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Regulatory Bodies and Organizations
- OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (USA)
- HSE: Health and Safety Executive (UK)
- NIOSH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (USA)
- EPA: Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
- MSHA: Mine Safety and Health Administration (USA)
- CSA: Canadian Standards Association
- ISO: International Organization for Standardization
- ANSI: American National Standards Institute
- ACGIH: American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
- IOSH: Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (UK)
- NEBOSH: National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (UK)
- AIHA: American Industrial Hygiene Association
- NSC: National Safety Council (USA)
- IIRC: International Integrated Reporting Council
- EU-OSHA: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
- WCB: Workers’ Compensation Board (Canada)
Standards and Certifications
- OHSAS: Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (e.g., OHSAS 18001)
- ISO 45001: International Standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
- ISO 14001: International Standard for Environmental Management Systems
- CSA Z1000: Canadian Standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management
- RMP: Risk Management Plan
- HAZOP: Hazard and Operability Study
- HAZID: Hazard Identification Study
- JSA: Job Safety Analysis
- SDS: Safety Data Sheet (formerly MSDS)
- MSDS: Material Safety Data Sheet
- PPE: Personal Protective Equipment
- LOTO: Lockout/Tagout
- EAP: Employee Assistance Program
- EMS: Environmental Management System
- SMP: Safety Management Plan
- HIRA: Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
- QMS: Quality Management System
- RCS: Respirable Crystalline Silica
- RIDDOR: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (UK)
Health and Safety Terms
- HACCP: Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
- WHMIS: Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (Canada)
- GHS: Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
- LTI: Lost Time Injury
- TRIR: Total Recordable Incident Rate
- DART: Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred
- TWA: Time-Weighted Average
- PEL: Permissible Exposure Limit
- STEL: Short-Term Exposure Limit
- IDLH: Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health
- TLV: Threshold Limit Value
- NOISH REL: NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limit
- BBS: Behavior-Based Safety
- HBA: Hazardous Biological Agents
- HIRAC: Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, and Control
- OSH: Occupational Safety and Health
- OHSE: Occupational Health, Safety, and Environment
- WHSE: Workplace Health, Safety, and Environment
- EHS: Environment, Health, and Safety
- H&S: Health and Safety
- QHSE: Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment
- SH&E: Safety, Health, and Environment
- CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility
- HAC: Hazard Assessment and Control
- CSMS: Contractor Safety Management System
- GMP: Good Manufacturing Practice
- IAQ: Indoor Air Quality
- PSSR: Pre-Startup Safety Review
- RPE: Respiratory Protective Equipment
- SPCC: Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure
- SSHE: Safety, Security, Health, and Environment
- SVHC: Substances of Very High Concern
Incident Reporting and Investigation
- ALARA: As Low As Reasonably Achievable
- ALARP: As Low As Reasonably Practicable
- FTA: Fault Tree Analysis
- RCA: Root Cause Analysis
- MOC: Management of Change
- PTW: Permit to Work
- TRA: Task Risk Assessment
- PSM: Process Safety Management
- FR: Fatality Rate
Occupational Health
- WMSDs: Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
- RPE: Respiratory Protective Equipment
- OEL: Occupational Exposure Limit
- PPE: Personal Protective Equipment
- BWC: Bloodborne Pathogen Control
- VDU: Visual Display Unit
- EAP: Employee Assistance Program
Environment
- EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
- ISO 14001: Environmental Management System standard
- LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
- EMS: Environmental Management System
- EIA: Environmental Impact Assessment
- EA: Environmental Assessment
- EHS: Environment, Health, and Safety
- MSW: Municipal Solid Waste
- COC: Chain of Custody
- LCA: Life Cycle Assessment
- REACH: Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (EU)
- BREEAM: Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method
General Workplace Safety
- HIRA: Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
- WCB: Workers’ Compensation Board (Canada)
- TDG: Transportation of Dangerous Goods
- FLT: Forklift Truck
- ERG: Emergency Response Guidebook
- RAMS: Risk Assessment and Method Statement
- PSSR: Pre-Startup Safety Review
- HSEMS: Health, Safety, and Environmental Management System
