Acronyms
This is a compilation of acronyms and abbreviations commonly used within HSE. Abbreviations readily available elsewhere, have not been included.
Those entries marked with an asterisk * relate directly to HSE.
A
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
B
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
- CIC
- CID
- Occupational Medicine and Hygiene Laboratory
- 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
D
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
E
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
G
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
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
- 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
I
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
J
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
K
- Acronym
- Description
- KAN
- Kommission Arbeitsschutz und Normung
- KHF
- Know How Fund
- KIT
- Keep in touch
- KTA
- Kerntecnischer Ausschuss
- KWU
- Kraftwerk Union
L
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
- Acronym
- Description
- 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 progress 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
N
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
O
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
- Acronym
- Description
- 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 analysis 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
Q
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
- Acronym
- Description
- R
- Risk phrases (ie 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
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
U
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
W
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
X
- Acronym
- Description
- 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
Y
- Acronym
- Description
- YP
- Young Person
- YTS
- Youth Training Scheme