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  • Give a brief introduction of Parrotias?
    Forward-thinking and fast-growing Parrotias company, founded in 2020, provides customers with a wide range of high-quality and innovative personal protective equipment for the construction, industrial, household, and medical sectors via various sales channels such as Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Allegro, and the Parrotias shop.
  • What Parrotias is doing to promote education?
    Parrotias offers courses, reading material, dictionary and live classes.
  • Which softwares Parrotias is using?
    Mitratech, Velocity EHS, Hammertech, etc and many more.
  • AALA
    Adventure Activities Licensing Authority
  • AALS
    Adventure Activities Licensing Committee
  • ASTM
    American Society for Testing and Materials
  • ACDP
    Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens
  • AD
    Area Director now Operations Manager
  • ACDS
    Advisory Committee on Dangerous Substances
  • ADS
    Approved Dosimetry Service
  • AM
    Administration Manager
  • AAIAC
    Adventure Activities Industry Advisory Committee
  • AIAC
    Agriculture Industry Advisory Committee
  • AO
    Area Office now Regional Office
  • ALPI
    Asbestos Licensing Principal Inspector
  • ACTS
    Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances
  • ACGM
    Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification
  • APAU
    Accident Prevention Advisory Unit now Operations Unit
  • BFI
    Benefit Fraud Inspectorate
  • BEU
    Business Efficiency Unit
  • BAT
    Biological Tolerance Value
  • BEL
    Biological exposure limits
  • BCECA
    British Chemical Engineering Contractors Association
  • BEUS
    European Consumers Bureau
  • BASEEFA
    British Approvals Service for Electrical Equipment in Flammable Atmosphere
  • BAPE
    Benign asbestos pleural effusion
  • BALPPA
    British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers, and Attractions
  • BSD
    Business Services Division
  • ConDoc
    Consultative Document
  • CEEMAC
    Certification of Electrical Equipment for Mining Advisory Council
  • CHID
    Chemicals and Hazardous Installations Division
  • CHEMFAX
    Computerized database with Chemicals NIG
  • COFFIN
    Construction and factory fatal information
  • CIM
    Chief Inspector’s Memo
  • CIAg
    Chief Inspector of Agriculture
  • CONIAC
    Construction Industry Advisory Committee
  • CERIAC
    Ceramics Industry Advisory Committee
  • CHANS
    Chemical Hazard Alert Notices
  • DCIF
    Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories
  • DG
    Director General
  • DST
    Directorate of Science and Technology
  • DIAS
    Directorate of Information and Advisory Services
  • DOE
    Department of Energy
  • DSC
    Design Safety Case
  • DDG
    Deputy Director General
  • DCI
    Decided Cases Index
  • DTI
    Department of Trade and Industry
  • DSS
    Department of Social Security
  • EMA
    Employment Medical Adviser
  • EECS
    Electrical Equipment Certification Service
  • ECSU
    Electrical Certification Support Unit
  • EM
    Explanatory Memorandum
  • EECMB
    Electrical Equipment Certification Management Board
  • EAU
    Economic Advisors’ Unit
  • EI
    Explosives Inspectorate
  • EFL
    Explosion and Flame Laboratory
  • EMAS
    Employment Medical Advisory Service
  • ELO
    Enforcement liaison Officer
  • FISM
    Factory Inspectorate Specialist Minute
  • FIAC
    Foundries Industry Advisory Committee
  • FISP
    Financial Systems and Payments
  • FIN
    Factory Inspectorate Note
  • FIRAC
    Factory Inspectorate Research Advisory Committee
  • FIC
    Factory Inspectorate Circular
  • FIM
    Factory Inspectorate Minute
  • FCG
    Field Consultant Group
  • FI
    Factory Inspectorate
  • FINU
    Finance Unit
  • GFP
    General Fire Precautions
  • GAD
    Government Actuaries Department
  • GILSP
    Good Industrial Large Scale Practice
  • GAE
    General Administrative Expenditure
  • GATT
    General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GLP
    Good Laboratory Practice
  • GLC
    Gas Liquid Chromatography
  • GPA
    Agreement on Government Procurement
  • GLA
    Great London Authority
  • GSMR
    Gas Safety Management Regulations
  • HEPOL
    Health and Safety Executive/ Police force Enforcement Laision Committee
  • HMNII
    Her Majesty’s Nuclear Installations Inspectorate
  • HIPU
    Hazardous Installations Policy Unit
  • HMEI
    Her Majesty’s Explosives Inspectorate
  • HASAWA
    Health and Safety at Work Act
  • HMIM
    Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Mines
  • HELA
    Health and Safety Executive
  • HD
    Health Directorate
  • HMAI
    Her Majesty’s Agricultural Inspectorate
  • HMFI
    Her Majesty’s Factory Inspectorate
  • IAC
    Industry Advisory Committee
  • IS
    Information Services
  • IEB
    International and Environment Branch
  • ILMS
    Integrated Library Management System
  • IPG
    Information Planning Group
  • IS
    Information Specialist
