abbrev | define |
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AAIAC * | Adventure Activities Industry Advisory Committee |
AALA | Adventure Activities Licensing Authority |
AALS | Adventure Activities Licensing Committee |
ABCA | Military standards body for US, UK, Canada and Australia |
ABCB | Association of British Certification Bodies |
ABCL | Automatic barrier crossing, locally monitored |
ABE | Association of Building Engineers |
ABM | Activity based management |
ABNT | Associacao Brasileira de Normas Tecnicas (Brazil) |
AC | Advisory committee |
AC | Asbestos cement |
ACA | Association of Consultant Architects |
ACAI | Alkali and Clean Air Inspectorate (see IAPI) now Environment Agency |
ACAS | Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service |
ACDP * | Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens |
ACDS * | Advisory Committee on Dangerous Substances |
ACE | Association for Consultancy and Engineering |
ACES | Amusement Catering Equipment Society |
ACGM * | Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification |
ACL | Approved Carriage List |
ACM | Asbestos-containing material |
ACOP | Approved Code of Practice |
ACP | Advisory Committee on Pesticides |
ACRE | Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment |
ACTS * | Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances |
AD * | Area Director now Operations Manager |
ADI | Acceptable daily intake |
ADN | European provisions concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by inland waterways |
ADR | Accord dangereux routier (European agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road) |
ADS * | Approved Dosimetry Service |
AEAT | AEA Technology PLC |
AENOR | Asociacion Espanola de Normalizacion y Certificacion |
AFAIRP | As far as is reasonably practicable |
AFCD | Automatic flue closing device |
AFFF | Aqueous film forming foam |
AFNOR | Association Francaise de Normalisation |
AFP | Alphafetoprotein |
AGR | Advanced gas-cooled reactor |
AHB | Automatic half barrier |
AHERA | Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act |
AI | Active ingredient |
AIA | Asbestos International Association |
AIAC * | Agriculture Industry Advisory Committee |
AIB | Asbestos Insulation Board |
AIC | Active instability control |
AIDII | Associazone Italiana Degli Igienisti Industriali |
AIDS | Acquired immunedeficiency syndrome |
AIFTA | Anglo-Irish Free Trade Agreement |
AIOSH | Associate of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health |
AIRMIC | Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce |
AIST | Agency of Industrial Science and Technology |
AIT | Auto(geneous) ignition temperature |
ALARA | As low as reasonably achievable |
ALARP | As low as reasonably practicable |
ALG | Association of London Government |
ALI | Annual limit of intake |
ALIBI | Assessment of LPG installations for Bleve incidents |
ALPI * | Asbestos Licensing Principal Inspector |
ALU | Asbestos Licensing Unit |
AM * | Administration manager |
AMAG | Agricultural Machinery Advisory Group |
AMFO | Arbetsmiljofonden (Sweden) |
AMPS | Association of Management and Professional Staff |
ANC | Association of Noise Consultants |
ANEC | Association Normalisation Europeenne pour les Consommateurs |
ANFO | Ammonium nitrate/fuel oil |
ANHMRC | Australian National Health and Medical Research Council |
ANPAT | Association Nationale pour la Prevention des Accidents du Travail (Brussels) |
ANPR | Automatic number plate recognition |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
AO * | Area office now Regional office |
AOCL | Automatic open crossing, locally monitored |
AOCR | Automatic open crossing, remotely monitored |
AOCTs | Associated Overseas Countries and Territories |
AOPD | Active opto-electronic protection device |
APAU * | Accident Prevention Advisory Unit now Operations Unit |
APB | Auditing Practices Board |
APBL | Automatic power boom lowering (system) |
APE | Aerosol photoemission |
APE | Association of Planning Engineers |
APELL | Awareness and preparedness for emergencies at local level |
API | American Petroleum Institute |
APOSC | Assessment principles for offshore safety cases |
APPA | American Public Power Association |
APS | Association of Planning Supervisors |
AR | Acoustic reflex |
ARC | Accelerating rate calorimetry |
ARC | Audit Registration Committee |
ARCA | Asbestos Removal Contractors Association |
AREC | Association of Research Ethics Committees |
ARL | Department of Community Services and Health Australian Radiation Laboratory |
ARPS | Association of Railway Preservation Societies |
ARTPR | Approved Requirements for Transportable Pressure Receptacles |
ASAC | Asian Standards Advisory Committee |
ASB | Accounting Standards Board |
ASFP | Association for Specialist Fire Protection |
ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers |
ASHW | Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act 1956 |
ASI | Architect and Surveying Institute |
ASLI | Automatic safe load indicator |
ASLIC | Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations |
ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
ASNT | American Society for Nondestructive Testing |
ASO | Assistant Scientific Officer |
ASP | Accident sequence precursor |
ASQ | American Society for Quality |
ASS | National Board of Occupational Safety and Health (Sweden) |
ASSE | American Society of Safety Engineers |
ASTA | Association of Short-circuit Testing Authorities |
ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
ATC | Automatic train control |
ATEX | Atmosphere Explosiv (used in the context of two European Directives, 94/9/EC and 1999/92/EC) |
ATO | Automatic train operation |
ATP | Automatic train protection |
ATR | Approved Tank Requirements |
ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
ATV | All-terrain vehicle |
ATWS | Anticipated transient without scram |
ATWT | Anticipated transient without trip |
AU | Accounting unit |
AURPO | Association of University Radiation Protection Officers |
AWE | Atomic Weapons Establishment |
AWS | Automatic warning system |
BA | Breathing apparatus |
BA | Biological agent |
BACS | Bankers automated clearing services |
BACTA | British Amusement Catering Trades Association |
BAFO | Best and final offer |
BALPPA | British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions |
BAM | Bundesanstalt fur Materialprufung |
BAPE | Benign asbestos pleural effusion |
BASEEFA * | British Approvals Service for Electrical Equipment in Flammable Atmospheres (until July 2003) |
BAT | Best available techniques |
BAT | Biological Tolerance Value (Biologischer Arbeitsstoff-Toleranz-Wert) |
BATNEEC | Best available techniques not entailing excessive cost |
BAU | Bundesanstalt fur Arbeitsschutz und Unfallforschung |
BCA | Building Control Authority |
BCC | Biocides Consultative Committee |
BCC | British Ceramic Confederation |
BCECA | British Chemical Engineering Contractors Association |
BCF | Bromochlorodifluoromethane |
BCMC | British Cable Makers Confederation |
BCME | Bis chloromethyl ether |
BCRU | British Committee on Radiological Units |
BEI | Biological exposure indices |
BEL | Biological exposure limits |
BEM | Business excellence model |
BEBOH | British Examining Board in Occupational Hygiene |
BERSA | British Elastic Rope Sports Association |
BEU * | Business efficiency unit |
BEUC | European Consumers’ Bureau |
BEWA | British Effluent And Water Association |
BFI | Benefit Fraud Inspectorate |
BG | British Gas |
BGH | Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) |
BGS | British Geological Survey |
BHSS | British Health and Safety Society |
BIAT | British Institute of Architectural Technologists |
BIMBO | Buy in management buy out |
BIOH | British Institute of Occupational Hygiene |
BIP | Business improvement programme |
Bis CME | Bis chloromethyl ether |
BLEVE | Boiling liquid expanding vapour explosion |
BLR | Blue light radiation |
BMA | Bundesministerium fuer Arbeit und Sozialordnung (Germany) |
BMHB | British Materials Handling Board |
BMTA | British Measurement and Testing Association |
BNS | Bureau de Normalisation de la Siderurgie (France) |
BNTA | Bureau de Normalisation du Tube Acier (France) |
BOHS | British Occupational Hygiene Society |
BOO | Build own operate |
BOP | Balance of plant |
BPBIF | British Paper and Board Industry Federation |
BPCA | British Pest Control Association |
BPD | Biocidal Products Directive |
BPEO | Best practicable environmental option |
BPF | British Property Federation |
BPM | Best practicable means |
BRAC | Building Regulations Advisory Committee |
BRE | Building Research Establishment |
BREF | Best available techniques reference documents |
BREL | British Rail Engineering Limited |
BRIB | Better Regulation and International Branch |
BRINDEX | Association of British Independent Oil Corporation Companies |
BROA | British Rig Owners Association |
BRTF | Better Regulation Task Force |
BRU | Better Regulation Unit |
BSA | Business Software Alliance |
BSC | Balanced scorecard |
BSD * | Business Services Division |
BSE | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
BSI | British Standards Institution |
BSO | Basic safety objective |
BSOR | Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations |
BSR | Board of Standards Review (ANSI) |
BSS | Basic Safety Standards Directive |
BSTSA | British Surface Treatment Suppliers Association |
BTL | Better team leadership |
BTM | Bromotrifluoromethane |
BTP | British Transport Police |
BTS | Bureau Technique Syndical Europ’ en par la Sant’ et la Securit’ (Belgium) |
BVS | Bergbau Versuchsstrecke (W. Germany) |
BWF | British Woodworking Federation |
BWR | Boiling water reactor |
C & I | Control and Instrumentation |
CA | Certifying authority |
CA(BA) | Compressed air (breathing apparatus) |
CAC | Codex Alimentarius Commission |
CADD | Computer-aided design drafting |
CAER | Community Awareness and Emergency Response (Chemical Manufacturers Association) |
CAIRS | Canadian Institute for Radiation Safety |
CAM | Computer aided manufacture |
CAMEO | Computer-aided management of emergency operations |
CAMR | Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research |
CANDU | A Canadian developed reactor deriving its name from Canadian deuterium uranium |
CANMET-DEMR | Canada Center for Mineral and Energy Technology – Department of Energy, Mines and Resources |
CANUTEC | Canadian Transport Emergency Center |
CAPM | Computer-aided production management |
CAPS | Computer aided planning system |
CARICOM | Caribbean Community and Common Market (formerly CARIFTA) |
CARIFTA | See CARICOM |
CAS | Chemical Abstracts Service |
CASE | Council for Associated Stock Exchanges |
CAT | Cable avoiding tool |
CAWR | Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations |
CBI | Confederation of British Industry |
CBN | Cubic boron nitride |
CBNM | Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements |
CBP | Construction best practice |
CBT | Computer based training |
CC | Construction Confederation |
CCA | Compliance cost assessment |
CCAB | Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies |
CCC | Confederation of Construction Clients |
CCCN | Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature (EC) |
CCD | Charge coupled device |
CCE | Commission of the European Communities |
CCE | Computer controlled equipment |
CCF | Common cause failures (see PES) |
CCF | Construction Clients Forum |
CCHARR | Co-ordinating Committee on Health Aspects of Radiation Research |
CCIT | International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee |
CCNSG | Client Contractor National Safety Group |
CCOU | Construction Central Operations Unit |
CCScheme | Considerate Constructor Scheme |
CCTA | Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency |
