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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN HSEHEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SERVICES Sheffield, July 1998

This supersedes all earlier editions

INTRODUCTION

This is a compilation of acronyms and abbreviations commonly used within HSE. It is based on information gathered from all parts of HSE. Where possible we have verified the information from printed sources. Abbreviations readily available elsewhere, have not been included in this edition.

Previous editions of this publication have been restricted to HSE use only. However this edition and all subsequent editions will be disseminated to a wider audience via HSE's pages on the Internet. Information is arranged alphabetically. Those entries marked with an asterisk * relate directly to HSC/HSE. This publication is revised annually. New editions are usually available in July each year. Any HSE personnel requiring additional copies, please contact your site Information Centre or Information Liaison Officer. If you have any suggestions on ways we can improve this publication, we would like to hear from you. Please send your suggestions, including details of any new acronyms/abbreviations you think should be included, to: Manager Development Service The Health and Safety Executive Information Centre Health and Safety Laboratory Broad Lane SHEFFIELD S3 7HQ

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN HSEA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y

A

AA - Atomic Absorption

AA - Administrative Assistant (formerly Clerical Assistant)

AAA - Action on Alcohol Abuse

AACC - American Association for Contamination Control *

AAIAC - Adventure Activities Industry Advisory Committee

ABCA -Standards bodies of America, Britain, Canada and Australia

ABCB - Association of British Certification Bodies

ABCL - Automatic Barrier Crossing, locally monitored

ABNT - Associacao Brasileira de Normas (Brazil)

AC - Advisory Committee

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 *

ACGM - Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification

ACIO - Assistant ChiefInspecting Officer (of Railways)

ACL - Approved Carriage List

ACMD - Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

ACOP - Approved Code of Practice

ACOP - Advisory Committee on Pollution of the Sea

ACP - Advisory Committee on Pesticides

ACRE - Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment *

ACSNI - Advisory Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations

ACTRAM - Advisory Committee on the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials *

ACTS - Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances *

AD - Area Director now Operations Manager

AD - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Drukbehaelter (Germany)

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 *

AE Area Executive now Administration Manager

AEA AEA Technology PLC

AEC Administrative, Executive and Clerical

AECMA Association Europeenne des Constructeurs de Materiel Aerospatial

AEGM Association of Electronic Guard Manufacturers

AENOR Asociacion Espantola de Normalizacion Certificacion

AFCD Automatic Flue Closing Device

AFFF Aqueous Film Forming Foam

AFNOR Association Francaise de Normalisation

AFP Alphafetoprotein

AFRC Agricultural and Food Research Council

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 vAIC Active Instability Control

AIDII Associazone Italiana Degli Igienisti Industriali

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIFTA Anglo-Irish Free Trade Agreement vAIOSH Associate of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

AIR Association of Independent Railways

AIRMIC Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce

AIST Agency of Industrial Science and Technology

AIT Auto(geneous) Ignition Temperature

ALA Association of London Authorities

ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable

ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable

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)

AML Laboratory of Industrial Ergonomics (Sweden)

AMPS Association of Management and Professional Staff

AMTRI Advanced Manufacturing Technology Research Unit

ANC Association of Noise Consultants

ANFO Ammonium Nitrate/Fuel Oil

ANHMRC Australian National Health and Medical Research Council

ANPAT Association Nationale pour la Prevention des Accidents du Travail (Brussels)

ANSI American National Standards Institute *

AO Area Office now Regional Office

AO Administrative Officer (formerly Clerical Officer)

AOCL Automatic Open Crossing, locally monitored

AOCR Automatic Open Crossing, remotely monitored

AOCTs Associated Overseas Countries and Territories

AOTC Associated Offices Technical Committee *

APAU Accident Prevention Advisory Unit now Operations Unit

APBL Automatic Power Boom Lowering (system)

APE Aerosol Photoemission

APELL Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level

APG Administration Planning Group

API American Petroleum Institute

APPA American Public Power Association *

AQUA (Scheme for) Analytical Quality Assurance (in occupational hygiene)

AR Acoustic Reflex

ARC Accelerating Rate Calorimetry

ARCA Asbestos Removal Contractors Association

ARL Department of Community Services and Health Australian Radiation Laboratory

ARPS Association of Railway Preservation Societies

ARTPR Approved Regulations for Transportable Pressure Receptacles *

AS Agricultural Safety

ASAC Asian Standards Advisory Committee

ASEMA Asbestos Safety Equipment Manfacturer's Association

ASFPCM Association of Specialist Fire Protection Contractors and Manufacturers

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers

ASHW Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act 1956

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

ASQC American Society for Quality Control

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

AT Administrative Trainee

ATC Automatic Train Control

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

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y

B

BA Breathing Apparatus

BAA British Agrochemicals Association

BACo BASEEFA Advisory Council

BALPPA British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions

BAM Bundesanstalt fur Materialprufung

BAPE Benign Asbestos Pleural Effusion

BAS Basic Inspection *

BAS Building Advisory Service *

BASEEFA British Approvals Service for Electrical Equipment in Flammable Atmospheres