  • IM
    Information Manager
  • ILO
    Information Laision Officer
  • IG
    Industry Group
  • IAS
    Information and Advisory Services
  • JNC
    Joint National Committee
  • JAC
    Joint Advisory Committee
  • JISC
    Joint Industry Safety Committee
  • JDS
    Joint Disciplinary Scheme
  • JRC
    Joint Research Centre
  • JACR
    Joint Advisory Committee Report
  • JFRO
    Joint Fire Research Organisation
  • JIC
    Joint Industrial Council
  • JWC
    Joint Working Group
  • JDI
    Joint Declaration of Intent
  • KWU
    Kraftwerk Union
  • KHF
    Know How Fund
  • LLC
    Local Liaison Committee
  • LC
    Licence Condition
  • LEL
    Lower Exposure Limit
  • LEA
    Local Enterprise Agency
  • LIF
    Lighting Industry Federation
  • LCDP
    Local Career Development Panels
  • LGTF
    Local Government Task Force
  • LGA
    Local Government Association
  • LDG
    List of Dangerous goods
  • LCRG
    Local Career Review Group
  • LEV
    Local Exhaust Ventilation
  • LIS
    Library and Information Services
  • LFS
    Labour Force Survey
  • MQ
    Mines and Quarries
  • MEL
    Maximum Exposure Limit
  • MSC
    Maritime Safety Commission
  • MARCODE
    Database of Investigated Accidents
  • MECS
    Mining Equipment Certification Service
  • MSDS
    Material Safety Data Sheet
  • MQI
    Mining and Quarries Inspectorate
  • MHAU
    Major Hazards Assessment Unit
  • MAFF
    Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
  • MQB
    Mining Qualifications Board
  • NSD
    National Safety Directorate
  • NRG
    National Responsibility Group
  • NSRMU
    National Safety Research Management Unit
  • NRT
    National Responsibility Team
  • NII
    Nuclear Installations Inspectorate
  • NTI
    New Training Initiative
  • NSSS
    Nuclear Steam Supply System
  • NSRSG
    National Safety Research Steering Group
  • NUSAC
    National Safety Advisory Committee
  • NTSB
    National Transportation Safety Board
  • NSCC
    National Specialist Contractors Council
  • NIGM
    National Interest Group Minute
  • NIG
    National Interest Group
  • NAPP
    Non-Agricultural Pesticides Panel
  • NRPB
    National Radiological Protection Board
  • OMF
    Operations Manager Forum
  • OC
    Operational Circular
  • OM
    Operational Minute
  • OES
    Occupational Exposure Standard
  • OIAC
    Oil Industry Advisory Committee
  • OSHRC
    Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
  • OB
    Operations Branch
  • OHAC
    Occupational Health Advisory Committee
  • OTSB
    Offshore Safety and Technology Board
  • OTSU
    Open Tech Support Unit
  • OMHL
    Occupational Medicine and Hygiene Laboratory
  • OPA
    Output and Performance Analysis
  • OSD
    Offshore Safety Division
  • OSHIG
    Occupational Safety and Health Information Group
  • OHEU
    Occupational Health and Environment Unit
  • PAG
    Program Action Group
  • PABIAC
    Paper and Board Industry Advisory Committee
  • PRS
    Pesticides Registration Section
  • PEFD
    Planning Efficiency and Finance Division
  • PU
    Planning Unit
  • PI
    Principal Inspector
  • PSDU
    Personnel Services Delivery Unit
  • PIAC
    Printing Industry Advisory Committee
  • PTO
    Professional and Technology Officer
  • PUSU
    Policy Unit Support Unit
  • QRA
    Quantified Risk Assessment
  • QMS
    Quality Management Systems
  • QA
    Quality Assurance
  • QAC
    Quality Assurance Committee
  • RSU
    Research Strategy Unit
  • RLSD
    Research and Laboratory Services Division
  • RPD
    Resources and Planning Directorate
  • RI
    Railway Inspectorate
  • RIAC
    Railway Industry Advisory Committee
  • RHS
    Revitalising Health and Safety
  • RPS
    Research Planning Section
  • RAPU
    Risk Assessment Policy Unit
  • RASP
    Replacement Accounting System Project
  • RSM
    Regional Support Manager
  • RUBIAC
    Rubber Industry Advisory Committee
  • SHIELD
    Safety and Health Information- Establishment Linked Data
  • SCANS
    Selective Current Awareness Newsheets
  • SI
    Specialist Inspector
  • SMRE
    Safety in Mines Research Establishment
  • SChIF
    Senior Chemical Inspector of Factories
  • SEMA
    Senior Employment Medical Adviser
  • SMRAB
    Safety in Mines Research Advisory Board
  • SGD
    Strategy and General Division
  • SMP
    Safety Management Prospectus
  • SES
    Safety and Enforcement Statistics
  • SPD
    Safety Policy Directorate
  • SEL
    Safety Engineering Laboratory
  • SCC
    Standards Council of Canada
  • SH2
    Securing Health Together
  • SENA
    Senior Employment Nursing Advisor
  • SIU
    Strategy and Information Unit
  • SDI
    Selective Dissemination of Information
  • TIL
    Technical Information Leaflet
  • TM
    Training Manager
  • TMSG
    Technical, Medical and Science Group
  • TLO
    Training Liaison Inspector
  • TRNS
    Technical rules, new series
  • TEAM
    Technically evaluated Advisory materials
  • THSD
    Technology and Health Services Division
  • TEXIAC
    Textiles Industry Advisory Committee
  • UNCETDG
