| 5W1H |
Who, What, Why, When, Where, How (a risk technique) |
| AS |
Australia (as in Australian standard) |
| AS/NZS |
Australia and New Zealand (as in joint standards) |
| CSA |
Control self-assessment (a risk technique) |
| FMECA |
Failure Modes, Effects and Consequences Analysis (a risk technique) |
| HACCP |
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (a risk technique, usually in the food industry) |
| HAZOP |
HAZard and OPerability study (a risk technique) |
| HSP |
Health and Safety Practitioner (sometimes a health and Safety Professional) |
| HSWA |
Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (sometimes may refer to the 1974 British Act) |
| IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
| INSHPO |
International Network of Safety and Health Practitioners Organisations |
| ISO |
International Standards Organization |
| JSA |
Job Safety Analysis (a risk technique) |
| LOPA |
Layers of Protection Analysis (a risk technique) |
| LTA |
Less Than Adequate (used in the MORT chart and manual) |
| MCDA |
Multicriteria Decision Analysis (a risk technique) |
| MORT |
Management Oversight and Risk Tree (a risk technique) |
| OHS |
Occupational Health and Safety |
| OHSMS |
Occupational health and safety management system |
| OTIF95 |
On time, in full, 95% of the time |
| PCBU |
Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking |
| PESTLE |
Political, Economic, and financial, Social and cultural, Technological, Legal, and regulatory, and Environmental context (a risk technique) |
| SME |
Small and Medium Enterprise |
| SWIFT |
Structured What-If-Then (a risk technique) |
| SWOT |
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (a risk technique) |
| WHS |
Workplace health and safety |