CD | Central Division (Hazardous Installations Directorate) |
CD | Consultation distance |
CD | Consultative document |
CDA | Controlled droplet application |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control (USA) |
CDFR | Commercial demonstration fast reactor |
CDG Rail | Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail Regulations |
CDGCPL | Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations |
CDM | Construction Design and Management |
CDR | Communicable disease report (compiled by CDSC) |
CD-ROM | Compact disc read only memory |
CDSC | Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre |
CEA | Chemical Engineering Abstracts (Produced by the Royal Society of Chemistry) |
CEA-CEN | Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique-Centre d’Etudes Nucleaires |
CEB | Corporate Efficiency Board |
CEC | Commission of the European Communities |
CECA | Civil Engineering Contractors Association |
CECC | CENELEC Electronic Components Committee |
CEDEFOP | European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training |
CEDHYS | Association des Directeurs des Systemes d’Information de l’Industrie Pharmaceutique |
CEE | Communaute Economique Europeenne (French for EEC) |
CEE | Communita Economica Europea (Italian for EEC) |
CEE | International Commission on Rules for the Approval of Electrical Equipment |
CEEC | Central and eastern European countries |
CEEFA | Committee for Electrical Equipment for use in Flammable Atmospheres (committee representing BEAMA) |
CEEMAC * | Certification of Electrical Equipment for Mining Advisory Council |
CEEP | Centre Europeen de l’Entreprise Publique |
CEF | Cluster enhanced filter |
CEF | Comite Electrotechnique Francais |
CEFIC | European Chemical Industry Council |
CEFLC | European Council of Chemical Manufacturers Federation |
CEHO | Chief Environmental Health Officer |
CEI | Council of Engineering Institutions |
CEMEC | European Centre for Disaster Management |
CEN | Comite Europeen de Normalisation |
CENCER | CEN’s certification body |
CENELEC | Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique |
CEOC | Colloque Europeen des Organismes de Controle |
CEPS | Central Expertise Policy and Support |
CEPT | Conference Europeenne des Administrations des Postes et des Telecommunications |
CER | Carriage of Explosives Regulations |
CERCHAR | Centre d’Etudes et Recherches des Charbonnages de France |
CERCLA | Comprehensive Environment Response Compensation and Liability Act (USA) |
CERD | Comite Europeen de Recherche et Developpment |
CERIAC * | Ceramics Industry Advisory Committee |
CERTICO | Certification Committee of ISO |
CESD | Communications Electronics Security Department |
CESI | Centro Elettrotecnico Sperimentale Italiano (Italy) |
CET | Corrected effective temperature |
CFD | Computational fluid dynamics |
CFDRA | Campden Food and Drink Research Association |
CFEs | Centres of financial expertise |
CFF | Common funding formula (education) |
CFRP | Carbon fibre reinforced plastic |
CGPM | General Conference of Weights and Measures |
CGTF | Central Government Task Force |
CHANs * | Chemical Hazard Alert Notices |
CHAS | Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme |
CHCS | Chemical Hazards Communications Society |
CHEMAG | Chemicals in Agriculture Advisory Group |
CHEMFAX * | Computerised database with Chemicals NIG |
CHEMSAFE | Chemical Industry Scheme for Assistance in Freight |
CHEMTREC | Chemical Transportation Emergency Center (USA) |
CHID * | Chemicals and Hazardous Installations Division |
CHIEF | Customs handling of import and export freight |
CHIMP | Commission for Health Improvement |
CHIP | Chemical (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations |
CHP | Combined heat and power |
CHSC | Corporate health and safety committee |
CHSG | Construction Health and Safety Group |
CHSW | Construction (Health Safety and Welfare) Regulations |
CI | Chief Inspector |
CIAg * | Chief Inspector of Agriculture |
CIB | Chartered Institute of Building |
CIB | Construction Industry Board |
CIBSE | Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers |
CID | Chemical Industries Division |
CIDI | Central Index of Dose Information |
CIDST | Comite d’Information et de Documentation Scientifique et Technique |
CIEC | Construction Industry Employers’ Council |
CIEH | Chartered Institute of Environmental Health |
CIM * | Chief Inspector’s Memo |
CIM | International Convention Concerning the Carriage of Goods by Rail |
CIMAH | Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations |
CIOB | Chartered Institute of Building |
CIRC | Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer (France) |
CIS | International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre |
CISDOC | International Labour Organisation database available on OSHROM |
CISPR | Comite International Special des Perturbations Radioelectriques |
CITB | Construction Industry Training Board |
CJD | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
CLA | Copyright Licensing Authority |
CLASP | Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programme |
CLAW | Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1980 |
CLEANAIR | Campaign for a Smoke-Free Environment |
CLEAR | Campaign for Lead-Free Air |
CLECAT | Comite de liaison Europeen des commissionnaires et auxiliaires de transports du marche commun |
CLER | Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations |
CLG | Constructors liaison group |
CLP | Classification Packaging and Labelling |
CM | Case manager |
CM | Command (paper) 1987 – |
CME | Chloromethyl ether |
Cmnd | Command (paper) 1958 – 1986 |
CMO | Chief Medical Officer |
CN | Case note |
CNC | Computer numerical control |
CNRS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris) |
CNS | Comite de Normalisation de la Soudure (France) |
CO | Carbon monoxide |
CO | Clerical Officer (now Administrative Officer) |
COAD | Chronic obstructive airways disease |
COBRA | Cabinet Office Briefing Room A |
(Code) IN | Inspection (code) |
(Code) LCA | Legal Commentary – Acts (Code) |
(Code) LCR | Legal Commentary – Regulations (Code) |
(Code) LP | Legal Proceedings (Code) |
(Code) LPS | Legal Proceedings – Scotland (Code) |
(Code) OP | Office Procedures (Code) |
(Code) OR | Organisation (Code) |
CODEX | Codex Alimentarius Commission |
COE | Council of Europe |
COFFIN* | Construction and factory fatal information (database) |
COFREND | Comite Francais des Essais Non Destructifs |
COGEMA | Compagnie General des Matieres Nucleaires |
COGENE | Committee on Genetic Experimentation |
COI | Critical oxygen index |
COIN | Corporate Operational Information |
COIT | Central Office of Industrial Tribunals |
COMAH | Control of Major Accident Hazards |
COMARE | Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment |
COMITEXTIL | Comite de Coordination des Industries Textiles de la CEE |
COMMETT | EEC programme in Education and Training for Technology |
CONCAWE | Oil Companies European Organization for Environment, Health and Safety (Belgium) |
CONDAM | Construction Design and Management Regulations |
ConDoc * | Consultative Document |
CONIAC * | Construction Industry Advisory Committee |
COP | Code of Practice |
COPA | Control of Pollution Act |
COPANT | Pan American Standards Commission |
COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
COPOLCO | Committee on Consumer Policy (ISO) |
COPR | Control of Pesticides Regulations |
COREPER | Committee of Permanent Representatives to the European Communities |
CORGI | Council for Registered Gas Installers |
COSAS | Corporate Science and Analytical Services Division |
COSHH | Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations |
COSLA | Convention of Scottish Local Authorities |
COST | Cooperation Europeenne dans la Domaine de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique |
COT | Committee on Toxicity in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment |
COVENIN | Comision Venezolana de Norma Industriales (Venezuela) |
CP | Code of Practice |
CPA | Construction Products Association |
CPA | Crop Protection Association |
CPC | Chemical protective clothing |
CPIG | Crown Premises Inspection Group |
CPL | Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations 1984 |
CPR | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
CPS | Crown Prosecution Service |
CRA | Chemical Recovery Association |
CRB | Criminal Records Bureau |
CRE | Coal Research Establishment (part of BCC) |
CREST | Comite de Recherche Scientifique et Technique (European Community) |
CREIPI | Central Research Institute of Electric Power Institute (Japan) |
CRMP | Corporate risk management plan |
CSAT | Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal |
CSBF | Civil Service Benevolent Fund |
CSBTS | China State Bureau of Technical Supervision |
CSC | Civil Service College |
CSC | Civil Service Commission |
CSC | (International) Convention for Safe Containers |
CSCS | Construction Skills Certification Scheme |
CSIS | Civil Service Insurance Society |
CSNWC | Civil Service National Whitley Council |
CSOHS | Civil Service Occupational Health Service |
CSPA | Civil Service Pensioners Alliance |
CSR | Comprehensive spending reviews |
CSR | Corporate social responsibility |
CSRF | Civil Service Retirement Fellowship |
CSSA | Computer Services and Software Association |
CSTP | Committee on Scientific and Technological Policy (OECD) |
CSTU | Control Systems Technology Committee |
CTD | Cumulative trauma disorder |
CTG | Corporate topic group |
CTI | Castings Technology International |
CTMU | Central Training Management Unit |
CTPV | Coal tar pitch volatiles |
CTS | Carpal tunnel syndrome |
CTSA | Channel Tunnel Safety Authority |
CUE | Common user estate |
CV | Calorific value |
CV | Check visit |
CVCS | Chemical and volume control system |
CVD | Cardiovascular disease |
CVS | Chorionic villus sampling |
CWR | Continuous welded rail |
CZ | Consultation zone |
dB | Decibels |
DB | Dry bulb |
dB(A) | Decibels on the A weighted scale |
DBA | Design basis accident |
DBFO | Design build finance operate |
DC | Direct chill (casting) |
DCEHO | Deputy Chief Environmental Health Officer |
DCI * | Decided Cases Index |
DCI * | Deputy Chief Inspector |
DCIF * | Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories |
DCIO | Deputy Chief Inspecting Officer (of Railways) |
DCLG | Department for Communities and Local Government |
DCM | Deputy Case Manager |
DCMS | Department of Culture Media and Sport |
DCOA | Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 |
DCPD | Dicyclopentadiene |
D/D | Division/Directorate |
DD | Divisional Director |
DDG * | Deputy Director General |
DDPH | Deputy Director of Public Health |
DE | Department of Employment now Department for Education and Employment |
DEF STAN | Defence Standards |
DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
DEHO | District Environmental Health Officer |
DEHS | Director of Environmental Health Services |
DEL | Departmental Expenditure Limit |
DEMKO | Danmarks Elektriske Materielkontrol (Denmark) |
DEMU | Diesel-electric multiple unit |
DEn | Department of Energy wound up in 1992 now part of DTI |
DERA | Defence Evaluation and Research Agency |
DEVCO | Development Committee (ISO) |
DfES | Department for Education and Skills |
DFM | Dust, fume and mist |
DFRS | Defence Fire and Rescue Service |
DFS | Defence Fire Service |
DfT | Department for Transport |
DG * | Director General |
DG | Directorate General (EC) |
DH | Department of Health |
DH | Duty holder |
DIANE | Direct Information Access Network for Europe |
DIAS * | Directorate of Information and Advisory Services. Health and Safety Executive |
DIN | Deutsches Institut fur Normung (German Standards Institute) |
DIP | Document image processing |
