Abbreviations

AC Alternating Current (electricity; physics)
ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
AED Automated Eternal Defibrillator
AFFF Aqueous Film Forming Foam
AFS American Foundry Society
AIHI American Industrial Hygiene Association
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ASTDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
ATB Anti-Two-Block
AU Absorption Units
C Celsius
CaF Calcium Fluoride
CDC Center for Disease Control
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
CGA Compressed Gas Association
CGI Combustible Gas Indicators
CISD Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
Cm Centimeters
CNC Condensation Nucleus Counter
CO Carbon monoxide
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CSA Construction Safety Association
CSHO Compliance Safety and Health Officer
dB Decibels
DC Direct Current (electricity)
DUTs Devices Under Test
EAR Expired Air Resuscitation
EHSS Environmental Health and Safety Services
EHV Extremely High Voltage
EMS Emergency Medical Services
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPS Electric Power Systems
ESCBA Escape Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
ESLI End of Service Life Indicator
FID Flame Ionization Detector
FMIS Facilities Management Information System
GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GHz Gigahertz (thousands of MHz)
GM Geiger-Muller
H2S Hydrogen Sulfide ...

Get Handbook of International Electrical Safety Practices now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.