Officer
AN Ammonium Nitrate
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APF an Assigned Protection Factor
API American Petroleum Institute
API American Petroleum Institute
API RP American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice
ARPA Automatic Radar Plotting Aid
ART Assessment of Repetitive Tasks.
ASOG Activity Specific Operating Guidelines
ASP Air Service Provider
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
ATEX Atmosphere EXplosibles
ATPV Arc Thermal Protection Value
AWS American Welding Society
BA Breathing Apparatus
BAT - Best Available Techniques
BEI Biological Exposure Indices
BMGV Biological Monitoring Guidance Value
BMU Building Maintenance Unit
BOD Biological Oxygen Demand
BOHS British Occupational Hygiene Society
BOHS British Occupational Hygiene Society.
BP Blood pressure
BP Bollard Pull
BRA Building Risk Assessment
BRI Building-related Illness
BS British Standard
BS EN British Standard European Norm
BSC Biological Safety Cabinet
BSEN British Standard/European Norm
BTEX Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene
BUN Blood urea nitrogen
C Centigrade Celsius
C&E Cause and Effect
CALPUFF California Puff Model
CAMx Comprehensive Air quality Model with Extensions
CAPEX Capital Expenditure
CAS Chemical Abstract Service
CAW Corrective Action Workshop
CB Citizen Band
CBA Cost-Benefit Analysis
CBP Continuous Bollard Pull
CBS Complete Blood Count
CCOHS Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety
Cd Cadmium
CE Conformity European
CEMP - Construction Environmental Management Plan
CEMS Continuous Emission Monitoring System
CF Consequence Factor
CFM Cubic Feet per Minute
CFR Code of Federal Regulations [USA]
CFU Colony forming units
CFU Colony forming units (for culturable bacterial and
fungi)
CH4 Methane
CICPA Critical Infrastructure & Coastal Protection
Authority
CIH Certified Industrial Hygienist
CISRS Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme
CITB Construction Industry Training Board
Cl Chlorine
Cm2 square centimeter
CMAQ Community Multi-scale Air Quality
CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management System
CO Carbon Monoxide
Co Cobalt
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
COD Chemical Oxygen Demand
COG Center of Gravity
COH Certified Occupational Hygienist
COMAH - Control of Major Accident Hazards
COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CR Change Request
Cr Chromium
CRA Cumulative Risk Assessment
CRM Crew Resource Management
CSA Canadian Standards Association
CT Computed Tomography
CTD Cumulative Trauma Disorder
Cu Copper
CVD Cardio Vascular Disease
CVD Cardiovascular disease
CWERE Computer Workstation Ergonomics Risk Evaluation
CWM Centre for Waste Management (TADWEER Abu Dhabi)
CWM-AD Centre for Waste Management Abu Dhabi
DB / A-weighted decibels
DC Direct Current
DCI Decompression Illness
DCS Distributed Control Systems
DD Duration per Day
DDC Diving Decompression Chamber
DE Duration of Exertion
DEMP Decommissioning Environmental Management Plan
DGS Downgraded Situation
DHL Dynamic Hook Load
DHSV down Hole Safety Valves
DLV Deflection Limiting Volume
DOH Department of Health (Previously HAAD)
DOL US Department of Labor
DP Dynamic Positioning
DPF Diesel Particulate Filter
DPM Department of Planning and Municipalities
Driver Supervisor A person who is responsible for Company
drivers
DSE Display Screen Equipment
DSM Diving Safety Memorandum
DTI Dial Test Indicator
DWSP Drinking Water Safety Plan
E&P Exploration and Production
EA Environment Agency [UK]
EAD Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi
EAP Enterprise Asset Management
EBBA Electrically (Armed) before Ballistically Armed
EBW Exploding Bridge Wire
EC European Commission
EC European Community
EEBA Emergency Escape Breathing Apparatus
EED Energy Efficient Design
EEDI Energy Efficiency Design Index
EERA Escape Evacuation and Rescue Assessment
EFI Exploding Foil Initiator
EFST Essential Food Safety Training
EFST Essential Food Safety Training
EI Energy Institute
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
ELF Extremely Low Frequency
ELISA Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay
ELV Exposure Limit Value
EM Efforts/Minutes
EMF Electromagnetic Field
E-MOC Electronic Management of Change
EMR Energy Management Representative
ENVID Environmental Impact Identification
EOH Environmental and Occupational Health.
EOTC Electric Overhead Travelling Crane
EPA Environmental Permit Application
EPC Engineering, Procurement & Construction
EPFI Equator Principles Finance Institute
EPN Emission Point Number
E-PTW Electronic PTW
EPZ Emergency Planning Zone
ER Employee Relations
ERP Emergency Response Plan
ERT Emergency Response Team
ESA European Sealing Association
ESD Emergency Shut Down
ESDV Emergency Shutdown Valve
ESMA Emirates Authority for Standardization & Metrology
ESSA Emergency Systems Survivability Analysis
ETA Estimated/Expected Time of Arrival
ETA Event Tree Analysis
EU European Union
F&G Fire and Gas
FAC First Aid Case
FANR Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation
FAT Factory Acceptance Test
FBPIC Food Business Person in Charge
FC Failure Codes
FC Fiber Core
FEED Front End Engineering Design
FEF Forced Expiratory Flow
FERA Fire and Explosion Risk Assessment
FERA Fire and Explosion Risk Assessment
FEV1 Forced Expiratory Volume One Second
FIBC Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container
FIBCs Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers
FILI Frequency-Independent Lifting Index
FIRWL Frequency-Independent Recommended Weight Limit
FM Frequency Modulation
FMEA Failure Mode Effect Analysis
FMEA Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
FR Fire-Resistant
FRC Fast Rescue Craft
FRMS Fatigue Risk Management System
FSH Follicle Stimulating Hormone
FSMS Food Safety Management System
FTA Fault Tree Analysis
FVC Forced Vital Capacity
GHS Globally Harmonized System
GMSD Group Medical Service Division
GOSP Gas-Oil Separation Package
GPI Group Procurement Initiative
GPS Global Positioning System
GSM Grams per square meter
H2S Hydrogen Sulphide
HAC Hazardous Area Classification
HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
HAL Hand Activity Level
HAZCOM Hazard Communication
HAZID Hazard Identification
HAZOP Hazard and Operability
HBV Hepatitis B Virus
HC Hydrocarbon
HCA Hazardous Classified Area
HCl Hydrogen Chloride
HDPE High-density polyethylene
HEPA High Efficiency Particulate Air
HFM Helicopter Flight Manual
Hg Mercury
HIPO High Potential (HIPO)
HIPPS High Integrity Pressure Protection System
HIRA Hazard, Identification & Risk Assessment
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HLO Helicopter Landing Officer
HMIS Hazardous Materials Identification System
HMPE High Modulus Polyethylene
HNS Hexes nitro stilbene
HOL Height of Lift
HP High Pressure
HPD Hearing Protection Device
HPE Hearing Protection Equipment
HPLC High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
HPWJ High Pressure Water Jetting
HQ Headquarters
HRA High Risk Activity
HRC Hyperbaric rescue chamber
HRF Hyperbaric reception facility
HRU Hyperbaric rescue unit
HSE Health, Safety & Environment
HSE UK Health & Safety Executive - United Kingdom
HSECES Health Safety Environment Critical Equipment
HSEIA Health, Safety & Environmental Impact Assessment
HSEMS Health, Safety & Environmental Management System
HSG Health and Safety Guidance
HSP Health Surveillance Plan.
HV Heavy Vehicle
HVAC Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning
HWP Hand Wrist Posture
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