DIS | Draft International Standard |
DISP | Duty Holder Intervention Strategy Planning Board |
DL | Distance learning |
DLR | Docklands Light Railway |
DMB | Divisional Management Board |
DMU | Diesel multiple unit |
DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
DNB | Departure from nucleate boiling |
DNHPD | Department of National Health and Population Department (South Africa) |
DO | Dangerous occurrence |
DoE | Department of the Environment now Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
DOE | Department of Energy (United States) |
DOL | Department of Labor (United States) |
DOT | Department of Transport now part of Department Transport, Local Government and the Regions |
DOT | Department of Transportation (United States) |
DP | Disabled person |
DPE | Duty holder planning event |
DRC | Disaster Research Centre (USA) |
DS | Danish Standards Association |
DSAC | Design safety analysis and control |
DSC | Design safety case |
DSC | Differential scanning calorimetry |
DSE | Display screen equipment |
DSEAR | Dangerous Substances and Explosives Atmospheres Regulations |
DSHA Regs | Dangerous Substances in Harbours and Harbour Areas Regulations |
DSO | Direct service organisation |
DSS | Department of Social Security |
DST * | Directorate of Science and Technology |
DTA | Differential thermal analysis |
DTI | Department of Trade and Industry |
DTLR | Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions |
DTM | Desk top monitoring |
DVD | Digital versatile disc |
DVT | Driver van training |
DWC | Department Whitley Council |
DWL | Derived working levels |
DWP | Department for Work and Pensions |
EA | Environment Agency |
EA75 | Explosives Act 1875 |
EA regs | Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations |
EAC | European Agency for Cooperation (EC) |
EAE | Evidence analysis and evaluation |
EAEC | European Atomic Energy Community |
EARA | European Asbestos Removal Association |
EAS | Enterprise allowance scheme |
EASE | Estimation and assessment of substance exposure |
EASHW | European Agency for Safety and Health at Work |
EAU * | Economic Advisors’ Unit (part of Policy Unit) |
EAZ | Education action zone |
EBW | Electron beam welding |
EC | European Commission |
EC | European Communities |
ECA | Electrical Contractors Association |
ECA | Economic Commission for Africa (UN) |
ECA | European Chemicals Agency |
ECAC | European Civil Aviation Conference |
ECCS | Emergency core cooling system |
ECDIN | Environmental Chemical Data Information Network (EC) |
ECE | Economic Commission for Europe (UN) |
ECETOC | European Chemical Industry Ecology and Toxicology Centre |
ECG | European co-operation grouping |
ECGD | Export Credits Guarantee Department |
ECIA | Engineering Construction Industry Association |
ECIS | European Communities Information Service |
ECISS | European Committee for Iron and Steel Standardisation |
ECITC | European Committee for I.T. Testing and Certification |
ECL | Exposure control limit |
ECMA | European Computer Manufacturers Association |
ECOIN | European core inventory |
ECS | Empty coaching stock |
ECSU * | Electrical Certification Support Unit |
ED | Employment Department now Department for Education and Skills |
EDG | Employment Department Group |
EDI | Electronic data interchange |
EDO | Estate duty office |
EDTA | Ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid |
EEB | European Environmental Bureau |
EECMB * | Electrical Equipment Certification Management Board |
EECS * | Electrical Equipment Certification Service |
EEF | Engineering Employers Federation |
EEG | Europese Economische Gemeenschap (Dutch for EEC) |
EEI | Edison Electric Institute |
EEL | Emergency exposure limit |
EEMUA | Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association |
EER | Emergency evacuation and rescue |
EER | Evacuation, escape and rescue |
EERA | Evacuation, escape and rescue assessment |
EFL * | Explosion and Flame Laboratory, now part of HSL |
EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
EHO | Environmental health officer |
EHSR | Essential health and safety requirement |
EI * | (HM) Explosives Inspectorate |
EIA | Environmental impact assessment |
EIC | Energy Industries Council |
EINECS | European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances |
ELCB | Earth leakage circuit breaker |
ELCI | Employers’ Liability Compulsory Insurance |
ELF | Extra low frequency |
ELINCS | European list of notified chemical substances |
ELO * | Enforcement liaison officer |
EM * | Explanatory memorandum |
EMA * | Employment Medical Adviser |
EMAS * | Employment Medical Advisory Service |
EMR | Electromagnetic radiation |
EMSU * | Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit |
EMU | Electrical multiple unit |
EMU | European Economic and Monetary Union |
EN | European Standard |
ENA * | Employment Nursing Adviser |
ENB | Explosives Notified Body |
EO | Ethylene oxide |
EO | Executive Officer |
EOF | Europaeiske Okonomiske Faellesskab (Danish for EEC) |
EOTC | European Organisation for Conformity Assessment |
EPA | Environmental Protection Act |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency (USA) |
EPI-DERM | Surveillance scheme for occupational skin disease |
EPO | European Patent Organisation |
EPOCH | European Programme on Climatology and Natural Hazards |
EPS | Enforcement policy statement |
EPS | European Pre-standard |
ERB | Engineers Registration Board (CEI) |
ERIC | Emergency response intervention card |
ERL | Emergency reference level |
ES | Ergonomics Society |
ESAC * | Education Services Advisory Committee |
ESB * | Executive Support Branch now Senior Management Support Unit |
ESC | Economic and Social Committee (EC) |
ESD | Emergency shutdown device |
ESF | European Social Fund |
ESFR | Early suppression fast response |
ESH | Electric surface heating |
ESP | Electrostatic precipitator |
ESPRIT | European Strategic Programme for Research and Development in Information Technology |
ESRA | European Safety and Reliability Association |
ESReDA | European Safety Reliability and Data Association |
ESTC | Explosives Storage and Transport Committee |
ETS | Environmental tobacco smoke |
ETS | European Telecommunications Standards |
ETSI | European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
ETVA | Elektrotechnische Versuchsanstalt (Austria) |
EU | European Union |
EURADOS | European Radiation Dosimetry Group |
EURATOM | European Atomic Energy Community |
EUROCONTROL | European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation |
EUROCOOP | European Community of Consumers’ Co-operatives |
EUROMAP | European Plastics Machinery Suppliers’ Association |
EUROSH*NET | European Occupational Safety and Health Network |
EUROSTATS | Series of statistics produced by the SOEC |
EUROVENT | European Committee of Air Handling and Air Conditioning Equipment Manufacturers |
EWC | European Works Councils |
EWG | Europaeische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft |
EXCO | Executive Committee (ISO) |
EXP | Expanded polystyrene |
EXTEST | International Study Group for the Standardisation of Methods of Testing Explosives |
EZ | Enterprise zone |
F & GPC | Finance and General Purposes Committee (sub-committee of NEC) |
F&RA | Fire and Rescue Authority |
FAC | Food and Agriculture Committee |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FAST | Federation against Software Theft |
FASTCo | Forestry and Arboriculture Safety and Training Council |
FBG | Fluidised bed generator |
FCG * | Field Consultant Group |
FC(SP)R | Fire Certificate (Special Premises) Regulations 1976 |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration (USA) |
FDA | Association of First Division Civil Servants |
FDIS | Final Draft International Standard |
FEPA | Food and Environment Protection Act |
FER | Fundamental Expenditure Review |
FFI | Flexible film isolator |
FI * | (HM) Factory Inspectorate |
FIAC * | Foundries Industry Advisory Committee |
FIC * | Factory Inspectorate (Subject File) Circular |
FIM * | Factory Inspectorate Minute |
FIN * | Factory Inspectorate Note |
FINU * | Finance Unit (part of Resources and Planning Directorate) |
FIRA | Furniture Industry Research Association |
FIRAC * | Factory Inspectorate Research Advisory Committee |
FISM * | Factory Inspectorate Specialist Minute |
FISP * | Financial Systems and Payments |
Fit3 | Fit for work, fit for life, fit for tomorrow |
FL | Flexileave |
FLP | Flameproof |
FLT | Fork lift truck |
FM | Factory Mutual (USA) |
FMAS | Financial Management Accounting System |
FMB | Federation of Master Builders |
FMI | Financial Management Initiative |
FMU * | Field Management Unit |
FOCUS * | Field Operations Computer System |
FOD * | Field Operations Directorate |
FOD MB | FOD Management Board |
FOILE | FOD’s iInterventions with large employers |
FOM * | Fortnightly Operational Minute (issued by FOD) |
FOPS | Falling Object Protective Structure(s) |
FOU | For Official Use |
FP* | Field Professional |
FPA71 | Fire Precautions Act 1971 |
FPO | Fire Prevention Officer |
FPSO | Floating production storage and off-loading unit |
FPU * | Finance and Planning Unit |
FP(W)R | Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 |
FRAB | Financial Reporting and Advisory Board |
FRS | Financial Reporting Standards |
FRS | Fire Research Station (part of BRE) |
FSA | Financial Services Authority |
FSA | Foreign Service Allowances |
FSA | Food Standards Agency |
FSAC | Food Safety Advisory Centre |
FSBP | Finger systolic blood pressure |
FSO | Fire Safety Officer |
FSO | Formal Second Opinion |
FSR | Filter self-rescuer (mining) |
FSSU * | Field Scientific Support Unit now Field Services Unit |
FST | Finger skin temperature |
FSU * | Field Services Unit |
FSU | Floating storage unit |
FSV | Free steered vehicle |
FWH | Flexible working hours |
FWR | Functional work recording system |
GAAP | Generally Accepted Accounting Practice |
GAD | Gas Appliances Directive |
GAD | Government Actuaries Department |
GAE | General Administrative Expenditure |
GAMBICA | Association for the Instrumentation, Control and Automation Industry in the UK |
GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GDO | General Development Order |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GDPO | General Development Procedure Order |
GFP | General fire precautions |
GGF | Glass and Glazing Federation |
GHGB | Good Health is Good Business |
GHS | Globally Harmonised Systems |
GIE | Groupement d’Interet Economique |
GILSP | Good industrial large scale practice |
GLA | Gangmaster Licensing Authority |
GLA | Greater London Authority |
GLC | Gas liquid chromatography |
GLP | Good laboratory practice |
GLSP | Good large scale practice |
GLW | Gross laden weight |
GM | Genetically modified |
GM | Guidance Memoranda |
GMAW | Gas metal arc welding |
GMO | Genetically modified organism |
GN | Guidance Note |
GN:CS | Guidance Note : Chemical Safety |
GN:EH | Guidance Note : Environmental Health |
GN:GS | Guidance Note : General Series |
GN:MS | Guidance Note : Medical Series |
GN:PM | Guidance Note : Plant and Machinery |
GNVQ | General National Vocational Qualification |
GOST USSR | State Committee for Standards |
GPA | Agreement on Government Procurement |
GRP | Glass reinforced plastic |
GSI | Government Secure Intranet |
GSMR | Gas Safety Management Regulations |
GSTP | Generalised System of Tariff Preferences |
GT | Globe thermometer |
GTA | Government Technical Adviser |
GTAW | Gas tungsten arc welding |
HACCP | Hazard analysis critical control point |
HAI | Hospital acquired infections |
HAM | Hand held monitor |
HASAC | Health and Safety Advice Centre |
HASAWA | * Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 |
HASCOG | Health and Safety Co-ordinating Group (IEHO) |
