Acronyms and Abbreviations used in HSE - H

Acronym: Description
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
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