BAT Best Available Techniques

BAT Biological Tolerance Value

BATNEEC Best available techniques not entailing excessive cost

BAU Bundesanstalt fur Arbeitsschutz und Unfallforschung

BCC British Coal Corporation

BCECA British Chemical Engineering Contractors Association

BCF Bromochlorodifluoromethane

BCI Board of Chief Inspectors

BCMC British Cable Makers Confederation

BCME Bis Chloromethyl Ether

BCMF British Ceramic Manufacturers' Federation

BCRU British Committee on Radiological Units

BELS Biological Exposure Limits

BERBOH British Examining and Registration Board in Occupational Hygiene

BERSA British Elastic Rope Sports Association *

BEU Business Efficiency Unit

BEUC European Consumers' Bureau

BEWA British Effluent And Water Association

BG British Gas

BGS British Geological Survey

BHSS British Health and Safety Society

BIOH British Institute of Occupational Hygiene

Bis CME Bis Chloromethyl Ether

BLEVE Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion

BLR Blue Light Radiation

BMGA British Machine Guarding Authority

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)

BO Building Operation

BOHS British Occupational Hygiene Society

BOP Balance of Plant

BPBIF British Paper and Board Industry Federation

BPCA British Pest Control Association

BPEO Best Practicable Environmental Option

BPM Best Practicable Means

BRAC Building Regulations Advisory Committee

BRE Building Research Establishment

BREL British Rail Engineering Limited

BRINDEX Association of British Independent Oil Corporation Companies

BROA British Rig Owners Association

BRadPA British Radiation Protection Association

BRPSU British Rail Privatisation Safety Unit *

BSB Business Services Branch now Business Services Division *

BSD Business Services Division

BSE Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

BSI British Standards Institution

BSO Basic Safety Objective

BSR Board of Standards Review (ANSI)

BSRD Behavioural Sciences Research Division (CSD)

BSS Basic Safety Standards Directive

BSTSA British Surface Treatment Suppliers Association

BTM Bromotrifluoromethane

BTP British Transport Police

BTS Bureau Technique Syndical Europien par la Santi et la Securiti (Belgium)

BVS Bergbau Versuchsstrecke (W. Germany)

BWR Boiling Water Reactor

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y

C

C & I Control and Instrumentation

CA Certifying Authority

CA Clerical Assistant (now Administrative Assistant)

CA(BA) Compressed Air (Breathing Apparatus)

CAC Codex Alimentarius Commission

CACFOA Chief and Assistant Chief Officers' Association

CADD Computer-Aided Design Drafting

CAER Community Awareness and Emergency Response (Chemical Manufacturers Association)

CAI Centralized Accident Investigation

CAIRS Canadian Institute for Radiation Safety

CAMEO Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations

CAMEO Creating a more efficient office

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 Carribean Community and Common Market (formerly CARIFTA)

CARIFTA See CARICOM

CAT Cable Avoiding Tool *

CATIAC Cotton and Allied Textiles Industry Advisory Committee

CAWR Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations *

CBDT Consultative Board for Diver Training (formerly Certification Board for Diver Training)

CBN Cubic Boron Nitride

CBNM Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements

CBT Computer Based Training

CCA Compliance Cost Assessments

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)

CCHARR Co-ordinating Committee on Health Aspects of Radiation Research

CCOU Construction Central Operations Unit

CCTA Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency

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

CEC Commission of the European Communities

CECC CENELEC Electronic Components Committee

CEC/Arnhem International Commission on Rules for the Approval of Electrical Equipment

CEDEFOP European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

CEDHYS Centre de Developpement des Etudes et Applications en Hygiene Securite, Paris

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

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 Conseil Europeen des Federations de l'Industrie

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

CEN Centre de Information Aplicada a la Normalizencion (Cuba)

CENCER CEN's certification body

CENELEC Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique

CEOC Colloque Europeen des Organismes de Controle

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

CFRP Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic

CGPM General Conference of Weights and Measures *

CHAMP Change Management Programme *

CHANs Chemical Hazard Alert Notices

CHASE Complete Health and Safety Evaluation Scheme (run by HASTAM, Birmingham)

CHCS Chemical Hazards Communications Society

CHE Co-ordinator of Health Education

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

CHIP Chemical (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations

CHP Combined Heat and Power

CHSC Central 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

CIBSE Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

CID Critical Incident Detection

CIDI Central Index of Dose Information

CIDST Comite d'Information et de Documentation Scientifique et Technique *

CIF Chief Inspector of Factories *

CIM Chief Inspector's Memo

CIM International Convention Concerning the Carriage of Goods by Rail

CIMAH Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations *

CIMM Chief Inspector's Management Meeting

CINCC Coal Industry National Consultative Council

CIRC Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer (France)

CIS International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre

CIS Colliery Information System

CISDOC International Labour Organisation database available on OSHROM

CISHEC Chemical Industries Safety and Health Council *

CISMM Chief Inspector's Specialist Management Meeting

CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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

CM Circular Minute

CM Command (paper) 1987 -

CME Chloromethyl Ether

CHP Computer Millennium Problem

Cmnd Command (paper) 1958 - 1986 *

CMNIG Chemicals Manufacturing NIG

CMO Chief Medical Officer

CNC Computer Numerical Control

CNP Centro de Normalizacao (Portugal)

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

COCOR Coordinating Committee for the Nomenclature of Iron and Steel Standards

COCSU Council of Civil Service Unions

(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)

