S – Support (Ready and prepared to perform it)
A – Alertness (Aware of actions to undertake)
F – Facing (Both, expected/unexpected without fear)
E – Everyday (At work or play time)
T – Trouble (Will come and without a warning)
Y – You (Must exercise care, caution, and concern throughout each day)
Here are some other commonly used safety acronyms;
- AART – Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques
- AFARP – As far as reasonably practical
- ALARA – As Low As Reasonably Achievable
- ALARP – As Low As Reasonably Practicable
- ASSE – American Society of Safety Engineers
- BBS – Behavioural Based Safety
- COP – Code of Practice
- CBT – Competency Based Training
- CIAED – Course In Automated External Defibrillation
- DGHS – Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Substances
- DIFR – Disabling Injury Frequency Rate
- DoL – Department of Labour NZ
- EHSR – Elected Health and Safety Representative
- ELCB – Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker
- EMP – Emergency Management Plan
- ERT – Emergency Response Team
- FAI – First Aid Incident
- FIFR – Fatal Injury Frequency Rate
- HAZOP – Hazard and Operability
- HFA – Hazard Factor Assessment
- HIRA – Hazard Identification Risk Assessment
- HSE – Health & Safety Executive UK
- HSR – Health and Safety Representative
- HSSE – Health, Safety, Security & Environment
- ISHR – Industry Safety & Health Representative
- JSA – Job Safety Analysis (risk assessment before starting work)
- JSEA – as for JSA but includes Environmental risks
- L2RA – Level Two Risk Assessment
- LOTO – lock out tag out
- LTFR – Lost Time Frequency Rate
- LTI – Lost Time Injury
- MSDS – Material Safety Data Sheet
- MTI – Medically Treated Incident
- NLTPHRW – National Licence To Perform High Risk Work
- NMI – Near Miss Incident
- NSCA – National Safety Council of Australia
- NSFW – Not Safe For Work
- OFA – Occupational First Aid
- OHS – Occupational Health and Safety
- OHSC– Occupational Health and Safety Committee
- OSHA – Occupational Safety & Health Administration
- OHSMS – Occupational Health and Safety Management System
- PCBU – Person conducting a business or undertaking
- PHMP – Principal Hazard Management Plan – defined term in Qld coal mining legislation. A Principal Hazard is one capable of causing multiple fatalities. No coal mine in Qld can start without a PHMP for all PHs relevant to its operations.
- PHP – Personal Hearing Protection
- POCL – Pre Operation Check List
- PPE – Personal Protective Equipment
- PTW – Permit to Work
- RA – Risk Assessment
- RACE – Rescue, Activate alarm, Confine the fire, Evacuate/Extinguish
- RCA – Root Cause Analysis
- RCD – Residual Current Device
- SFA – Senior First Aid
- SHE – Safety Health and Environment
- SHIT – Special High Intensity Training, Safety & Health Improvement Team
- SHMP – Safety & Health Management Plan (action plan to implement the SHMS)
- SHMS – Safety & Health Management System
- SIA – Safety Institute of Australia
- SIFR – Serious Injury Frequency Rate
- SINA – Safety Is No Accident
- SIT – Safety Improvement Team
- SMP – Safety management Plan
- SOP – Standard Operating Procedure (defined in Queensland mining legislation)
- SSOP Safe Standard Operating Procedure
- SSHR – Site Safety & Health Representative
- SWI – Safe (or Standard) Work Instruction – short summary of the SOP, usually one page, listing risks and risk controls.
- SWL – Safe Working Load
- SWMS – safe work method statement
- SWP – Safe Work Procedures, Safe Work Platform
- TRI – Total Recordable Injuries, Total Reportable Injuries
- TRIFR – Total Reportable Injury Frequency Rate
- VRDs – Voltage Reduction Devices
- W@H – Work at Heights
- WAH – Work at Heights
- WHS – Workplace Health and Safety
- WHSO – Workplace Health and Safety Officer
- WICS – Work In Confined Space
- WMS – Work Method Statement