HAV | Hand-arm vibration |
HAV | Hepatitis A virus |
HAZAN | Hazard analysis numerical methods |
HAZCOM | Hazards Communication Standard |
HAZOP | Hazard and Operability Study |
HBIG | Hepatitis B immunoglobulin |
HBV | Hepatitis B virus |
HC | Health Circular (DH) |
HD | Harmonization Document |
HD | * Health Directorate |
HD | Hodgkins disease |
HECR | Highly exothermic chemical reactions |
HEDSET | Harmonised electronic data set (European Communities) |
HELA | * Health and Safety Executive/Local Authorities Enforcement Liaison Committee |
HEO | Higher Executive Officer |
HEPA | High efficiency particulate air (refers to high efficiency air filters) |
HEPOL | * Health and Safety Executive/Police force Enforcement Liaison Committee |
HES | Home electronic systems |
HFL | Highly flammable liquid |
HGV | Heavy goods vehicle |
HHE | Health Hazard Evaluation |
HHS | Hypothenar hammer syndrome |
HHSI | High-head safety Injection |
HI | Hazardous installation |
HIA | Health Impact Assessment |
HID | Hazardous Installations Directorate |
HIPU | * Hazardous Installations Policy Unit, now part of CHID |
HIV | Human Immunovirus/immunodeficiency virus |
HMAI | * Her Majesty’s Agricultural Inspectorate, now part of FOD |
HMAC | Hazardous Materials Advisory Council (U.S.A.) |
HMCG | Her Majesty’s Coastguard |
HMEI | * Her Majesty’s Explosives Inspectorate |
HMFI | * Her Majesty’s Factory Inspectorate |
HMIM | * Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Mines |
HMIP | Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution (part of Environment Agency) |
HMIPI | Her Majesty’s Industrial Pollution Inspectorate for Scotland |
HMNII | * Her Majesty’s Nuclear Installations Inspectorate |
HMRI | * Her Majesty’s Railway Inspectorate |
HN | Health Notice (DH) |
HNMR | High resolution nuclear magnetic resonance |
HO | Home Office |
HoOPs | Head of Operations |
HOTL | Heads of Testing Laboratories Working Group of the EEC |
HPD | * Health Policy Division now Health Directorate |
HPD | Hearing protection devices |
HPLC | High performance liquid chromatography |
HPM | Hazardous production materials |
HPTLC | High performance thin layer chromatography |
HPV | High production volume |
HRD | * Human Resource Development |
HRM | * Human Resource Management |
HRMB | * Human Resource Management Branch |
HRR | Health Risk Review |
HRSC | Human resources service centre |
HRU | * Human Resources Unit |
HSA | Hazardous Substances Authority |
HSA | Health and Safety Adviser |
HSA | Health and Safety Authority (Republic of Ireland) |
HSAC | * Health Services Advisory Committee |
HSAM | * Health and Safety Administrative Minute |
HSAM(GAP) | * Health and Safety Administrative Minute (General Administrative Procedures) |
HSAM(INF) | * Health and Safety Administrative Minute (Information) |
HSAM(PM) | * Health and Safety Administrative Minute (Personnel Management) |
HSAO | Health and Safety Awareness Officer |
HSC | * Health and Safety Commission |
HSCER | Health and Safety (Consultation with Employers) Regulations |
HSE | * Health and Safety Executive |
HS(EA) Regs | * The Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1977 |
HSE(M) | * HSE Electrical Equipment Certification and Approvals Authority (Mining) |
HSELINE | * HSE Information Services publicly available computerised database of bibliographic references on health and safety at work. Also available on OSHROM |
HSEM | * Health and Safety Executive Minute |
HSENI | Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland |
HSG | Health and Safety Guidance Booklet |
HS(G) | * Health and Safety (Guidance) (Booklet) |
HSK | Hauptabteilung fuer die Sicherheit der Kernanlagen Bundesamt fuer Energiewirtschaft (Switzerland) |
HSL | * Health and Safety Laboratory |
HSO | Higher Scientific Officer |
HSPL | Health and Safety Policy Liaison (Department of Environment) |
HS(R) | * Health and Safety (Regulations) (Booklet) |
HST | High Speed Train |
HSW Act | Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 |
HSWA | Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
HT | Hazard type |
HT | High tension (electrical) |
HTLV(III) | Human T-cell lymphotropic virus |
HTML | Hypertext mark up language |
HTR | High temperature reactor |
HV | High voltage |
HVAC | Heating, ventilating and air conditioning |
HVCA | Heating and Ventilation Contractors Association |
HWE | Healthy Worker Effect |
HWI | Hazardous Waste Inspectorate (DoE) |
Hz | Hertz |
HzSC | Hazardous Substances Consent |
IAC * | Industry Advisory Committee |
IADC | International Association of Drilling Contractors |
IAES | International Academy of Environmental Safety |
IALI | International Association of Labour Inspection |
IAM | Institute of Advanced Motorists |
IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO) |
IAS * | Information and Advisory Services |
IB | International Branch (part of Policy Unit) |
IBN | Institut Belge de Normalisation (Belgium) |
ICANN | International Cooperation for Assigned Names and Numbers |
ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
ICAP | International Code Assessment and Applications Programme |
ICC | International Chamber of Commerce |
ICE | Institute of Chartered Engineers |
ICES | Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors |
ICFMH | International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene |
ICNIRP | International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection |
ICOEH | International Commission for Occupational and Environmental Health |
ICOH | International Commission on Occupational Health (Singapore) |
ICOMH | International Committee on Occupational Mental Health |
ICONE | Index Comparatif des Normes Europeenes (comparative index of European Standards) |
ICPEMC | International Commission for Protection Against Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens |
ICRP | International Commission on Radiological Protection |
ICRU | International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements |
ICS | International Classification for Standards |
ICS | Investors Compensation Scheme |
ICSCA | Industry Co-operation on Standards and Conformity Assessment |
ID | Infectious dose |
ID | Internal diameter |
IDCAFS | Inter-departmental Committee on Animal Feeding Stuffs |
IDE | Institute of Demolition Engineers |
IDEA | Improvement and Development Agency |
IDLH | Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health |
IEA | International Energy Agency (OECD) |
IEB * | International and Environment Branch now International Section |
IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
IECC | Integrated Electronic Control Centre |
IECEE | International Electrotechnical Commission’s Certification Scheme |
IEE | The Institution of Electrical Engineers |
IEIC | Independent Engineering Insurers’ Committee |
IER | Institute of Employment Research now Institute of Employment Studies |
IES | Institute for Employment Studies |
IFAN | International Federation for the Application of Standards |
IG | Immunoglobulin |
IG * | Industry Group |
IGUS | International Group for Unstable Substances (OECD) |
IHAC | Industrial Health Advisory Committee |
IHSSF | International Healthcare Safety and Security Foundation |
IIAC | Industrial Injuries Advisory Council |
IiP | Investors in People |
IIRSM | International Institute of Risk and Safety Management |
ILA | Individual learning account |
ILAC | International Laboratory Accreditation Scheme |
ILB | Industry Lead Body |
ILE | Institution of Lighting Engineers |
ILGRA | Interdepartmental Liaison Group on Risk Assessment |
ILMS * | Integrated Library Management System |
ILO | International Labour Organisation |
ILO * | Information Liaison Officer |
ILS | Industrial Law Society |
ILT | Industrial Language Training |
ILV | Indicative Limit Value (now known as IOELVs – Indicative Occupational Exposure Limit Values |
ILW | Intermediate level waste |
ILWS | Inductive loop warning system |
IM * | Information Manager |
IMDG | International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code |
IMECHE | Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
IMO | International Maritime Organization (was IMCO) |
IMS | Industrial methylated spirit |
IMT | Inspection Management Team |
IMU | Information Management Unit |
IMW | Institute of Wastes Management (Northampton) |
IN | Improvement Notice |
IN | Issue Note |
INCOTERMS | International rules for interpretation of terms frequently used in foreign trade contracts |
INDG | Industry Guidance |
IND(G) | Industry Guidance |
INFCO | Standing Committee for the Study of Scientific and Technical Information on Standardization (ISO) |
INFOTERRA | International Referral System for Sources of Environmental Information (UN) |
INIEX | Institut National des Industries Extractives (Belgium) |
INIS | International Nuclear Information Service (IAEA) |
INM | Institute of Naval Medicine (Royal Navy) |
INPACT | Institut pour l’Amelioration des Conditions de Travail (France) |
INPO | Institute of Nuclear Power Operations |
INRS | Institut National de Recherche et de Securite (France) |
INSEAD | Institut Europeen d’Administration des Affaires |
INSHT | Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo (Spain) |
INTERTANKO | International Association of Independent Tanker Owners |
INTEREP * | HSE and Information Services’ computerised database of bibliographic references to confidential and unpublished documents on health and safety at work. Restricted to HSE staff |
INTEREX * | HSE Information Services computerised database of exchange agreements with organisations in the UK and abroad |
IO | Inspecting Officer (of Railways) |
IOD | Institute of Directors |
IOELV | Indicative Occupational Exposure Limit Value |
IOH | Institute of Occupational Health (University of Birmingham) |
IOH | Institution of Occupational Hygienists |
IOHA | International Occupational Hygiene Association |
IOM | Institute of Occupational Medicine (Edinburgh) |
IOMC | Interorganisation Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals |
IOSH | Institution of Occupational Safety and Health |
IP | Injured person |
IP | Institute of Physics |
IPA | Isopropyl alcohol |
IPC | Integrated pollution control |
IPG * | Information Planning Group |
IPLA | HM Inspectorate of Pollution/LA Enforcement Liaison Committee |
IPMS | Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists |
IPPC | Integrated pollution prevention and control |
IPPR | Institute for Public Policy Research |
IPR | Integrated pollution regulation |
IPS | Integrated Protection System |
IPT | Insurance Premium Tax |
IQS | Institute of Quantity Surveyors |
IR | Infra red |
IR | Ionising radiation |
IRAM | Instituto Argentino de Racionalizacion de Materiales (Argentina) |
IRIS | Integrated Risk Information System (USA) |
IRLR | Industrial Relations Law Report |
IRM | Inspection repair and maintenance (Offshore) |
IRM | Institute of Risk Management |
IRO | Integrated Regional Offices |
IRP | Institute of Radiation Protection |
IRP | Intellectual Property Rights |
IRPA | International Radiation Protection Association |
IRPTC | International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (UN) |
IRR | Ionising Radiations Regulations |
IRRG | Ionising Radiations Research Group |
IRRV | Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation |
IR(SS) Regs | Ionising Radiations (Sealed Sources) Regulations |
IR(URS) Regs | Ionising Radiations (Unsealed Radioactive Substances) Regulations |
IS * | Information Services |
IS * | Information Specialist |
IS | Intrinsic safety |
IS | Intrinsically safe |
ISBN | International Standard Book Number(ing) |
ISCA | International Standards Steering Committee for Consumer Affairs |
ISEC | Information Strategy Executive Committee |