(Code) TR Training (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

COIT Central Office of Industrial Tribunals

COMAH Control of Major Accident Hazards

COMARE Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment *

COMEIR Committee on Medical Exposure to Ionising Radiations

COMITEXTIL Comite de Coordination des Industries Textiles de la CEE

COMMETT EEC programme in Education and Training for Technology

COMPROS Collective name for the European Community's national simplification bodies

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

COPTERA Calculation of Pipework Two-phase Emission Rates

COREPER Committee of Permanent Representatives to the European Communities

CORGI Confederation for the Registration of Gas Installers

CORU Cabinet Office Deregulation Unit

COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations

COSLA Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

COST Cooperation Europeene dans la Domaine de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique

COVENIN Comision Venezolana de Norma Industriales (Venezuela)

CP Code of Practice

CPC Chemical Protective Clothing

CPL Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations 1984

CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

CPS Crown Prosecution Service

CPSS Composition of Proprietary Substances Scheme

CRA Chemical Recovery Association

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)

CSAT Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal

CSBF Civil Service Benevolent Fund

CSBS Civil Service Building Society

CSBTS China State Bureau of Technical Supervision

CSC Civil Service College

CSC Civil Service Commission

CSC (International) Convention for Safe Containers

CSCFE Civil Service Council for Further Education

CSFSAC Civil Service Foreign Service Allowances Committee

CSHA Civil Service Housing Association

CSIS Civil Service Insurance Society

CSNI Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations

CSNWC Civil Service National Whitley Council

CSOHS Civil Service Occupational Health Service

CSPA Civil Service Pensioners Alliance

CSRF Civil Service Retirement Fellowship

CSTP Committee on Scientific and Technological Policy (OECD)

CSTU Control Systems Technology Committee *

CSU Certification Support Unit (part of Health and Safety Laboratory)

CTD Cumulative Trauma Disorder

CTI Castings Technology International

CTMU Central Training Management Unit

CTPV Coal tar pitch volatiles

CTS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

CTSA Channel Tunnel Safety Authority

CV Calorific Value

CV Check Visit

CVCS Chemical and volume control system

CVD Cardiovascular Disease

CVS Chronic Villus Sampling

CWCS Control of Work in Confined Spaces

CWR Continuous Welded Rail

CZ Consultation Zone

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D

dB Decibels

DB Dry Bulb

DBEHO Deputy Borough Environmental Health Officer

dB(A) Decibels on the A Weighted Scale

DBA Design Basis Accident

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)

DCOA Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994

DCPD Dicyclopentadiene

DCSJ Decision of Court of Summary Jurisdiction *

DDG Deputy Director General

DDPH Deputy Director of Public Health

DE Department of Employment now Department for Education and Employment

DE/EO Direct Entrant Executive Officer

DEF STAN Defence Standards

DEH Director of Environmental Health

DEHO District Environmental Health Officer

DEHS Director of Environmental Health Services

DEMKO Danmarks Elektriske Materielkontrol (Denmark)

DEMU Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit

DEn Department of Energy wound up in 1992 now part of DTI

DESA Defence Explosives Safety Authority

DETR Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

DEVCO Development Committee (ISO)

DFEE Department for Education and Employment

DFELO Departmental Further Education Liaison Officer

DFM Dust, Fume and Mist

DFR Department of Fisheries Research *

DG Director General

DG Directorate General (EC)

DH Department of Health

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)

DISC Delivery Information Solutions to Customers through International Standards

DL Distance Learning

DLR Docklands Light Railway

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 of Environment, Transport and the Regions

DOE Department of Energy (United States)

DOL Department of Labor (United States)

DOT Department of Transport now part of Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions

DOT Department of Transportation (United States)

DP Disabled Person *

DPAG Dangerous Pathogens Advisory Group (replaced by ACDP in 1981) *

DPG Dosimetry Policy Group

DRC Disaster Research Centre (USA)

DS Danish Standards Association

DSC Differential Scanning Calorimetry

DSE Display Screen Equipment

DSHA Regs Dangerous Substances in Harbours and Harbour Areas Regulations *

DSI Deputy Superintending Inspector

DSS Department of Social Security *

DST Directorate of Science and Technology *

DSU Directors Support Unit (part of Safety Policy Directorate)

DTA Differential Thermal Analysis

DTI Department of Trade and Industry

DU Deregulation Unit (part of Policy Unit)

DWC Department Whitley Council

DWL Derived Working Levels

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E

EA Environment Agency

EA75 Explosives Act 1875

EA regs Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations

EAC European Agency for Cooperation (EC)

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)

EBW Electron Beam Welding

EC European Commission

EC European Communities

ECA Economic Commission for Africa (UN)

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

ECFTUC European Confederation of Free Trade Unions in the Community

ECG European Co-operation Grouping

ECGD Export Credits Guarantee Department

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

ECOIN European Core Inventory

ECS Empty Coaching Stock *

ECSU Electrical Certification Support Unit

ED Employment Department now Department for Education and Employment

EDG Employment Department Group

EDI Electronic Data Interchange

EDO Estate Duty Office

EDTA Ethylene Diaminetetraacetic Acid *

EECMB Electrical Equipment Certification Management Board *

EECS Electrical Equipment Certification Service

EEG Europese Economische Gemeenschap (Dutch for EEC)