    United Nationals Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
  • USA
    Universities Safety Association
  • UKAEA
    United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
  • VAWR
    Control of Vibrations at Work Regulations
  • VCW
    Voluntary Cessation of Work
  • WSC
    Warhead Safety Committee
  • WASP
    Workplace Analysis Scheme for Proficiency
  • WATCH
    Working Group for the Assessment of Toxic Chemicals
  • As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP)
    It means to reduce risk to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable and involves balancing reduction in danger against the time, trouble, difficulty, and cost of achieving it. This level represents the point objectively assessed, at which the time, trouble, problem, and cost of further reduction measures become unreasonably disproportionate to the additional risk reduction obtained.
  • Audit
    A systematic, independent, and documented process for obtaining audit evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which audit criteria are fulfilled.
  • Airborne Particulates
    Total suspended particulate matter is found in the atmosphere as solid particles or liquid droplets. The chemical composition of particulates varies widely, depending on location and time of year.
  • Airborne Monitoring (Asbestos)
    This means airborne asbestos fiber sampling to assess the exposure and the effectiveness of control measures. Airborne monitoring includes exposure monitoring, control monitoring, and clearance monitoring. Air contaminants are particles, gases, or vapors and combinations of these. ‘Particles’ have dust, fumes, mists, and fibers.
  • Acute Toxicity
    The ability of a substance to cause severe biological harm or death soon after a single exposure or dose. Also, any poisonous effect resulting from a single short-term exposure to a toxic substance.
  • Air Cleaner or Arrestor
    A device to remove contaminants from the air, e.g., filter, cyclone, sock, wet scrubber, electrostatic precipitator (EP). This filter cleans the extracted air. Not all systems need air cleaning.
  • Air Pollutant
    Any substance in the air that could harm humans or material in high enough concentration. Pollutants may include almost any natural or artificial composition of matter capable of being airborne. They may be in the form of solid particles, liquid droplets, gases, or in combination thereof.
  • Asbestos Survey
    A survey to identify if Asbestos is present.
  • Air Exchange Rate
    The rate at which inside air is replaced by outside air. The rate may be expressed as the number of changes of mood per unit of time (e.g., Air Changes per Hour - ACH) or the volume of air exchanged per unit of time (e.g., Cubic Feet per Minute (CFM).
  • Al-ADAA
    OSH Electronic Application maintained by OSHAD for reporting and database management functionalities required by OSHAD for monitoring the implementation of OSHAD-SF.
  • Air Standards and Guideline Values
    The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations is not to be exceeded during a given time in a defined area.
  • Action Level
    Level of exposure to a harmful substance or another hazard (present in a work place or situation) at which an employer must take the required precautions to protect the workers. The action level equals one-half of the permissible exposure limit.
  • Asbestos Cement
    This means products consisting of sand aggregate and cement reinforced with asbestos fibers (e.g., asbestos cement pipes and flat or corrugated cement sheets).
  • Air Mover
    Devices that move air- Fan, Turbo exhauster. The ‘engine’ that powers the extraction system is usually a fan.
  • Asbestos Waste
    This means all removed ACM and disposable items used during the asbestos work, such as plastic sheeting used to cover surfaces in the asbestos work area, disposable coveralls, disposable respirators, and rags used for cleaning.
  • Asbestos Management Plan
    Plan specific to a building which identifies location, type, condition, maintenance requirements and future action regarding Asbestos Containing Materials
  • Air Pollution
    The presence of contaminants or pollutant substances in the air that interfere with human health or welfare.
  • ACGIH
    American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists. The American professional organization recommends Occupational Exposure Limits for a wide range of agents. It also provides recommended good practices in occupational and environmental hygiene.
  • Asbestos Transporter / Carrier
    This means a licensed (in Abu Dhabi), competent entity that performs asbestos transportation activities.
  • Anchorage (anchor Points – Working at Height)
    “Anchorage” means a secure point of attachment for lifelines, lanyards, or deceleration devices. It shall be independent of - in that it shall not be part of, directly connected to, or have any structural integrity with – the means of supporting or suspending the employee or the structure upon which the employee is directly engaged.
