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S.A.F.E.T.Y. as an acronym

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;

  1. AART – Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques
  2. AFARP – As far as reasonably practical
  3. ALARA – As Low As Reasonably Achievable
  4. ALARP – As Low As Reasonably Practicable
  5. ASSE – American Society of Safety Engineers
  6. BBS – Behavioural Based Safety
  7. COP – Code of Practice
  8. CBT – Competency Based Training
  9. CIAED – Course In Automated External Defibrillation
  10. DGHS – Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Substances
  11. DIFR – Disabling Injury Frequency Rate
  12. DoL – Department of Labour NZ
  13. EHSR – Elected Health and Safety Representative
  14. ELCB – Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker
  15. EMP – Emergency Management Plan
  16. ERT – Emergency Response Team
  17. FAI – First Aid Incident
  18. FIFR – Fatal Injury Frequency Rate
  19. HAZOP – Hazard and Operability
  20. HFA – Hazard Factor Assessment
  21. HIRA – Hazard Identification Risk Assessment
  22. HSE – Health & Safety Executive UK
  23. HSR – Health and Safety Representative
  24. HSSE – Health, Safety, Security & Environment
  25. ISHR – Industry Safety & Health Representative
  26. JSA – Job Safety Analysis (risk assessment before starting work)
  27. JSEA – as for JSA but includes Environmental risks
  28. L2RA – Level Two Risk Assessment
  29. LOTO – lock out tag out
  30. LTFR – Lost Time Frequency Rate
  31. LTI – Lost Time Injury
  32. MSDS – Material Safety Data Sheet
  33. MTI – Medically Treated Incident
  34. NLTPHRW – National Licence To Perform High Risk Work
  35. NMI – Near Miss Incident
  36. NSCA – National Safety Council of Australia
  37. NSFW – Not Safe For Work
  38. OFA – Occupational First Aid
  39. OHS – Occupational Health and Safety
  40. OHSC– Occupational Health and Safety Committee
  41. OSHA – Occupational Safety & Health Administration
  42. OHSMS – Occupational Health and Safety Management System
  43. PCBU – Person conducting a business or undertaking
  44. 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.
  45. PHP – Personal Hearing Protection
  46. POCL – Pre Operation Check List
  47. PPE – Personal Protective Equipment
  48. PTW – Permit to Work
  49. RA – Risk Assessment
  50. RACE – Rescue, Activate alarm, Confine the fire, Evacuate/Extinguish
  51. RCA – Root Cause Analysis
  52. RCD – Residual Current Device
  53. SFA – Senior First Aid
  54. SHE – Safety Health and Environment
  55. SHIT – Special High Intensity Training, Safety & Health Improvement Team
  56. SHMP – Safety & Health Management Plan (action plan to implement the SHMS)
  57. SHMS – Safety & Health Management System
  58. SIA – Safety Institute of Australia
  59. SIFR – Serious Injury Frequency Rate
  60. SINA – Safety Is No Accident
  61. SIT – Safety Improvement Team
  62. SMP – Safety management Plan
  63. SOP – Standard Operating Procedure (defined in Queensland mining legislation)
  64. SSOP Safe Standard Operating Procedure
  65. SSHR – Site Safety & Health Representative
  66. SWI – Safe (or Standard) Work Instruction – short summary of the SOP, usually one page, listing risks and risk controls.
  67. SWL – Safe Working Load
  68. SWMS – safe work method statement
  69. SWP – Safe Work Procedures, Safe Work Platform
  70. TRI – Total Recordable Injuries, Total Reportable Injuries
  71. TRIFR – Total Reportable Injury Frequency Rate
  72. VRDs – Voltage Reduction Devices
  73. W@H – Work at Heights
  74. WAH – Work at Heights
  75. WHS – Workplace Health and Safety
  76. WHSO – Workplace Health and Safety Officer
  77. WICS – Work In Confined Space
  78. WMS – Work Method Statement

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