ISGOTT | International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and Terminals |
ISI | In-service inspection |
ISIC | International standard industrial classification |
ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
ISP | International Standard Problem |
ISRS | International Safety Rating System |
ISSA | International Social Security Association |
ISSG | Information Strategy Steering Group |
ISTR | Institute of Safety in Technology and Research |
ISVR | Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (Southampton) |
IT | Industrial Tribunal |
IT | Information technology |
ITB | Industry Training Board |
ITB | Insurance Technical Bureau |
ITSA | Independent Tank Storage Association |
ITSI | Information Technology Standards Institute |
IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
IWEM | Institution of Water and Environmental Management |
IWM | Institute of Wastes Management |
IZ | Inner zone |
JAC | Joint Advisory Committee |
JACR | Joint Advisory Committee Report |
JDI | Joint Declaration of Intent |
JDS | Joint Disciplinary Scheme |
JEA | Japan Electric Association |
JEC | Japanese Electrotechnical Committee |
JFRO | Joint Fire Research Organisation |
JIB | Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry |
JIC | Joint Industrial Council |
JIG | Job Interview Guarantee |
JIS | Japanese Standard Association |
JISC | Japanese Industrial Standards Committee |
JISC | Joint Industry Safety Committee |
JML | Japanese Ministry of Labour |
JNC | Joint National Committee (IPMS, FDA, SCS) |
JOCE | Journal Officiel des Communautes Europeennes |
JRC | Joint Research Centre (EURATOM) |
JSC | Joint Standing Committee |
JSCR | Joint Standing Committee Report |
JWG | Joint Working Group |
JWP | Joint Working Party |
KAN | Kommission Arbeitsschutz und Normung |
KHF | Know How Fund |
KIT | Keep in touch |
KTA | Kerntecnischer Ausschuss |
KWU | Kraftwerk Union |
LA | Local authority |
LAA | Laboratory animal allergy |
LAA | Local Authority Associations |
LAAPS | Local Authority Accident Prevention and Safety Services |
LAC | Local Authority Circular |
LACOTS | Local Authority Committee on Trading Standards |
LADD | Lifetime average daily dose |
LASER | Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation |
LASP | Local Authorities Strategic Programme |
LASS | Leisure Accident Surveillance System |
LAU | Local Authority Unit |
LAUTRO | Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Office |
LBA | London Boroughs Association |
LBCNC | Land Based Colleges National Consortium |
LBRO | Local better regulation office |
LC * | Licence condition |
LCDP | Local career development panels |
LCIE | Laboratoire Central des Industries Electriques (France) |
LCLo | Lethal concentration low |
LCRG | Local Career Review Group |
LC5O | Lethal concentration 50 |
LD | Land Division |
LDA | Linear photodiode array |
LDG | List of dangerous goods |
LDLo | Lethal dose low |
LD50 | Lethal dose fifty |
LEA | Local Enterprise Agency |
LEL | Lower explosive limit |
LEL | Lower exposure limit |
LEQ | Equivalent continuous sound level |
LEQ(8)hr | Equivalent Continuous Sound Level (normalised to 8 hours) |
LEV | Local exhaust ventilation |
LFDCA | London Fire and Civil Defence Authority |
LFL | Lower flammability limit |
LFS | Labour Force Survey |
LGA | Local Government Association |
LGSC | Landlord’s gas safety certificate |
LGTF | Local Government Task Force |
LIF | Laser induced fluorescence |
LIF | Lighting Industry Federation |
LIFFE | London International Financial and Futures Exchange |
LIMS | Laboratory Information Management Systems |
LIS * | Library and Information Services, now Information Services |
LITTS | Large Inventory Top Tier Site(s) |
LLC * | Local Liaison Committee |
LLMI | Local Labour Market Intelligence |
LLP | Limited Liability Partnerships |
LMFBR | Liquid metal fast breeder reactor |
LMS | Labour Market System (employment data) |
LNG | Liquefied natural gas |
LOCA | Loss of coolant accident |
LOCAE | List of Classified and Authorised Explosives |
LOD | Limit of Detection |
LOEL | Lowest Observed Effect Level |
LOFT | Loss of Fluid Test Programme (OECD) |
LOLER | Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations |
LOPP | Large Organisations Pilot Project |
LOQ | Limit of Quantitation |
LOX | Liquid oxygen |
LP | Liquefied petroleum |
LP | Low pressure |
LPA | Local Planning Authority |
LPC | Loss Prevention Council |
LPG | Liquefied petroleum gas |
LPGA | Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association |
LPGITA | Liquefied Petroleum Gas Industry Technical Association |
LREC | Local Research Ethics Committee |
LRT | Light rapid transit |
LRV | Light rail vehicle |
LSEV | Laboratoire des Substances Explosives de Vemeuil |
LSS | Load scaling sensitivity |
LTA | Lost time accident |
LTI | Lost time incident |
LTSRs | Long Term Safety Reviews |
LUL | London Underground Limited |
LV | Low voltage |
LV | Low volume |
LVD | Low voltage directive |
LWC | Local Whitley Committee |
LWR | Light water reactor |
LWRA | London Waste Regulation Authority |
M & E | Mechanical and Electrical |
MAC | Maximum Acceptable Concentration or Maximum Allowable Concentration |
MACE | Multipurpose Automatic Control Equipment |
MAFF * | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
MAFS | Management Arrangements Feasibility Study (in FOD) |
MAG | Metal active gas |
MAG | Metal arc gas |
MAGNET | Minority Action Group Network |
MAIB | Marine Accident Investigation Branch |
MAK | Maximale Arbeitsplatzkonzentration(en) German |
MAPP | Major Accident Prevention Policy |
MAR | Management and Administration |
MARCODE* | Database of Investigated Accidents (originally Marches Code) |
MAS | (Civil Service) Medical Advisory Service, now Occupational Health and Safety Agency Ltd. |
MaTSU | Marine Technology Support Unit |
MAUK | Mining Association of the UK |
MAWP | Maximum Allowable Working Pressure |
MB | Management Board |
MbO | Management by Objective(s) |
MbOCA | 4,4’Methylene-bis-(2-chloroaniline) |
MCA | Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
MCB | Manually controlled barrier (crossings) |
MCCS | Microclimate cooling system |
MCG | Major Contractors Group |
MCI | Management Charter Initiative |
MCS | Microclimate cooling system |
MCS | Mining Certification Service (See HSE (M)) |
MDHS | Methods for the Determination of Hazardous Substances |
MDI | Diphenylmethane diisocyanate |
MDI | Methyl diphenylene diisocyanate |
MDTSA | Methods for the Detection of Toxic Substances in Air |
ME | Myalgic encephalomyelitis |
MECS * | Mining Equipment Certification Service (part of BASEEFA) |
MEK | Methyl ethyl ketone |
MEL * | Maximum Exposure Limit |
MEPC | Marine Environment Protection Committee |
MESG | Maximum experimental safe gap |
MeV | Million electron volts or mega electron volts |
MEWP | Mobile elevating work platform |
MFCI | Molten Fuel Coolant Interaction |
MH | Major hazards |
MHAU * | Major Hazards Assessment Unit |
MHIDAS | Major Hazards Incident Data Service. Database available on OSHROM |
MHLWP | Major Hazards Legislation Working Party |
MHSP | Major hazards strategic programme |
MHSWR | Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations |
(HM) MI | Mines Inspectorate |
MI | Mandatory Investigation |
MI | Myocardial infarction |
MIC | Methyl isocyanate |
MIC | Minimum ignition current |
MIC | Mining Industry Committee |
MIDAS | Machine information display and automation system |
MIE | Minimum ignition energy |
MIG | Metal inert gas |
MIGE | Missile impact and gaseous explosions |
MIIB | Major incident investigation board |
MINOS | Mine Operating System |
MIPG | Major incident progess group |
MIPS | Median Index of Public Sector Tender Prices |
MIRWMS | Merseyside Ionising Radiation Warning and Monitoring System |
MIS | Management Information Systems |
MIS | Manufacturers, importers and suppliers |
MISHAP | Model for the Estimation of Individual Societal Risk from the Hazards of Pipelines |
MLH | Minimum List Heading (of the Standard Industrial Classification) |
MMMA | Metalforming Machinery Makers’ Association |
MMMF | Man-made mineral fibre |
MMWR | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (USA) |
MND | Motorneuron(e) disease |
MNE | Multinational enterprise |
MOCA | 4,4′ Methylene-bis-(2-chloroaniline) |
MOD | Ministry of Defence |
MOD(AD) | Ministry of Defence (Army Dept) |
MOD(AFD) | Ministry of Defence (Air Force Dept) |
MOD(N) | Ministry of Defence (Naval Dept) |
MOD(PE) | Ministry of Defence (Procurement Executive) |
MOR | Mortality Odds Ratio |
MOTO | Memorandum of Terms of Occupancy |
MoU | Memorandum of Understanding |
MPC | Maximum Permissible Concentrations |
MPC | Monetary Policy Committee |
MPE | Maximum Permissible Exposure |
MPO | Management and Personnel Office |
MQ * | Mines and Quarries |
MQB * | Mining Qualifications Board |
(HM) MQI * | (HM) Mines and Quarries Inspectorate now Mines Inspectorate |
MR | Mandatory Reporting |
MRA | Mutual Recognition Agreement |
MRDE | Mining Research and Development Establishment (now Coal Research Establishment) |
MREC | Multicentre Research Ethics Committee |
MRL | Maximum Residue Limit |
MS | Manuscript |
MS | Mass spectrometry |
MS | Member State (of European Union) |
MSC | Maritime Safety Commission |
MSD | Musculoskeletal disorder |
MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet(s) |
MSER | Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations |
MSF | Manufacturing Science Finance Union |
MSHC | Mines Safety and Health Commission (sometimes used instead of SHCMOEI) |
MSIV | Main steam isolating valve |
MSLB | Main steam line break |
MT | Management Trainee |
MTD | Marine Technology Directorate |
MTIRA | Machine Tool Industry Research Association (now AMTRI) |
MU | Multiple Unit (train) |
MVA | Market value added |
MVBR | Motor vehicle body repair |
MVR | Motor vehicle repair |
MW | Microwave |
MWF | Metalworking fluid(s) |
MWL | Miniature warning light |
MZ | Middle zone |
NAAFI | Navy, Army, Air Force Institute |
NAC | National Agricultural Centre |
NACB | National Accreditation of Certification Bodies |
NADOR | Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations |
NAFE | Non-advanced further education |
NAFLIC | National Association for Leisure Industry Certification |
NAIR | National Arrangements for Incidents involving Radioactivity |
NAM | National Account Managers |
NAO | National Audit Office |
NAPP * | Non-Agricultural Pesticides Panel |
NAPS | Nationwide Association of Preserving Specialists |
NARM | Naturally occurring and accelerator produced radioactive material |
NASC | National Association of Scaffolding Contractors |
NATLAS | National Testing Laboratory Accreditation Scheme |
NATM | New Austrian Tunnelling Method |
NAWDC | National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors |
NCB | National Coal Board, now British Coal Corporation |
NCEC | National Chemical Emergency Centre |
NCF | National Contractors Federation |
NCIS | National Criminal Intelligence Service |
NCSIIB | National Certification Scheme for Inservice Inspection Bodies |
NCVQ | National Council for Vocational Qualifications |
NDLB | National Dock Labour Board |
NDPB | Non Departmental Public Body |
NDT | Non-destructive testing |
NE | Nuclear Electric |
NEA | Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD) |
NEB | Nuclear Energy Board of Ireland, Dublin |
NEBOSH | National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health |
NEBR | Nuclear Emergency Briefing Room |
NEBROSH | National Examination Board in Risk, Occupational Safety and Health |
NEC | National Executive Committee |
NEC | Net Explosives Content |
NEC | Network Emergency Co-ordinator |
NEDB | National Exposure Data Base |
NEMKO | Norges Elektriske Materiellkontroll (Norway) |