  • Asbestos Supervisory Consultant
    A competent person registered under Qudorat who manages the process of identification, management, and removal of Asbestos Containing Materials.
  • Acute Effect
    An adverse effect on any living organism results in severe symptoms that develop rapidly; symptoms often subside after the exposure stops.
  • Airborne Contaminants
    Air contaminants are particles, gases, or vapors and combinations of these. ‘Particles’ include dust, fumes, mists, and fibers.
  • Adverse
    Causing harm. An abnormal, undesirable, or harmful change.
  • Audit Team Leader (Lead Auditor)
    An auditor with qualifications, competence, and accreditation to lead an audit team that includes at least one other auditor.
  • Asbestos Vacuum Cleaner
    This means a vacuum cleaner that is fitted with a High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Filter. A household vacuum cleaner is not suitable for removing asbestos.
  • Abu Dhabi Occupational Safety and Health Center
    The competent authority for Occupational Safety and Health and the OSHAD-SF in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. It is referred to for short using the acronym OSHAD.
  • Acute Exposure
    A single exposure to a toxic substance may result in severe biological harm or death. Acute exposures are usually characterized as lasting no longer than a day compared to longer, continuing exposure over a while.
  • Auditor
    A person who is qualified to an international standard and has demonstrable auditing experience in conducting OSH audits.
  • Asbestos Contractor
    This means a licensed (in Abu Dhabi) competent company that performs asbestos removal and disposal work.
  • Asbestos Work Area
    This means the immediate area in which work on ACM is taking place. A risk assessment must determine the boundaries of the asbestos work area.
  • Auto-ignition Temperature
    The minimum temperature required to initiate or cause self-sustained combustion in any substance without a spark or flame.
  • Air Monitoring (Asbestos)
    This means monitoring for any fibers of asbestos small enough to be made airborne.
  • Air Pollution Control Device
    Mechanism or equipment that cleans emissions generated by a source (e.g., an incinerator, industrial smokestack, or an automobile exhaust system) by removing pollutants that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.
  • Auditor (Third Party)
    A person certified to an international standard and registered in Qudorat to conduct third-party OSHMS audits per OSHAD SF requirements.
  • Air Monitoring (Occupational)
    A scientific process to assess whether an area is safe to occupy is utilizing air sampling equipment and laboratory analysis.
  • Asbestos
    This means the fibrous form of mineral silicates belonging to the serpentine and amphibole groups of rock-forming minerals, including actinolite, amosite (brown asbestos), anthophyllite, chrysotile (white asbestos), crocidolite (blue asbestos), tremolite, or any mixture this containing one this or more of the mineral silicates belonging to the serpentine and amphibole groups.
  • Audit Criteria
    A set of policies, procedures, or requirements (used as a reference).
  • Acoustic Signal
    A sound signal is transmitted without a human or artificial voice (e.g., a fire alarm).
  • A-weighted Scale
    A standard for noise measurement that takes into consideration the human ear's sensitivity to certain frequencies. This is expressed as part of noise specifications and can be denoted by adding the letter 'A' to the spec - e.g., 15dB(A).
  • Acceptable Air Quality
    Air in which there are no contaminants at harmful concentrations as determined by cognizant authorities and where the substantial majority (80% or more) of the people exposed do not express dissatisfaction.
  • Biological Contaminants / Biohazard
    Agents derived from or that are living organisms (e.g., viruses, bacteria, fungi, and mammal and bird antigens) that pose a threat to the health of living organisms, primarily that of humans. This can include medical waste or samples of microorganisms, viruses, or toxins (from a biological source) that can impact human health.
  • Black Water
    Waste water is sourced solely from toilets and other effluent systems that cannot be reused without purification.
  • Biological Agents
    Any micro-organism, cell culture, or human endoparasite, including any which have been genetically modified, may cause any infection, allergy, toxicity, or otherwise create a hazard to human health.
  • Blatant Negligence
    An indifference to, and a conscious violation of, a legal duty with respect to the rights of others. Blatant Criminal negligence is a conscious and voluntary disregard of the need to use reasonable care, likely to cause foreseeable grave injury or harm to persons or property.
  • Blood Borne Pathogen
    Pathogenic microorganisms are present in blood and can cause disease in humans.
  • Best Available Control Technology (BACT)
    An emission limitation based on the maximum degree of emission reduction (considering energy, environmental, and economic impacts) achievable through the application of production processes and available methods, systems, and techniques.
  • Breathing Zone
    Means a hemisphere extending in front of a person’s face, with a radius of 300 mm from the midpoint of an imaginary line between the ears.
  • Background Level
    The concentration of a substance in a medium (air, water, or soil) occurs naturally or is not the result of human activities. In exposure assessment, the concentrations of a substance in a defined control area, during a fixed period before, during, or after a data-gathering operation.