EEI Edison Electric Institute

EEMUA Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association *

EFL Explosion and Flame Laboratory, now part of HSL

EHO Environmental Health Officer

EHSR Essential health and safety requirement *

EI (HM) Explosives Inspectorate

EIC Energy Industries Council

EID Emergency Isolation Device

EINECS European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances

ELCB Earth leakage circuit breaker

ELCI Employers' Liability Compulsory Insurance

ELCTEX Enforcement Liaison Certification for Transport of Explosives *

ELECTRAM Enforcement Liaison Committee on the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials

ELF Extra Low Frequency

ELINCS European List of new commercial chemical substances *

ELO Enforcement Liaison Officer

ELSIE Electronic Signalling and Indicating Equipment *

EMA Employment Medical Adviser *

EMAS Employment Medical Advisory Service

EMD Employment Medical Division

EMR Electromagnetic Radiation *

EMSU Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit

EMU Electrical Multiple Unit

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 Testing and Certification

EPA Environmental Protection Act

EPA Environmental Protection Agency (USA) *

EPC European Policy Committee

EPI-DERM Surveillance scheme for occupational skin disease

EPO European Patent Organisation

EPOCH European Programme on Climatology and Natural Hazards

EQC European Question Committee

EQO Official Committee on European Questions (Cabinet Office)

ERA Excess Rent Allowance now Additional Housing Allowance

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

ESPD Export Services and Promotions Division (DoT)

ESPRIT European Strategic Programme for Research and Development in Information Technology

ESRA European Safety and Reliability Association

ESReDA European Safety Reliability and Data Association

EST Establishments

ESTC Explosives Safety Transport Committee

ET External Training

ETS Environmental Tobacco Smoke

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

EUROHELA European HSE/Local Authority Enforcement Liaison Committee

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 Europaiesche Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft

EXCO Executive Committee (ISO)

EXIS Expert Information System

EXP Expanded Polystyrene

EXTEST International Study Group for the Standardisation of Methods of Testing Explosives

EZ Enterprise Zone

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F

F & Ex Fire and Explosion

F & GPC Finance and General Purposes Committee (sub-committee of NEC)

FA First Aid

FA Act Factories Act 1961

FA 61 Factories Act 1961

FAC Food and Agriculture Committee *

FAID Factory and Agricultural Inspectorate Division now Field Operations Directorate

FASTCo Forestry and Arboriculture Safety and Training Council

FBG Fluidized Bed Generator *

FCG Field Consultant Group

FDA Food and Drug Administration (USA)

FDA Association of First Division Civil Servants *

FD Functional Directory (HSE/LIS database)

FEBI Federations Europeennes des Branches d'Industries

FEPA Food and Environment Protection Act *

FEPD Finance Efficiency and Planning Division

FER Fundamental Expenditure Review

FFA F"reningen f"r Arbetarskydd (Sweden)

FFI Flexible Film Isolator *

FI (HM) Factory Inspectorate *

FIAC Foundries Industry Advisory Committee *

FIC Factory Inspectorate (Subject File) Circular

FIDO Face information digested on-line (mining) *

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

FL Flexileave *

FLAGU Flammables and Gas Policy Unit

FLP Flameproof

FLT Fork Lift Truck

FM Factory Mutual (USA)

FMAS Financial Management Accounting System

FMI Financial Management Initiative *

FMU Field Management Unit *

FOCUS Field Operations Computer System *

FOD Field Operations Directorate

FOM Faculty of Occupational Medicine *

FOM Fortnightly Operational Minute (issued by FOD)

FOPS Falling Object Protective Structure(s)

FPA71 Fire Precautions Act 1971

FPO Fire Prevention Officer *

FPU Finance and Planning Unit

FRS Fire Research Station (part of BRE)

FSA Foreign Service Allowances

FSAC Food Safety Advisory Centre

FSBP Finger systolic blood pressure

FSO Fire Safety Officer

FSR Filter self-rescuer (mining) *

FSSU Field Scientific Support Unit now Field Services Unit

FST Finger Skin Temperature *

FSU Field Services Unit

FSV Free Steered Vehicle

FWH Flexible Working Hours

FWR Functional Work Recording System

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G

GAE General Administrative Expenditure

GAMBICA Association for the Instrumentation, Control and Automation Industry in the UK

GASP Gas accumulation over spreading pools

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GDO General Development Order

GDPO General Development Procedure Order

GEX Group of Experts on Explosives (UN)

GHGB Good Health is Good Business

GHQ General Health Questionnaire

GIE Groupement d'Interet Economique

GILSP Good Industrial Large Scale Practice

GLC Gas Liquid Chromatography

GLOSSEX 81 EEC agreed categorisation of electrical equipment for use in flammable atmospheres

GLP Good Laboratory Practice

GLSP Good Large Scale Practice

GLW Gross Laden Weight

GM Guidance Memoranda

GMAW Gas metal arc welding

GMO Genetically Modified Organism

GMTC Gland Manufacturers' Technical Committee

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

GOALS Government Out of Area Line Service

GNVQ General National Vocational Qualification

GOST USSR State Committee for Standards *

GPB General Policy Branch (part of Policy Unit)