NEPLG | Nuclear Emergency Planning Liaison Group |
NESC | Network for Evaluating Steel Components |
NES | Not Elsewhere Specified |
NFB | National Federation of Builders |
NFCI | National Federation of Clay Industries |
NFDC | National Federation of Demolition Contractors |
NFRC | National Federation of Roofing Contractors |
NGL | Natural gas liquid(s) |
NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
NHBC | National House Building Council |
NI | Nominated Inspector |
NI | Northern Ireland |
NIAOA | National Insurance Agency Against Occupational Accidents (Italy) |
NICE | National Institute for Clinical Excellence |
NIDA | National Institute on Drug Abuse (USA) |
NIEHS | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
NIG * | National Interest Group |
NIGM * | National Interest Group Minute |
NIH | National Institutes of Health (USA) |
NIHHS | Notification of Installations Handling Hazardous Substances Regulations |
NIHL | Noise induced hearing loss |
(HM) NII * | (HM) Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (operational arm of the Nuclear Safety Directorate, Health and Safety Executive) |
NIMEXE | Harmonised nomenclature for foreign trade statistics of the EEC |
NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (USA) |
NIOSHTIC | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health database, available on OSHROM |
NIR | Non-ionising radiation |
NIR | Northern Ireland Railway |
NIREX | Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA) |
NJUG | National Joint Utilities Group |
NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
NNC | National Nuclear Corporation |
NNI | Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut (Netherlands) |
NOAEL | No Observed Adverse Effect Level |
NOES | National Occupational Exposure Survey (U.S.A.) |
NONS | Notification of New Substances Regulations |
NPF | Nominal protection factor |
NPTC | National Proficiency Tests Council |
NRA | National Rivers Authority |
NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USA) |
NRG * | National Responsibility Group now National Interest Group |
NRPB | National Radiological Protection Board |
NRT | National Responsibility Team |
NSCC | National Specialist Contractors Council |
NSD * | Nuclear Safety Directorate, Health and Safety Executive |
NSF | Norges Standardiseringsforbund (Norway) |
NSRMU | Nuclear Safety Research Management Unit |
NSRSG | Nuclear Safety Research Steering Group |
NSSF | National Standardisation Strategic Framework |
NSSS | Nuclear steam supply system |
NTI | New Training Initiative |
NTIS | National Technical Information Service (USA) |
NTP | Normal temperature and pressure |
NTP | National Toxicology Program (USA) |
NTSB | National Transportation Safety Board (USA) |
NUI | Normally Unattended Installation |
NUREG | US Nuclear Regulatory Commission publication |
NUSAC | Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee |
NVLAP | National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (US) |
NVQ | National Vocational Qualification |
OAC | Operational analysis and control model |
OB * | Operations Branch. OSD |
Obs | Obsolete/Obsolescent |
OBST | Operational Business Systems Team |
OC | Open crossing |
OC * | Operational Circular |
OCB | Offshore Certification Bureau |
OCD | Occupational cerviobrachial disorder |
OCMI | Organisation cultural maturity index |
OCR | Opportunity Cost Rent |
OCR 1322 Scheme | Management of health and safety and welfare for small and medium sized businesses in the construction industry |
OCT | Overseas Countries and Territories |
OD | Organisation(al) Development |
ODA | Olympic Delivery Authority |
OECD-IGUS | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development – International Group of Experts on the Explosion Risks of Unstable Substances |
OEL | Occupational exposure limit |
OES * | Occupational exposure standard |
OfGAS | Office of Gas Supply |
OFGEM | Office of Gas and Electricity Markets |
OFTEL | Office of Telecommunications |
OFWAT | Office of Water Services |
OG | Operations Group |
OGC | Office of Government Commerce |
OGD | Other Government Departments |
OGU | Open Government Unit |
OH | Occupational health |
OHAC * | Occupational Health Advisory Committee |
OHASP | Occupational Health and Safety Practitioner |
OHEU * | Occupational Health and Environment Unit |
OHP | Overhead projector |
OHS | (Civil Service) Occupational Health Service |
OHSLB | Occupational Health and Safety Lead Body |
OIAC * | Oil Industry Advisory Committee |
OIE | Office International des Epizooties |
OILM | International Organization of Legal Metrology |
OIML | International Organization of Legal Metrology |
OIM | Offshore Installations Manager |
OITAF | International Organization for Transportation by Rope |
OJ | Official Journal (of the European Communities) |
OJEC | Official Journal of the European Communities |
OLC | Occupation level crossing |
OLC | Open level crossing |
OLE | Object linking and embedding |
OM | Operations Manager |
OM * | Operational Minute |
OMCS | Office of the Minister for the Civil Service |
OME | Ontario Ministry of Environment |
OMF * | Operations Managers Forum |
OMHL * | Occupational Medicine and Hygiene Laboratory |
OMT | Operations management team |
OOPEC | Office for Official Publications of the European Communities |
OP | Occasional Paper |
OP | Organophosphate/Organophosphorus |
OPA * | Output and Performance Analysis |
OPIP | Operational Process Improvement Project |
OPM | Output and Performance Measures |
OPO | One Person Operated |
OPSD | Operational Support and Policy Division |
OPSS | Office of Public Service and Science |
ORR | Office of the Rail Regulator |
OSC | Off-Site Centre |
OSC | Operational Safety Case |
OSD * | Offshore Safety Division |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (USA) |
OSHCD | Occupational Safety and Health Compact Disc |
OSHIG | Occupational Safety and Health Information Group |
OSHLB | Occupational Safety and Health Lead Body |
OSHRC | Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (USA) |
OSHROM | Occupational Safety and Health (Compact Disc) Read Only Memory. Contains NIOSHTIC, CISDOC, HSELINE, MHIDAS databases |
OSIRIS | Optical scattering instantaneous respirable dust indication system |
OSRP Act | Offices Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 |
OSRPA | Offices Shops and Railway Premises Act |
OST | Office of Science and Technology |
OSU PIGI | Operational Support Unit’s Procedures, Instructions, Guidance, Information |
OSZHD | Organisation for the Collaboration of Railways (E. Europe) |
OTAR | Overseas Tariffs and Regulations |
OTSB | Offshore Safety and Technology Board |
OTSU | Open Tech Support Unit |
OU | Operations Unit |
OVC | Occupational Violent Crime |
OZ | Outer Zone |
P & I | Piping and Instrumentation (diagram) |
P & T | Professional and Technology Category |
Pa | Pascal (S.I. unit of pressure) |
PA | Planning authority |
PA | Put away (on registered files) |
PABIAC * | Paper and Board Industry Advisory Committee |
PACA | Preventing Accidents to Children in Agriculture |
PADHI | Planning Advice for Developments near Hazardous Installations |
PAG * | Programme Action Group (of Securing Health Together) |
PAH | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
PAIT | Post-Acceptance Inspection Topic |
PANs | Personnel Advice Notes |
PASC | Pacific Area Standards Congress |
PAT | Proficiency Analytical Testing |
PATRAM | Packaging and Transport of Radioactive Materials |
PBB | Polybrominated biphenyl |
PBN | Permanent Background Notices |
PBZ | Personal breathing zone |
PC | Personal computer |
P(C)A | Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 |
PCA | Public Contractors Association |
PCAH | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
PCAW | Public Concern at Work |
PCB | Polychlorinated biphenyl |
PCBP’s | Polychlorinated biphenylenes |
PCIAOH | Permanent Commission and International Association on Occupational Health |
PCM | Phase contrast microscopy |
PCM | Plutonium contaminated material |
PCS | Public and Commercial Services Union |
PCSPS | Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme |
PCSR | Pre-construction safety report |
Pct | Polychlorinated Triphenyls |
PD | Promotion dossier |
PDO | Personal Development Objectives |
PDS | Professional Development Scheme |
PE | Photo-electric |
PEC | Packaging of Explosives for Carriage Regulations |
PEFD * | Planning Efficiency and Finance Division |
PEGS | Pesticide Exposure Group of Sufferers |
PEL | Permissible Exposure Limit (U.S. Dept. of Labour) |
PER | Professional and Executive Recruitment |
PERU | Pay and Employee Relations Unit |
PES | Programmable electronic systems |
PES | Public expenditure survey |
PF | Personal file |
PF | Procurator Fiscal |
PFA | Pulverised fuel ash |
PFD | Primary flash distillate |
PFEER | Prevention of Fire Explosion and Emergency Response Regulations |
PFP | Process fire precautions |
PGI | Protected geographical indication |
PGR | Road Transport (Carriage of Dangerous Goods in Packages etc) Regulations |
PH | Property holdings |
PH | Public Health |
PHELA | Pesticides HSE/LA Enforcement Liaison Committee |
PHO | Public Health Officer |
PHIPCO | Public Health and Industrial Pesticides Council |
PHSA | Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 |
PI * | Principal Inspector |
PIA | Professional Investment Authority |
PIAC * | Printing Industry Advisory Committee |
PIACT | International Programme for the Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment (ILO) |
PIAP | Pesticides Incidents Appraisal Panel |
PICOP | Person in Charge of Possession (trains) |
PICOW | Person in Charge of Works (Railways) |
PID | Project iInitiation document |
PIHS | Preliminary industrial hygiene survey |
PII | Professional indemnity insurance |
PILON | Payments in lieu of notice |
PIN | Publication Information Notice |
PIO | Principal Inspecting Officers (of Railways) |
PIPI | Pipelines Inspectorate |
PIRER | Public Information for Radiation Emergencies Regulations |
PISC | Programme for the Inspection of Steel Components |
PIZ | Public Information Zone |
PLACO | Planning Committee (ISO) |
PLC | Public Level Crossing |
PLC | Programmable logic circuits |
PLC | Programmable logic controller |
PLTB | Programmed learning text book |
PM | Permanent Manuals |
PMA | Paintmakers Association (of Great Britain) |
PMDA | Plastics Machinery Distributors’ Association |
PMF | Progressive massive fibrosis |
PMR | Proportional mortality ratios |
PMS | Paint mixing system(s) |
PN | Prohibition notice |
PO | Private Office |
POCO | Post Operational Cleanout (Nuclear) |
POHL | Principal Officer Health Liaison |
POMSTER | Placing on the Market and Supervision of Transfers of Explosives Regulations |
POOSH | Professional Organisations in Occupational Health and Safety |
POPMAR | Policy, organising, planning and implementing, measuring, auditing and reviewing |
POPUMET | Protection of Persons undergoing Medical Examinations or Treatment |
PORV | Power-operated relief valve |
POSH | Policies for Strategy on Health |
POSR | Pre-operation Safety Review |
PoW | Plan of Work |
PP Regs | Power Presses Regulations |
PPE | Personal protective equipment |
PPEB | Policy Projects and Environment Branch, part of Policy Unit |
PPHSLC | Plastics Processing Health and Safety Liaison Committee |
ppm | Parts per million |
PPM | Process and production method |
PPMA | Petrol Pump Manufacturers Association |
PPTO | Principal Professional and Technology Officer |
PQ | Parliamentary Question |
PR & D | Public Research and Development |
PRA | Paint Research Association |
PRA | Probabilistic risk analysis |
PRA | Probabilistic risk assessment |
PRAM | Pipeline risk assessment method |
prEN | project EN |