  • Bio-solids (sewage)
    Sewage sludge produced by a Wastewater Treatment System that has been treated and stabilized to the extent that it can be safely supplied for Reuse activities.
  • Carcinogen/ Carcinogenic
    A substance either known to cause cancer or classified as having a high probability of causing cancer, IARC classifies as Category 1 or Category 2. The ACGIH TLV committee classifies it as a "human carcinogen" or "suspected human carcinogen."
  • Client
    Refer to Developer / Client.
  • Compressed Gasses
    Any gas that is under high pressure.
  • Canopy
    A temporary structure, enclosure, or shelter is constructed of fabric or pliable materials supported in any manner other than by air or the contents it protects. It is open, without side walls or drops on 75 percent or more of the perimeter.
  • Cumulative Exposure
    A procedure in which hazardous materials are identified and followed as they are produced, treated, transported, and disposed of by a series of permanent, linkable, descriptive documents (e.g., manifests).
  • Code of Practice (OSHAD-SF)
    Written document issued by OSHAD that includes unified technical requirements at the Emirate level and that should be followed by entities in compliance with OSHAD-SF applicable requirements.
  • Company Provided Accommodation
    Suppose an employee occupies accommodation owned by or under the management or control of the person conducting the business or undertaking. In that case, occupancy is necessary for the employee’s engagement because other accommodation is not reasonably available.
  • Common Lift
    Any routine or regular lifting operation is carried out where the lifting equipment, lifting accessory, and load are the same in each case. An example of a standard lift is unloading steel reinforcement from a delivery lorry at the same radius using the same crane and lifting accessory.
  • Control Measure
    Actions and activities taken to prevent or eliminate a hazard and/or risk or reduce it to an as low as reasonable practicable level.
  • Continual Improvement
    Introduction into water, air, and soil of microorganisms, chemicals, toxic substances, wastes, or wastewater in a concentration that makes the medium unfit for its subsequent intended use (Beneficial Use). It also applies to surfaces of objects, buildings, and various household and agricultural use products.
  • Consequence
    The outcome of an incident. A single incident can generate multiple consequences, and the initial consequence of an incident can escalate.
  • Communication
    Any act by which one person gives to or receives from a person information about that person's needs, desires, perceptions, knowledge, or affective states. Communication may be intentional or unintentional, involve conventional or unconventional signals, take linguistic or non-linguistic forms, and may occur through spoken or other modes.
  • Construction and Demolition Waste
    Waste building materials, dredging materials, tree stumps, and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition of homes, commercial buildings, and other structures and pavements. It may contain lead, asbestos, or other hazardous substances.
  • Chemical Product
    A mixture of any combination of two or more chemicals that may or may not be the result, in whole or in part, of a chemical reaction.
  • Consignor
    Refer to Shipper.
  • Concerned Authorities
    Government and semi-government entities concerned with the implementation of OSHAD-SF.
  • Competence (competent person)
    The ability to perform a particular job complies with performance standards, possessing the required skill, knowledge, qualification, and capacity.
  • Corrective Actions
    A quantitative evaluation of the costs which would have been incurred by implementing a proposed action versus the overall benefits of the proposed action.
  • Corrosive
    Steps that are taken to remove the causes of an existing nonconformity or undesirable situation. The corrective action process is designed to prevent the recurrence of nonconformities or unpleasant situations.
  • Compatible
    In relation to two or more substances or items, it means that they will not react together to cause fire, explosion, harmful reaction, or the evolution of flammable, toxic, or corrosive vapors.
  • Construction Subcontractor
    Any contractor on site where “Construction Work” is taking place who are not the officially appointed “Principal Contractor,” regardless of the contractual arrangement. Contractors shall report to and be managed by the principal contractor.
  • Competent Authority
    The organization has been legally delegated or has the power to perform a designated function. In relation to OSH Issues/OSHAD-SF, OSHAD is the Competent Authority in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
  • Contributory Negligence
    Additional failures allow the situation established by the root cause to go unchecked, leading either to an incident or to an incident with more severe consequences than otherwise.
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
    Consists of all steps necessary to protect employees from exposure to a substance or system and the procedures required to monitor employee exposure and their health to hazards such as chemicals, materials or substance, or other types such as noise and vibration.
  • Chemical Agent
    A Chemical is a substance with a distinct molecular composition produced by or used in a chemical process. The chemical agent is a chemical substance that, when exposed, causes a harmful effect (harm) on the employee's health—for example, irritants, carcinogens, systemic poison, and sensitizers. They may be gases, vapors, mists/aerosols, fumes, dust, liquids, or solids in the working environment.
  • Competent Electrical Person
    A Competent Electrical Person is an Appointed Person who has demonstrated that he has sufficient knowledge, training, and experience and is judged as competent to avoid danger from live electrical equipment and to carry out duties under the authority of the Electrical Safety Regulations.