GPU Group Personnel Unit

GRP Glass Reinforced Plastic *

GSES Gas Safety Engineering Section

GSTP Generalised System of Tariff Preferences

GT Globe Thermometer

GTA Government Technical Adviser

GTAW Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

GUD Gestion de l'Union Douaniere

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H

HACCP Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point

HAM Hand Held Monitor

HASAC Health and Safety Advice Centre (Birmingham) *

HASAWA Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

HASCOG Health and Safety Co-ordinating Group (IEHO)

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 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

HEMA Hydraulic Equipment Manufacturers' Association

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 *

HIG Hazardous Installations Group, now part of CHID *

HIPU Hazardous Installations Policy Unit, now part of CHID

HIV Human Immunovirus *

HMAI Her Majesty's Agricultural Inspectorate, now part of FOD

HMAC Hazardous Materials Advisory Council (U.S.A.) *

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)

HMIPIS 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

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 *

HRD Human Resource Development *

HRM Human Resource Management *

HRMB Human Resource Management Branch

HRR Health Risk Review *

HRU Human Resources Unit

HSA Hazardous Substances Authority

HSA Health and Safety Authority (Republic of Ireland) *

HSAC Health Services Advisory Committee *

HSAM Health and Safety Administrative Minute *

HSAM(F) Health and Safety Administrative Minute (Finance) *

HSAM(GAP) Health and Safety Administrative Minute (General Administrative Procedures) *

HSAM(INF) Health and Safety Administrative Minute (Information) *

HSAM(MT) Health and Safety Administrative Minute (Motor Transport) *

HSAM(OS) Health and Safety Administrative Minute (Office Services) *

HSAM(ORG) Health and Safety Administrative Minute (Organisation) *

HSAM(PM) Health and Safety Administrative Minute (Personnel Management) *

HSAM(PR) Health and Safety Administrative Minute (Premises) *

HSC Health and Safety Commission *

HSE Health and Safety Executive *

HSE(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 *

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 High Tension (electrical)

HTLV(III) Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus

HTR High temperature reactor

HV High voltage

HVAC Heating, ventilating and air conditioning

HWE Healthy Worker Effect

HWI Hazardous Waste Inspectorate (DoE)

Hz Hertz

HzSC Hazardous Substances Consent

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I

IA Information Assistant *

IAC Industry Advisory Committee

IAES International Academy of Environmental Safety

IALI International Association of Labour Inspection *

(HM)IAPI (HM) Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate now part of Environment Agency

IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO) *

IAS Information and Advisory Services

IAU International Association of Labour Inspection

IB International Branch (part of Policy Unit)

IBN Institut Belge de Normalisation (Belgium)

ICAP International Code Assessment and Applications Programme

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

ID Infectious Dose

ID Internal Diameter

IDCAFS Inter-departmental Committee on Animal Feeding Stuffs

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

IECEE International Electrotechnical Commissions

IEHO Institute of Environmental Health Officers

IEIC Independent Engineering Insurers' Committee

IER Institute of Employment Research now Institute of Employment Studies

IES Institute of 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

IISM International Institute of Safety Management

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

ILW Intermediate Level Waste

ILWS Inductive Loop Warning System *

IM Information Manager

IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code

IMO International Maritime Organization (was IMCO)

IMS Industrial Methylated Spirit

IMW Institute of Wastes Management (Northampton)

IN Improvement Notice

INCOTERMS International rules for interpretation of terms frequently used in foreign trade contracts

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)

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

IPCS Institute of Professional Civil Servants (now IPMS) *

IPG Information Planning Group

IPLA HM Inspectorate of Pollution/LA Enforcement Liaison Committee

IPM Inspirible Particle Mass

IPMS Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists

IPPC Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control

IPR Integrated Pollution Regulation

IPS Integrated Protection System

IQS Institute of Quantity Surveyors

IR Infra Red

IR Ionising Radiation

IRAM Instituto Argentino de Racionalizacion de Materiales (Argentina)

IRLR Industrial Relations Law Report

IRM Institute of Risk Management

IRP Institute of Radiation Protection

IRPA International Radiation Protection Association

IRPTC International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (UN)

IRR Ionising Radiations Regulations

IRRG Ionising Radiations Research Group

IR(SS) Regs Ionising Radiations (Sealed Sources) Regulations

IRU Industrial Rehabilitation Unit (now ERC)

IR(URS) Regs Ionising Radiations (Unsealed Radioactive Substances) Regulations *

IS Information Services *

IS Information Specialist *

IS International Section, now International Branch

IS Intrinsic Safety

IS Intrinsically Safe

ISBN International Standard Book Number(ing)

ISCA International Standards Steering Committee for Consumer Affairs

ISGOTT International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and Terminals

ISHSAA Institute of Shops Health and Safety Acts Administration

ISI In-service Inspection

ISIC International standard industrial classification

ISO International Organization for Standardization

ISP International Standard Problem

ISRS International Safety Rating System

ISSG Information Strategy Steering Group *

ISU Information Strategy Unit now Business Efficiency Unit

ISVR Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (Southampton)