PRI | Plastics and Rubber Institute |
PRINCE | Projects Via Controlled Environment |
PRISM | Personnel Record Information Systems for Management |
PRS * | Pesticides Registration Section |
PRS | Property Repayment Scheme |
PRU | Pay Research Unit |
PRV | Pressure relief valve |
PS | Personal Secretary |
PSA | Probabilistic safety analysis |
PSA | Public Service Agreements |
PSAR | Preliminary safety analsysis report |
PSB | Professional Staffs Branch |
PSC | Port State Control |
PSDU * | Personnel Services Delivery Unit |
PSGB | Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain |
Psaf | Particle size distribution function |
psi | Pounds per square inch |
PSI | Principal Specialist Inspector |
PSO | Principal Scientific Officer |
PSO | Professional Standards Office |
PSR | Pipelines Safety Regulations |
PSPS | Pesticides Safety Precautions Scheme |
PSSR | Pressure Systems Safety Regulations |
PST | Professional, Scientific and Technical |
PSV | Planned Special Visit |
PTB | Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt |
PTF | Petroleum Training Federation |
PTFE | Polytetrafluoroethylene |
PTO | Professional and Technology Officer |
PTOM | Pays et territoires d’outre-mer |
PTW | Permit to work |
PU * | Planning Unit, part of Resources and Planning Directorate |
PU | Policy Unit |
PU | Polyurethane |
PU | Public utility |
PUF | Polyurethane foam |
PURPOSES | Purchase Management System |
PUSU * | Policy Unit Support unit |
PUWER | Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations |
PVC | Polyvinyl chloride |
PWP | Personal Work Plan |
PWR | Pressurised water reactor |
PWTAG | Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group |
QA | Quality assurance |
QAC | Quality Assurance Committee |
QBD | Queen’s Bench Division |
QC | Quality control |
QMS | Quality management systems |
QNFT | Quantitative fit testing |
QNIG | Quarries National Interest Group |
QPB | Quarterly Programme Board |
QRA | Quantified risk assessment |
QRG | Quarterly Return Group |
QSEs | Qualified scientists and engineers |
qv | quod vide (which see) |
R | Risk phrases (i.e. R40, R42) as defined by the Approved List of the CHIP Regulations |
R2P2 | Reducing Risks Protecting People |
R & D | Research and Development |
RAB | Resource Accounting and Budgeting |
RAC | Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (USA) |
RALG | Risk Assessment Liaison Group |
RALUCO | Radioactive luminous compound |
RAMG | Regulatory Assistance Management Group |
RAMRail | The Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations 1996 |
RAMRoad | The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Great Britain) Regulations 1996 |
RAPU * | Risk Assessment Policy Unit |
RAS | Recruitment and Assessment Services (Civil Service) |
RAS | Remote access service |
RASH | Rapid screening of hazard |
RASP * | Replacement Accounting System Project (New Accounting Computer System) |
RATs | Remote access terminals |
RAWS | Regional Administrative Works Study |
RCD | Residual current device |
RCEP | Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution |
RCH | Railway Clearing House |
RCO | Regulatory compliance officer |
RCP | Reactor coolant pump |
RCS | Reactor coolant system |
RCS | Royal Society of Chemistry |
RD | Regional Director |
RDMA | Regulatory decision making audit |
RDP | Registered disabled person |
REACH | Registration Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals |
REAT | Real ear attenuation at threshold |
REC | Research Ethics Committee |
REGS | Regulations |
REHIS | Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland |
REL | Recommended exposure limit |
REM | Roentgen Equivalent-Man |
REM | Rapid eye movement |
REMA | Regional Employment Medical Adviser |
REMCO | Committee on Reference Materials (ISO) |
REPAC | Regional Protection Advisory Committee |
REPPIR | Radiation (Emergency) Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations |
RESHORB | Racial Equality, Health and Safety and Overseas Recruitment Branch (in ED) now Health and Safety Policy Liaison |
RF | Radio frequency |
RFAC | Regional Fisheries Advisory Committee |
RFD | Rail freight distribution |
RFDC | Regional Flood Defence Committee |
RFMS | Radio frequency magnetron sputtering |
RHRS | Residual heat removal system |
RHS * | Revitalising Health and Safety |
RI * | Railway Inspectorate |
RIA | Regulatory Impact Assessment |
RIAC * | Railway Industry Advisory Committee |
RIAS | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland |
RIBA | Royal Institute of British Architects |
RICE | Regular interlaboratory counting exchange |
RICS | Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors |
RID | Reglements Internationales Relatif au Transport des Marchandises Dangereuses par Chemin de Fer |
RIDDOR | Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations |
RIIS | Research Institute of Industrial Safety (Japan) |
RIMNET | Radioactive Incident Monitoring Network |
RIP | Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act |
RIPA | Royal Institute of Public Administration |
RIS | Resource Information System |
RISKAT | Risk Assessment Tool |
RLO | Research Liaison Officer |
RLSD * | Research and Laboratory Services Division [see HSL] |
RMTD | Radioactive Materials Transport Division of the Department of Transport |
RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
RNE | Reseau National D’Essais. (France) |
RNES | Royal Naval Engineering Service |
RNIP | Regulatory Nuclear Interface Protocol |
RNSS | Royal Naval Scientific Service |
RO | Regional Office |
ROAMEF | Rationale, Objectives, Appraisal, Monitoring, Evaluation and Feedback |
ROGWU | Russian Oil, Gas and Construction Workers Union |
ROIT | Regional Office of Industrial Tribunals |
ROPS | Roll-over protection system |
RoR | Review of Regulation |
RoRo | Roll-on Roll-off vehicle ferry |
RoSPA | Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents |
ROSV | Remote operated solenoid valve |
RPA | Radiation Protection Adviser |
RPD * | Resources and Planning Directorate |
RPD (FAS) * | Resources and Planning Division (Financial and Accounting Section) |
RPE | Respiratory protective equipment |
RPS | Reactor protection system |
RPS * | Research Planning Section (of HSL) |
RPSGB | Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain |
RPV | Reactor pressure vessel |
RSA60 | Radioactive Substances Act 1960 |
RSC | Royal Society of Chemistry |
RSH | Royal Society for the Promotion of Health |
RSI | Repetitive strain injury |
RSLs | Registered Social Landlords |
RSM * | Regional Support Manager |
RSPA | Research and Special Programs Administration (USA) |
RSP | Relevant statutory provision |
RSP | Registered safety practitioner |
RSSG | Royal Society Study Group |
RSU * | Research Strategy Unit |
RTA | Road traffic accident |
RTD | Research Technology and Development Projects |
RTR | Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Road Tankers and Tank Containers) Regulations |
RUBIAC * | Rubber Industry Advisory Committee |
RUBSSO | Rossendale Union of Boot, Shoe and Slipper Operatives |
RWA | Regional Water Authority |
RWMAC | Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee |
S | Section |
S & C | Switches and crossings |
S & T | Signal and telecommunications |
S and LP | Safety and loss prevention |
SABE | Strategic Advisory Body on Environment |
SAC | Subject Advisory Committee |
SACA | Systemic accident cause analysis |
SAI | Safety appliance illustration |
SAM | Senior Admin Manager |
SAP | Safety assessment principles |
SAP | Safety assurance principles |
SAP | Social Action Programme |
SARA | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (U.S.A.) |
SASD | Strategy and Analytical Support Directorate |
SBS | Sick building syndrome |
SBTAF | Small Business Trade Association Forum |
SC | Safety case |
SC | Skillcentre |
SCANS * | Selective Current Awareness Newsheets produced by HSE Information Services on a variety of topics |
SCASUG | Safety Case Assessment System Users Group |
SCBA | Self contained breathing apparatus |
SCC | Safety Case Co-ordinator |
SCC * | Situations Co-ordination Centre |
SCC | Standards Council of Canada |
SCDO | Safety Case Distribution Officer |
SCE | Safety critical element |
SCE | Sister chromatid exchanges |
SCHAM | Safety Case Handling and Assessment Manual |
SCHELA | Standards of Compliance sub-committee of HELA |
SChIF * | Senior Chemical Inspector of Factories |
SCISAS | Size classifying isokinetic sequential aerosol sampler |
SCLE | Scottish Construction Licensing Executive |
SCMST | Safety Case Management Support Team |
SCOPE | Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU) |
SCOS | Scottish Chamber of Safety |
SCOSS | Standing Committee on Structural Safety |
SCR | Safety Case Regulations |
SCS | Safety Case (IT) Systems |
SCS | Society of Civil Servants |
SCSR | Self-contained self-rescuer (Mining) |
SCU | Survey Control Unit (of the Central Statistical Office) |
SDA | Service Delivery Agreement |
SDD | Scottish Development Department |
SDI * | Selective dissemination of information |
SDIA | Soap and Detergent Industries Association |
SDR | Special Drawing Rights |
SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
SECG | Specialist Engineering Contractors Group |
SEI | Safety Environment Institute (U.S.A.) |
SEL * | Safety Engineering Laboratory, now part of HSL |
SELECT | Electrical Contractors Association of Scotland |
SELV | Safety extra low voltage |
SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
SEMA * | Senior Employment Medical Adviser |
SEMKO | Svenska Electriska Materielkontrollanstalten (Sweden) |
SENA * | Senior Employment Nursing Adviser |
SEO | Senior Executive Officer |
SEO | Special Exemption Order |
SEPA | Scottish Environmental Protection Agency |
SEPD | Scottish Economic Planning Department |
SERDS | Single ended ranging drum shearer |
SES * | Safety and Enforcement Statistics |
SET | Science Engineering and Technology |
SEV | Schweizerischen Elektrotechnischen Vereins (Switzerland) |
SF | Subject File |
SFA | Securities and Futures Authority |
SFAIRP | So far as is reasonably practicable |
SFS | Finnish Standards Association |
SFS | Suomen Standardsoimisliitto (Finland) |
SG | Specialist Group |
SGD * | Strategy and General Division now Policy Unit |
SGGB | Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain |
SGHWR | Steam generating heavy water reactor |
SGMSEC | Scientific Group on methodologies for the safety evaluation of chemicals (WHO/ICSU) |
SH2 * | Securing Health Together |
SHAD | Safety Health and Awareness Day |
SHCMOEI | Safety and Health Commission for the Mining and Other Extractive Industries |
SHEG | Scottish Health Education Group |
SHELA | Statistics sub-committee of HELA |
SHIELD * | Safety and Health Information – Establishment Linked Data |
SI * | Specialist inspector |
SI | Statutory Instrument |
SI | Systeme Internationale |
SIB | Safety Information Bulletin (DH) |
SIB | Securities and Investment Board (succeeded by FSA) |
SIC | Standard Industrial Classification |
SIC | Statement of Internal Control |
SID | Specialised Industries Division |
SIESO | Society of Industrial Emergency Services Officers |
SIL | Safety integrity level |
SIMVIDOSE | Simultaneous Video Dose |
SIN | Substance Identification Number |
SIP | Site Inspection Programme |
SIPI | Scottish Industrial Pollution Inspectorate (see also HMIPIS) |
SIR * | Specialist Inspection Report |
SIRP | Society of Independent Roundabout Proprietors |
SIS | Standarisering Kommissionen i Sverige (Sweden) |
SIT | Spontaneous ignition temperature |
SITC | Standard International Trade Classification |
SITC(R) | Standard international trade classification (revised) |
SIT(R2) | Standard international trade classification (2nd revision) |