  • Clinical Waste
    Waste arising from medical, dental, pharmaceutical, or similar sources, may present risks of infection.
  • Competent
    Having adequate training, qualifications, and experience (or a combination) to carry out a task safely and efficiently.
  • Clearance Inspection (Asbestos)
    A clearance inspection must include a visual inspection and clearance monitoring, and settled dust sampling. Please note that checks must only be carried out in dry areas.
  • COMAH
    Control of Major Accident Hazards.
  • Carrier
    Refer to Transporter.
  • Contamination
    Any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter that has an adverse effect on air, water, or soil quality and hence has the potential to impact human health.
  • Contractor / Principal Contractor
    The process of enhancing the safety and health management system to improve overall performance is in line with the organization’s overall performance and policy.
  • Chronic Health Effects
    Chronic health effects occur gradually over a long period following repeated and prolonged exposure to relatively low levels or concentrations of a hazardous agent. In some instances, short-term exposure may result in chronic health effects.
  • Client Representative
    Refer to Project Manager / Client Representative.
  • Concentration
    The relative amount of a substance mixed with another substance. An example is five ppm of carbon monoxide in air or 1 mg/l of iron in the water.
  • Confined Space
    Confined space means any place, including tanks, vessels, pipes, sewers, silos, storage bins, hoppers, vaults, pits, excavations, maintenance holes, or other similar spaces that, by its enclosed nature, there arises a reasonably foreseeable specified risk.
  • Cradle-to-Grave or Manifest System
    Capable of destroying materials or living tissue (e.g. skin) on contact.
  • Clearance Monitoring (Asbestos)
    A site is ‘cleared’ when the level of airborne asbestos fibers is measured as being below those in Law No. 24 (1999).
  • Commercial Waste
    Waste arising from premises used wholly or mainly for trade, business, sport, recreation, or entertainment, excluding municipal and industrial waste.
  • Control Plan
    Actions and activities are taken to prevent or eliminate a hazard and/or risk or reduce it to an as low as reasonably practicable level.
  • Cold Work
    Any work that does not include a source of ignition but yet could affect the safety of personnel or equipment.
  • Contributing Factors
    A person, organization, their employees, or a nominated representative engaged in carrying out work for the selected entity in a contract for service arrangement.
  • Distributor (hazardous materials)
    A business, other than a manufacturer or importer, who supplies hazardous substances to other distributors or employers within Abu Dhabi.
  • Display Screen Equipment
    Any alphanumeric or graphic display screen, regardless of the display process involved.
  • Disposal (waste)
    Final placement or destruction of toxic, radioactive, or other wastes; surplus or banned pesticides or other chemicals; polluted soils; and drums containing hazardous materials from removal actions or accidental releases. Disposal may be accomplished through the use of approved secure landfills, surface impoundments, land farming, deep-well injection, ocean dumping, or incineration.
  • Dust and Debris (ACM)
    Visible particles, fragments, or chunks of material, oversized and heavy enough to have settled in the work areas, are likely to have originated from ACM.
  • Due Diligence
    Due diligence is the level of judgment, care, prudence, determination, and activity that a person would reasonably be expected to do under particular circumstances. Under particular circumstances, due diligence applies to occupational health a safe, wh h means that employers shall take all reasonable precautions to prevent workplace injuries or accidents. This duty also applies to situations that are not addressed elsewhere in the OSH legislation.
  • Danger
    The sum of exposures of an organism to a pollutant over a while.
  • Dermal Toxicity
    The ability of a toxic chemical to poison people or animals by contact with the skin.
  • Developer / Client
    The developer/client for construction work is the person/entity who finances and/or commissions the construction work and may engage a project manager / client representative to plan, manage, and monitor the project/development on their behalf.
  • dB(A)
    A unit used to express relative difference in power or intensity, usually between two acoustic or electric signals, equal to ten times the common logarithm of the ratio of the two levels.
  • Dermal Exposure
    The process by which a chemical penetrates the skin and enters the body as an internal dose.
  • Drainage
    The removal of excess water from the land surface and/or from the soil profile.
  • Disposal Facilities (waste)
    Repositories for solid waste, including landfills and combustors intended for permanent containment or destruction of waste materials. Excludes transfer stations and composting facilities.
  • Development Project
    Any new development; and an existing effect where there will be significant modification and expansion.
  • Duty of Care
    It Is a legal obligation imposed on an individual or an entity requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any act that could foreseeably harm others.
  • Density
    A measure of how heavy a specific volume of a solid, liquid, or gas is in comparison to water.
  • Duty Holder
    Any person or entity holding a legal duty – in particular those placed by the OSHAD-SF and other relevant OSH laws, decrees, and regulations.
  • Disinfection
    The reduction, utilizing chemical agents and/or physical methods, of the number of microorganisms in the environment, to a level that does not compromise safety or suitability. To cleanse to destroy or prevent the growth of disease-carrying microorganisms.