IT Industrial Tribunal

IT Information Technology

ITB Insurance Technical Bureau *

ITS Information Technology Services replaced by Integris (not an acronym)

ITSA Independent Tank Storage Association

ITSI Information Technology Standards Institute

IUSO Institute of University Safety Officers

IWEM Institution of Water and Environmental Management

IWM Institute of Wastes Management

IZ Inner Zone

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J

JAC Joint Advisory Committee

JACR Joint Advisory Committee Report

JAR Job Appraisal Review

JDI Joint Declaration of Intent

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

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

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K

KTA Kerntecnischer Ausschuss

KWU Kraftwerk Union

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L

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

LASS Leisure Accident Surveillance System

LAU Local Authority Unit

LBA London Boroughs Association

LBCNC Land Based Colleges National Consortium *

LC Licence Condition

LCDP Local Career Development Panels

LCIE Laboratoire Central des Industries Electriques (France)

LCLo Lethal Concentration Low

LC5O Lethal concentration 50

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

LIF Laser induced fluoresence

LIF Lighting Industry Federation

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

LMFBR Liquid metal fast breeder reactor

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

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

LRT Light Rapid Transit

LSEV Laboratoire des Substances Explosives de Vemeuil

LRV Light Rail Vehicle

LSS Load scaling sensitivity

LTA Lost time accident

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

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M

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

MAIB Marine Accident Investigation Branch (DOT)

MAK Maximale Arbeitsplatzkonzentrationen

MAPP Major Accident Prevention Policy

MAR Management and Administration

MAR Management and Administration Regulations *

MARCODE Database of Investigated Accidents (originally Marches Code)

MARIS Materials and Resources Information Office

MAS (Civil Service) Medical Advisory Service, now Occupational Health Service

MaTSU Marine Technology Support Unit

MAUK Mining Association of the UK

MB Management Board

MbO Management by Objectives

MbOCA 4, 4'Methylene-bis-(2-Chloroaniline)

MCA Marine and Coastguard Agency

MCB Manually Controlled Barrier

MCCS Microclimate Cooling System

MCI Management Charter Initative

MCS Mining Certification Service (See HSE (M))

MDHS Methods for the Determination of Hazardous Substances

MDI Diphenylmethane Diisocyanate

MDTSA Methods for the Detection of Toxic Substances in Air

ME Myalic Encephalomyelitis *

MECS Mining Equipment Certfication Service (part of BASEEFA)

MEK Methyl Ethyl Ketone *

MEL Maximum Exposure Limit

MESG Maximum experimental safe gap

MeV Million electron volts

MEWP Mobile elevating work platform

MFMMA Metal Forming Machinery Makers' Association

MFCI Molten Fuel Coolant Interaction

MG Manual Gate (Railways) *

MHAU Major Hazards Assessment Unit

MHIDAS Major Hazards Incident Data Service. Database available on OSHROM

MHLWP Major Hazards Legislation Working Party

MHSWR Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations

(HM) MI Mines Inspectorate

MI Mandatory Investigation

MI Myocardial Infarction

MIC Methyl Isocyanate

MIC Minimum Igniting current

MIDAS Machine information display and Automation System

MIE Minimum igniting energy

MIG Metal inert gas

MIGE Missile Impact and Gaseous Explosions

MIND National Association on Mental Health

MINOS Mine Operating System

MIRWMS Merseyside Ionising Radiation Warning and Monitoring System

MIS Management Information System

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)

MMMF Man-made Mineral Fibre

MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (USA)

MND Motorneuron 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

MoU Memorandum of Understanding

MPC Maximum Permissible Concentrations

MPE Maximum Permissible Exposure

MPO Management and Personnel Office

MPWP Maximum Permissible Working Pressure *

MQ Mines and Quarries *

MQB Mining Qualifications Board *

(HM) MQI (HM) Mines and Quarries Inspectorate now Mines Inspectorate

MR Mandatory Reporting

MRDE Mining Research and Development Establishment (now Coal Research Establishment)

MRL Maximum Residue Limit

MRS Midland Research Station (of BGC)

MS Manuscript

MS Member State (of European Union)

MSA Marine Safety Agency (now Marine and Coastguard Agency)

MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets

MSER Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations

MSFU 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

MU Multiple Unit (train)

MVBR Motor Vehicle Body Repair

MVR Motor Vehicle Repair

MW Microwave

MWF Metalworking fluids

MWL Miniature Warning Light

MZ Middle Zone

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N

NAAS National Agricultural Advisory Service

NACCB National Accredation Council for Certification Bodies

NADOR Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980

NAFE Non-Advanced Further Education

NAIR National Arrangements for Incidents involving Radioactivity

NAMAS National Measurement Accreditation Service (from 1/10/85, formed by merger of NATLAS and BCS) *

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 (from 1/10/85 merged with BCS to form NAMAS)

NATM New Austrian Tunnelling Method

NAWDC National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors

NBS National Bureau of Standards (USA)

NCB National Coal Board, now British Coal Corporation

NCEC National Chemical Emergency Centre

NCSIIB National Certification Scheme for Inservice Inspection Bodies

NCSub-Committee Negotiations (Sub-Committee of NEC)

NCVQ National Council for Vocational Qualifications

NDAU Notification and Data Appraisal Unit

NDLB National Dock Labour Board

NDPB's Non Departmental Public Bodies

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 Nett Explosives Content

NEC Network Emergency Co-ordinator

NEC Nobel's Explosives Company Ltd.

