EH&S Acronyms

Many acronyms have become second nature to EH&S professionals. Most know that OSHA is the acronym for Occupational Health and Safety Administration and MSDS stands for Material Safety Data Sheet. What about MUTCD or SAE? The following list of acronyms was compiled for use as a handy reference guide:

ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
AGA American Gas Association
AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APHA American Public Health Association
AGA American Gas Association
AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APHA American Public Health Association
APR Air-Purifying Respirator
ASAE American Society of Agricultural Engineers
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
ASQCAmerican Society for Quality Control
ASTM American Society for Testing Materials
ATC Automatic Temperature Compensation
BS British Standards
BSI British Standards Institute
CAA Clean Air Act
CAL-OSHA California Occupational Safety and Health Administration
CAS Chemical Abstracts Service (Number)
CERCLA Comprehensive Environment Response
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CGA Compressed Gas Association OR Color Graphics ArrayCl Chlorine
CSA Canadian Standards Association
CSFM California State Fire Marshall
CWA Clean Water Act
dB DecibelsdB(A) Decibels A-Scale
DOE Department of Energy
DOL Department of Labor
DOT Department of Transportation
DVO Diffuse Viewing Only
EDP Electronic Data Processing
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EGA Enhanced Graphics Array
EN European Norms
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPDM Ethylene-propylene terpolymer
EPR Ethylene Propylene
ESCBA Escape Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
ESD Electrostatic Dissipative
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FEP Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene
FID Flame Ionization Detector
FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
FM Factory Mutual
FMCSR Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
FR Flame Resistant
GC Gas Chromatography
GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interruptergpm
GSA General Service Administration
H2S Hydrogen Sulfide
HCA Hazardous Communication Act
HCl Hydrogen Chloride
HDPE High-Density Polyethylene
HEPA High-Efficiency Particulate Air (filtration)
HF Hydrogen FluorideHg Mercury
HID High Intensity Discharge
HMIG Hazardous Materials Identification Guide
HMIS Hazardous Materials Information System
HMTA Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
hp Horse power
HPLC High Performance Liquid Chromatography
HVAC Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
IAQ Indoor Air Quality
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
IATA International Air Transport Association
ICAO International Civil Aviation OrganizationID Inside Diameter
IDLH Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IMO International Maritime Organization
IP Industrial Plus
IPS Iron Pipe Standard
IR Infrared
ISEA Industrial Safety Equipment Association
ISO International Organization for Standardization
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LDPE Low-Density Polyethylene
LED Light-Emitting Diode
LEL Lower Explosive Limit
LLDPE Linear Low Density Polyethylenelpm Liters per minute
LUST Leaking Underground Storage Tank
MECO Modern Engineering Companymg/m3 Milligrams per meter cubedmil One mil equals 1/1000 of an inchmppcf Million particles per cubic foot
MSA Mine Safety Appliances
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration
MUTCD Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturer's Association
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NESHAP National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NFC National Fire Code
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NFR National Fire Rating
NH3 Ammonia
NiCad Nickel Cadmium (battery)
NIOSH National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NMFC National Motor Freight Class
NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPT National Pipe Thread
NPTF National Pipe Thread Fine
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRR Noise Reduction Rating
NSF National Sanitation Federation
NSR No Sewing Required
NTP National Toxicology Program OR Normal Temperature and Pressure
OD Outside Diameter
ODP Open-Dripproof
ORM Other Regulated Material
ORP Oxidation Reduction Potential
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PAPR Powered Air-Purifying Respirator
PCB Polychlorinated BiphenylpCi/L pico Curies/Liter
PEL Permissible Exposure Limit
PETG Polyethylene Terephthalate G Copolyesterp
H Hydrogen ion concentration
PID Photo Ionization Detector
POP Performance-Oriented Packaging
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
ppm Parts per million, 1 x 10-6ppb
Parts per billion, 1 x 10-9psi
Pounds per square inchpsig
Pounds per square inch gauge
PVA Polyvinyl Alcohol
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RFI Radio Frequency Interference
RMS Root Mean Squared
RTK Right-to-Know
S.E.T.R.A.F. Safety of Enclosures for Toxics using Recirculating Air Filtration
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
SARA Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act
SBR Styrene Butadiene Rubber
SCBA Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
SCT Spectrum Control Technology
SEI Safety Equipment Institute
SO2 Sulfur Dioxide
SPCC Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures
STEL Short-Term Exposure Limit
TDS Totally Dissolved SolidTEFC Totally Enclosed Fan-Cooled
TLV Threshold Limit Value
TSCA Toxic Substance Control Act
TWA Time Weighted Average
UEL Upper Explosive Limit
UFC Uniform Fire Code
UL Underwriter's Laboratory
ULC Underwriter's Laboratory of Canada
ULPA Ultra-Low Penetration Air (filtration)
UN United Nations
USCG United States Coast Guard
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
USFDA United States Food and Drug Administration
USP United States Pharmacopoeia
UST Underground Storage Tank
UV Ultraviolet
VDT Video Display Termina
lVGA Video Graphics Array
VOC Volatile Organic Compound
WBGT Wet Bulb Globe Temperature
WEEL Workplace Environmental Exposure Limit
WHMIS Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
YAG Yttrium Aluminum Garnet

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