  • Dermal Absorption / Penetration
    A measure of how heavy a specific volume of a solid, liquid, or gas is compared to water.
  • Exposure Assessment
    The determination of the emissions, pathways, and rates of movement of a substance and its transformation or degradation to estimate the concentrations/doses to which human populations are or may be exposed.
  • Epidemiology (Occupational)
    Epidemiological studies enable us to establish the relationship between work and the health, type of illnesses, and ultimate causes of death of working people. To be effective, epidemiology must be based on accurate data on disease occurrence, types of jobs, and exposures.
  • Excavation Work
    Means work to make, fill, or partly fill an excavation.
  • Emission
    The direct or indirect release of substances, vibration, heat, or noise from an installation into the air, water, or land.
  • Enforceable Undertaking
    An enforcement option may be used when OSHAD believes that an entity has failed to meet obligations under the OSHAD-SF. It is a legally binding agreement in which an entity undertakes to carry out specific activities to improve OSH performance and deliver benefits to the entity, sector, and/or the broader community.
  • Employer
    Any natural or legal person employs one or more employees in return for any wage. A person or entity engaged in business and who utilizes employees to conduct that business.
  • Existing Practitioner
    Refers to any OSH Practitioner engaged in OSH activities or duties in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in a particular Field of Work at the time the Field of Work is opened for registration in OSHAD Qudorat Program.
  • Epidemiology
    The study of the occurrence of disease in human populations.
  • Electrical / Electronic Waste
    Discarded, surplus, obsolete, or broken electrical or electronic devices.
  • Erector or Installer
    An erector or installer of the plant is any person who sets up, assembles, places in position, and connects or makes the plant ready for use.
  • Equipment
    Refer to Plant / Equipment.
  • Emission Limit Value (ELV)
    The mass, concentration, or emission level must not be exceeded over a given period.
  • Entity
    A business enterprise; a firm; an organization in private or government sectors where personnel are employed and whose objective is to produce or market commodities or to provide services of any kind.
  • Emergency
    A sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action.
  • Emergency Discharge
    An unplanned discharge classified by an entity as an emergency.
  • Explosives
    Any substance or article, including a device, that is designed to function by an explosion (i.e., an extremely rapid release of gas and heat) or within which a chemical reaction occurs that causes it to work similarly even if not designed to function by explosion.
  • Excavation
    Excavation means a hole in the earth, or a face of the world, formed after rock, sand, soil, or other material is removed. Examples: a trench, ditch, shaft, well, tunnel, pier hole, cutting, caisson or cofferdam, or a hole drilled in the earth.
  • Emergency Plan
    Systematic instructions and procedures detail what needs to be done, how, when, and by whom before and after an anticipated emergency event occurs.
  • Employment
    Any agreement, for a definite or indefinite term, concluded between an employer and an employee, whereby the latter undertakes to work in the employer’s service and under his management and control in return for a specific wage that the employer undertakes to pay.
  • Emergency Maintenance
    Maintenance is mandated by situations requiring immediate attention because of failure in or around facilities that may cause, if not maintained, significant damage to the building, building systems, and equipment. These situations could create unmanageable or unsafe conditions that would expose the property and/or personnel to a significant possibility of harm.
  • Exposure Limit (EL)
    Refer to Occupational Exposure Limit (OEL)
  • Exposure Hours
    The total number of hours a person is exposed to a specific hazard or hazardous material / substance.
  • Ergonomics
    The science of adapting the job and/or the equipment and the human to each other for optimal safety and productivity.
  • Engineering Controls
    The control of exposure to a hazardous agent by the design of plant and equipment, e.g., containment, exhaust ventilation, and mechanical aids.
  • Element (OSHAD-SF)
    A fundamental component of the OSHAD-SF defining the minimum requirements of an entity OSH Management System.
  • Employee
    Natural persons are working for the employer, or for contracted independent contractors, or any individual who carries out duties or actions specified by an employer for which the individual receives remuneration from the employer.
  • Fit Test (PPE – Respirators)
    A fit test is done to check that contaminated air cannot leak into a respirator and be inhaled. To ensure a good fit, nothing, including eyeglass frames, head coverings or beards, sideburns, or stubble, must come between the respirator and the skin where the respirator seals with the wearer’s face.
  • Flammable Liquids
    The word “Flammable" has the same meaning as “Inflammable.” Flammable liquids are liquids or mixtures of liquids, or liquids containing solids in solution or suspension (e.g. paints, varnishes, etc.), which have a flash point of 60.5 °C (141°F) or lower.
  • Frequency
    The number of occurrences of a repeating event within a period.
  • Falsework / Formwork
    Any temporary structure is used to support a permanent system during its erection and until it becomes self-supporting. It includes the form or mold into which concrete is poured, often referred to as ‘Formwork’.