NEDB National Exposure Data Base

NEMKO Norges Elektriske Materiellkontroll (Norway)

NEPLG Nuclear Emergency Planning Liaison Committee

NESC Network for Evaluating Steel Components

NES Not Elsewhere Specified

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

NI Nominated Inspector

NI Northern Ireland

NI Notifiable Installation

NIAOA National Insurance Agency Against Occupational Accidents

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 1982

NIHL Noise Induced Hearing Loss *

(HM) NII (HM) Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (now Nuclear Safety Division, Health and Safety Executive)

NIMEXE Harmonised nomenclature for foreign trade statistics of the EEC

NIOSH National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (USA)

NIOSHTICS 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

NISP Nuclear Information Systems Project

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)

NJAC National Joint Advisory Committee (for Chemical Industry)

NJIC National Joint Industry Committee

NJUG National Joint Utilities Group

NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

NNC National Nuclear Corporation

NNI Nederlands Normalisatie Institut (Netherlands)

NNSR Notification of New Substances Regulations

NOES National Occupational Exposure Survey (U.S.A.)

NOMIS National Manpower Information Service

NONS Notification of New Substances Regulations

NPF Nominal Protection Factor

NRA National Rivers Authority

NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USA) *

NRG National Responsibility Group now National Interest Group *

NRGM National Responsibility Group Minute

NRPB National Radiological Protection Board

NRT National Responsibility Team

NSAC Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee *

NSD Nuclear Safety Division. Health and Safety Executive

NSF Norges Standardiseringsforbund (Norway)

NSRMU Nuclear Safety Research Management Unit

NSRPG Nuclear Safety Research Programmes Group

NSRSG Nuclear Safety Research Steering Group

NSS National Staff Side

NSSS Nuclear steam supply system

NTI New Training Initiative

NTIS National Technical Information Service (USA)

NTP Normal Temperature and Pressure

NTSB National Transportation Safety Board (USA)

NUREG An USNRC nuclear regulatory publication

NVEIG National Vulcan Engineering Insurance Group Ltd.

NVLAP National Voluntary Accreditation Program (US)

NVQ National Vocational Qualification

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O

O & M Sub Committee Organisation and Membership (NEC sub-committee) *

OB Operations Branch. OSD

Obs Obsolete/Obsolescent

OC Open Crossing *

OC Operational Circular

OCB Offshore Certification Bureau

OCD Occupational Cerviobrachial Disorder

OCTs Overseas Countries and Territories

OD Organisational Development

ODE Ministerial Committee on Europe

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

OG Operations Group

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

OILM International Organization for Legal Metrology

OIML International Organization for Legal Metrology

OIM Offshore Installations Managers

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 *

OM Operations Manager

OM Operation Minute

OMCS Office of the Minister for the Civil Service

OME Ontario Ministry of Environment *

OMF Operations Management Forum *

OMHL Occupational Medicine and Hygiene Laboratory

OOPEC Office for Official Publications of the European Communities

OP Occasional Paper *

OPA Ouptut and Performance Analysis

OPM Output and Performance Measures

OPO One Person Operated

OPSS Office of Public Service and Science

OSC Off-Site Centre *

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

OSU Operational Strategy Unit, part of CHID

OSZHD Organisation for the Collaboration of Railways (E. Europe)

OTAR Overseas Tariffs and Regulations

OTSB Offshore Safety and Technology Board

OTSU Open Technology Support Unit

OU Operations Unit

OVC Occupational Violent Crime

OZ Outer Zone

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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

PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

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

PCAH Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

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) *

PEP Public Enquiry Point

PER Professional and Executive Recruitment

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

PGI Protected Geographical Indication

PGR Road Transport (Carriage of Dangerous Goods in Packages etc) Regulations

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 *

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)

PIHS Preliminary industrial hygiene survey

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)

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

POPUMET Protection of Persons undergoing Medical Examinations or Treatment

PORV Power-operated relief valve

POSR Pre-operation Safety Review

PoW Plan of Work

PP Regs The Power Presses Regulations

PPE Personal Protective Equipment

PPEB Policy Projects and Environment Branch, part of Policy Unit

PPIHSLC Plastics Processing Industry Health and Safety Liaison Committee

ppm Parts per million

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

PRI Plastics and Rubber Institute

PRINCE Projects Via Controlled Environment

PRISM Personnel Record Information Systems for Management *

PRS Pesticides Registration Section

PRU Pay Research Unit

PRV Pressure Relief Valve

PS Personal Secretary

PSA Probabilistic Safety Analysis

PSAR Preliminary safety analsysis report

PSB Professional Staffs Branch *

PSDU Personnel Services Delivery Unit

PSGB Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Psaf Particle size distribution function

psi Pounds per square inch

PSO Principal Scientific Officer

PSR Pipelines Safety Regulations

PSPS Pesticides Safety Precautions Scheme

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

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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

QRA Quantified Risk Assessment

QRG Quarterly Return Group

QSEs Qualified Scientists and Engineers

qv quod vide (which see)