SITTS | Small Inventory Top Tier Site(s) |
SIU * | Strategy and Information Unit |
SLA | Service level agreement |
SLIC | Senior Labour Inspectors Committee |
SLIM | Simpler Legislation for Internal Markets |
SLM | Short Life Memorandum |
SLOD | Significant likelihood of death |
SLOT | Specified level of toxicity |
SM * | Sector Manager |
SMART | Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timebound |
SMDP | Senior Management Development Programme |
SME | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
SMIL | Statistics and market intelligence library (DTI) |
SMP * | Safety Management Prospectus |
SMR * | Senior Management Review |
SMR | Standardised morbidity ratio |
SMR | Standardised mortality ratio |
SMR | Stress MSD and Return 2 Work |
SMRAB * | Safety in Mines Research Advisory Board |
SMRE * | Safety in Mines Research Establishment |
SMS | Safety Management System |
SMSR | Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations |
SMSU * | Senior Management Support Unit |
SNHL | Sensory neural hearing loss |
SNUPPS | Standardised nuclear unit power plant system |
SNV | Association Suisse de Normalisation (Switzerland) |
SO | Scientific Officer |
SO * | Solicitor’s Office |
SOC | Standing Orders Committee |
SOEC | Statistical Office of the European Communities |
SOER | Scottish Office Emergency Room |
SOFA | Statement of Financial Activities (needed by Charities) |
SOFHT | Society of Food Hygiene Technology |
SOL * | Solicitor’s Office |
SOLAS | Safety of Life at Sea |
SOPs | Standard Operating Procedures |
SORP | Statement of Recommended Practice |
SOUP | Software of uncertain pedigree |
SPAD * | Signal passed at danger |
SPAID | Society for the Prevention of Asbestosis and Industrial Diseases |
SPATS | Senior Professional Administrative Training Scheme |
SPC | Semi-Permanent Circulars |
SPD * | Safety Policy Directorate |
SPF | Science Policy Foundation |
SPGU * | Strategy Policy and Guidance Unit |
SQL | Structured query language |
SRA | Strategic Rail Authority |
SRD | Safety and Reliability Directorate (AEA Technology) |
SRO | Statutory Regulation Order |
SRSC | Safety Representatives and Safety Committees |
SRI | Safety Related Instrumentation |
SRP | Society for Radiological Protection |
ss. | Sections |
SS | Staff Side |
SSAP | Statement of Standard Accounting Practice |
SSB * | Statistical Services Branch now Operations Unit |
SSC | Scientific sub-committee (of ACP) |
SSE | Safe Shutdown Earthquake |
SSERC | Scottish Schools Science Equipment Research Centre |
SSG | Scientific Staffs Group |
SSI | Solid state interlocking |
SSI * | Superintending Specialist Inspector |
SSMSU | Strategy and Senior Management Services Unit |
SSO | Senior Scientific Officer |
STA | Skills Training Agency (Employment Department) |
STABEX | Export earnings stabilisation scheme |
STACO | Standing Committee for the Study of Principles of Standardization (ISO) |
STAJ | Science and Technology Agency (Japan) |
STATAS | Structured Audit Techniques for Assessment of Safety Management |
STC | Scientific and Technical Committee (EC) |
STEL | Short term exposure limit |
STEP | Science and Technology for Employment Protection |
StEP | Strategic enabling programmes |
STP | Scientific and Technological Programme (EC) |
STRC | Scientific and Technical Research Committee (EC) |
STS | Soft tissue sarcoma |
SVHC | Substances of very high concern |
SWEF | Swedish Work Environment Fund (Sweden) |
SWIFT | Structured What-If Technique |
SWL | Safe working load |
SWO | Staff Welfare Officer |
SWORD | Surveillance of Work Related and Occupational Respiratory Disease |
SWP | Safe working pressure |
SYSPU | Systems Planning and Strategy Unit, part of Railway Inspectorate |
t | tonne(s) |
T | Toxic |
TA | Training Agency |
TA | Technical Adviser |
TA | Topic Assessor |
TACADE | Teachers Advisory Committee on Alcohol and Drug Education |
TAG | Technical Advisory Group |
TAM | Topic Assessment Manager |
TAR | Topic Assessment Record |
TBT Agreement | Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade |
TC | Tar Creosote |
TC | Track Circuit |
TCDD | Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin |
TCLo | Toxic Concentration Low |
TCPA | Town and Country Planning Act 1971 |
TCPSA | Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 |
TCSU | Technical Computing Services Unit |
TDGSA | Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) Regulations |
TDI | Toluene diisocyanate |
TDLo | Toxic dose low |
TDN | Technical Data Note now replaced by HSE Guidance Notes |
TDU | Toxic dose unit |
TEAM * | Technically evaluated advisory materials |
TEAP | Transportation Emergency Assistance Plan (Canada) |
TEC | Training and Enterprise Council (Training Agency) |
TELARC | Testing Laboratory Registration Council of New Zealand |
TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
TEXIAC * | Textiles Industry Advisory Committee |
TFPI | Tripartite Forum on Health and Safety in the Pharmaceutical Industry |
TGA | Thermogravimetric analysis |
TGIC | Triglycidyl Isocyanurate |
THELA | Training sub-committee of HELA |
TGWU | Transport and General Workers Union |
THORP | Thermal oxide reprocessing plant |
THSD * | Technology and Health Services Division, now Directorate of Science and Technology |
TIG | Tungsten Inert Gas |
TIL * | Technical Information Leaflet |
TIR | Transport International Routier |
TLI * | Training Liaison Inspector |
TLO * | Training Liaison Officer |
TLV | Threshold limit value |
TM | Testing memorandum |
TM * | Training Manager |
TM * | Typing Manager |
TMA | Trimellitic Anhydride |
TML | Trans Manche Link |
TMSG * | Technical, Medical and Science Group |
TNO | Organisatie voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek |
TNPG | The Nuclear Power Group |
TOC | Train Operating Company |
TOFD | Time-of-Flight-Diffraction (ultrasonic inspection) |
TOPS | Total Operations Processing System – British Rail |
TOR | Tolerability of Risk |
TORCH | Transferring Ownership Responsibility and Commitment for Hazard Control |
TP | Temporary Promotion |
TPC | Technical Progress Committee (EC) |
TPED | Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive |
TPR | Transportable Pressure Receptacles |
TQ | Total Quality |
TRC | Technology Reports Centre |
TRC | Textile Research Council |
TRC | The Radiochemical Centre Ltd. |
TRNS * | Technical rules, new series (issued by EECS) |
TSB | Technical Staffs Branch |
TSCA | Toxic Substances Control Act (USA) |
TSI | Technical Specifications for Interoperability |
TSWG | Track Safety Working Group |
TTO | Telecommunications Technical Officers |
TU * | Technology Unit. OSD |
TU | Trade Union |
TUC | Trades Union Congress |
THORP | Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant |
TUS | Trade Union Side |
TUTB | European Trade Union Technical Bureau for Health and Safety (Belgium) |
TVI | Tutored Video Instruction |
TW | Thames Water |
TWA | Time-Weighted Average |
TWI | Training Within Industry |
UA | Unit of Account |
UBA | Umweltbundesamt (Germany) |
UCATT | Union of Construction Allied Trade Technicians |
UCO | Use Classes Order |
UCSIP | Union des Chambres de l’Industrie du Petrole |
UDC | Universal Decimal Classification |
UDRP | Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy |
UDS | Unscheduled DNA synthesis |
UEL | Upper explosive limit |
UEL | Upper exposure limit |
UFL | Upper flammability limit |
UHS | Ultimate heat sink |
UILI | Union of International Independent Laboratories |
UKAEA | United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority |
UKAS | United Kingdom Accreditation Service |
UKCS | United Kingdom Continental Shelf |
UKHIS | United Kingdom Hazard Information System |
UKIBEC | United Kingdom Insurance Brokers’ European Committee |
UKMIS | United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations |
UKOOA | United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association |
UKPIA | United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association |
UKREP | United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the EC |
UL | Underwriters Laboratories (USA) |
ULV | Ultra Low Volume |
UNCETDG | United Nationals Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods |
UNCLOS | United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea |
UNCSTD | United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development |
UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
UNI | Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (Italy) |
UNICE | Union des Industries de la Communaute Europeenne |
UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organisation |
UNIG | Utilities National Interest Group |
UNM | Union de Normalisation de la Mecanique (France) |
UNSCEAR | United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation |
URENCO | Dutch/German/UK organisation for uranium enrichment |
USA | Universities Safety Association |
USAS | United States of America Standards Institute |
USNRC | United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
UTE | Union Technique de l’Electricite (France) |
UV | Ultra Violet |
UVCE | Unconfined vapour cloud explosion |
UVV | Unfallverhutungsvorschrift (Germany) |
UWC | User Worked Crossing |
UWED | Use of Work Equipment Directive (EC) |
V/A | Visual Aid |
VCE | Vapour Cloud Explosion |
VCM | Vinyl Chloride Monomer |
VCW | Voluntary Cessation of Work |
VDT | Visual Display Terminal |
VDU | Visual Display Unit |
VFM | Value for Money |
VHF | Viral haemorrhagic Fever |
VLCC | Very Large Crude Carrier |
VMD | Veterinary Medicines Directorate |
VNMS | Variable wall mining system |
VOC | Volatile Organic Compounds |
VPC | Veterinary Products Committee |
VPN | Virtual private network |
VSC | Voluntary Safety Cases |
VWF | Vibration white finger |
WA | Water Authority |
WAG | Welsh Assembly Government |
WASP * | Workplace Analysis Scheme for Proficiency |
WATCH * | Working Group for the Assessment of Toxic Chemicals (ACTS) |
WB | Wet bulb |
WBGT | Wet bulb globe temperature |
WBV | Whole body vibration |
WCDP | Widows’, Children’s and Dependents’ Pension |
WCL | World Confederation of Labour (Christian Democrat) |
WCM | Weekly Circular Minute |
WCO | Workplace Contact Officer |
WE | Work Experience |
WEC | Work of Engineering Construction |
WEG | Working Exposure Guidelines |
WG | Working group |
WGIR | Working Group on Ionising Radiations |
WHMIS | Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WIAS | West Indies Associated States |
WING | Work Injured Nurses Group |
WINTECH | Welsh Innovation and Technology |
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation |
WISH | Waste Industry Safety and Health (Forum) |
WLM | Working Levels per Month |
WMIA | Woodworking Machinery Importers’ Association |
WML | Wireless markup language |
WO | Welsh Office |
WP | Word Process(-ing/-or) |
WP | Working Party |
WP.6 | UN/ECE Working Party on Harmonization and Standardization Policies |
WP.29 | UN/ECE World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations |
WPA | White Paper Account |
WRA | Waste Regulation Authority |
WRRS | Work-Related Road Safety |
WRULD | Work related upper limb disorders |
WSA | Workers’ Safety Adviser |
WSC * | Warhead Safety Committee |
WSF | Wrong Side Failure (Railways) |
WSL | Warren Spring Laboratory |
WSO | World Safety Organisation (USA) |
WTO | World Trade Organization |
w/w | Weight for weight |
WWM Regs | The Woodworking Machines Regulations |
WWREA | Wire and Wire Rope Employers Association |
WWT | Working Well Together |
XBRL | Extensible Business Reporting Language |
XI | Irritant |
XML | Extensible markup language |
Xn | Harmful |
XPS | X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy |
XRD | X-ray diffraction |
XRF | X-ray fluorescence |
YP | Young Person |
YTS | Youth Training Scheme |