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R

R Risk phrases (i.e. R40, R42) as defined by the Approved List of the CHIP Regulations

R & D Research and Development

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)

RASH Rapid Screening of Hazard *

RASP Replacement Accounting System Project (New Accounting Computer System)

RAWS Regional Administrative Works Study

RCD Residual Current Device

RCEP Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

RCH Railway Clearing House

RCP Reactor Coolant Pump

RCS Reactor Coolant System

RCS Royal Society of Chemistry

RD Regional Director

RDP Registered Disabled Person

REAT Real Ear Attentuation at Threshold

REGS Regulations

REHIS Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland

REM Roentgen Equivalent-Man

REM Rapid Eye Movement

REMA Regional Employment Medical Adviser

REMCO Committee on Reference Materials (ISO)

REPAC Regional Protection Advisory Committee

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 *

RI Railway Inspectorate *

RIAC Railway Industry Advisory Committee

RICE Regular interlaboratory counting exchange

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

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

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

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 *

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

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

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S

S Section

S & C Switches and Crossings

S & T Signal and Telecommunications

S and LP Safety and Loss Prevention

SAC Subject Advisory Committee

SACA Systemic Accident Cause Analysis

SAI Safety Appliance Illustration

SAP Safety Assessment Principles

SAP Safety Assurance Principles

SAP Social Action Programme

SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (U.S.A.)

SBS Sick Building Syndrome

SC Skillcentre *

SCANS Selective Current Awareness Newsheets produced by HSE Information Services on a variety of topics

SCBA Self contained breathing apparatus *

SCC Situations Co-ordination Centre

SCC Standards Council of Canada

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 isokentic sequential aerosol sampler

SCOPE Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU)

SCOS Scottish Chamber of Safety

SCS Society of Civil Servants

SCSR Self-Contained Self-Rescuer (Mining)

SCU Survey Control Unit (of the Central Statistical Office)

SDD Scottish Development Department *

SDI Selective Dissemination of Information

SDIA Soap and Detergent Industries Association

SDR Special Drawing Rights

SEI Safety Environment Institute (U.S.A.) *

SEL Safety Engineering Laboratory, now part of HSL

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

SEV Schweizerischen Elektrotechnischen Vereins (Switzerland)

SF Subject File

SFAIRP So far as is reasonably practicable

SFS Suomen Standardsoimisliitto (Finland) *

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)

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 Senior Inspector

SI Statutory Instrument

SI Systeme Internationale

SIB Safety Information Bulletin (DH)

SIC Standard Industrial Classification

SIESO Society of Industrial Emergency Services Officers

SIMVIDOSE Simultaneous Video Dose

SIN Substance Identification Number

SIPI Scottish Industrial Pollution Inspectorate (see also HMIPIS)

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

SLM Short Life Memorandum *

SM Sector Manager

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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations *

SMRAB Safety in Mines Research Advisory Board *

SMRE Safety in Mines Research Establishment *

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

SOFHT Society of Food Hygiene Technology *

SOL Solicitor's Office

SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea

SOPs Standard Operating Procedures *

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

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 *

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

STP Scientific and Technological Programme (EC)

STRC Scientific and Technical Research Committee (EC)

STS Soft Tissue Sarcoma

SWEF Swedish Work Environment Fund (Sweden)

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

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T

t tonne(s)

T Toxic

TA Training Agency

TA Technical Adviser

TACADE Teachers Advisory Committee on Alcohol and Drug Education

TAG Technical Advisory Group

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 *

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

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)

TSWG Track Safety Working Group

TTO Telecommunications Technical Officers *

TU Technology Unit. OSD

TU Trade Union

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

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U

UA Unit of Account

UCO Use Classes Order

UCSIP Union des Chambres de l'Industrie du Petrole

UDC Universal Decimal Classification

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

UKHIS United Kingdom Hazard Information System

UKIBEC United Kingdom Insurance Brokers' European Committee

UKCS United Kingdom Continental Shelf

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

UWC User Worked Crossing

UWED Use of Work Equipment Directive (EC)

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V V/A Visual Aid

VCM Vinyl Chloride Monomer

VDT Visual Display Terminal

VDU Visual Display Unit

VFM Value for Money

VHF Viral haemorrhagic Fever

VLCC Very Large Crude Carrier

VNMS Variable wall mining system

VOC Volatile Organic Compounds

VSC Voluntary Safety Cases

VWF Vibration white finger

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W WA Water Authority *

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

WIAS West Indies Associated States

WING Work Injured Nurses Group

WINTECH Welsh Innovation and Technology

WLM Working Levels per Month

WMIA Woodworking Machinery Importers' Association

WO Welsh Office

WP Word Process(-ing/-or)

WP Working Party

WPA White Paper Account

WRA Waste Regulation Authority

WRULD Work related upper limb disorders *

WSC Warhead Safety Committee

WSF Wrong Side Failure (Railways)

WSL Warren Spring Laboratory

WSO World Safety Organisation (USA)

WWM Regs The Woodworking Machines Regulations

WWREA Wire and Wire Rope Employers Association

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X

XI Irritant

Xn Harmful

XPS X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

XRD X-ray diffraction

XRF X-ray fluorescence

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Y

YP Young Person

YTS Youth Training Scheme

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