  • Formwork
    Refer to Falsework.
  • Fire Safety Sign
    A sign (including an illuminated sign or an acoustic signal) that provides information on escape routes and emergency exits in case of fire, gets input on the identification or location of firefighting equipment, or gives a warning in case of fire.
  • Field of Work
    Predefined OSH related area of expertise for which a specified license, accreditation, certificate, qualification or the like is required to practice.
  • Friable Asbestos
    This means asbestos-containing material which, when dry, may become crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
  • First Aid Injury
    It is a minor work-related injury or illness that calls for only simple “First Aid” treatment and does not call for follow-up treatment by a health-care professional. First aid injuries do not result in lost time from work or work restrictions.
  • Flammable Range
    The difference between the lower and upper flammable limits is expressed in terms of the percentage of vapor or gas in the air by volume.
  • First Aid
    Immediate assistance is given to a person suffering from a sudden illness or injury in the workplace, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, and/or promote recovery. Such care may be considered “first aid” even though provided by a health-care professional
  • Flammable Solids
    Solids, or waste solids, other than those classed as explosives, are readily combustible under conditions encountered in transport or may cause or contribute to fire through friction.
  • Failure
    A cessation of proper functioning or performance.
  • Flash Point
    The minimum temperature at which a liquid gives off vapor in sufficient concentration to form an ignitable mixture with air near the surface of the liquid.
  • Fatality (Work-Related)
    Work-Related Fatality is a death resulting from a work-related injury or illness, regardless of the time between injury and death.
  • Gap Analysis
    A process that identifies a gap, eg. those areas of the OSHMS that can or need to be improved. This ‘Gap Analysis’ becomes part of the initial evaluation or subsequent assessment and audit reports and, consequently, part of the cycle of planning and implementation for continuous improvement.
  • Grey Water
    Wastewater is sourced solely from baths, showers, hand basins, and domestic laundries.
  • Generalist (OSH)
    An OSH practitioner who is competent can undertake a range of general OSH practices relating to OSH management and the predefined Fields of Work.
  • Globally Harmonized System (GHS)
    “Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).” A United Nations system addresses the classification of chemicals by types of hazard and proposes harmonized hazard communication elements, including labels and safety data sheets. It aims to ensure that information on physical hazards and toxicity from chemicals is available to enhance the protection of human health (and the environment) during the handling, transport, and use of these chemicals.
  • Groundwater
    Fresh water supply is found beneath the Earth’s surface, usually in aquifers, which supply wells and springs.
  • Hospital Out Patient
    A patient who is not hospitalized for 24 hours or more but who visits a hospital, clinic, or associated facility for diagnosis or treatment.
  • Hazard Awareness
    A state where people are alert to what they are doing and what is happening around them. It involves the ability to recognize the potential for actions or conditions that might result in harm to people and/or property damage.
  • Hazard & Operability (HAZOP)
    A study in the context of hazards and effects management.
  • Hazard Management
    The systematic process ofidentifying potential hazardous events and their potential consequences (hazard analysis); evaluating the risk potential of the hazardous event occurring (risk analysis); managing the risk at an ALARP risk level, which may be achieved by reducing the probability of a hazardous event occurring or mitigating its potential consequences; and reviewing the hazards and risks on a periodic basis.
  • HEPA Filter
    A disposable, extended media, dry type filter, in a rigid frame, with a minimum filtration efficiency of 99.97% for nominal 0.3 μm diameter thermally generated dioctyl phthalate (DOP) particles or an equivalent efficiency for a specified alternative aerosol and with an initial maximum resistance to airflow of 250 pa when tested at its rated airflow capacity.
  • Hazardous Waste
    Residues or ash from the various activities and operations retain properties of hazardous materials.
  • Hazard Assessment
    The process whereby the results of an analysis of a hazard are considered against judgment, standards, or criteria which have been developed as a basis for decision-making.
  • Health Surveillance
    Refer to Medical Surveillance.
  • Health Risk
    The combination of the likelihood that harm to health may occur (which is related to the probability of exposure) multiplied by the severity of health effects.
  • Hierarchy of OSH Control Measures
    The means of controlling exposure to OSH hazards are listed in preferential order as follows: elimination; substitution (alternatives); engineering / Isolation (plant and equipment); administration (procedural); and Personal Protective Equipment.
  • Hand Signal
    A movement or position of the arms or hands gives a recognized signal and guides persons carrying out maneuvers that are a hazard or danger to people.
  • Hand Tool
    A non-electrically powered device for performing manual work on material.
  • Hazardous Material
    Solid, liquid, or gaseous materials have properties that are harmful to human health or severely affect the environment, such as materials that are toxic, explosive, flammable, or emitting ionizing radiation.
  • Hazard Label
    An appropriate group of written, printed or graphic information elements concerning a hazardous product, selected as relevant to the target sector(s) that is affixed to, printed on, or attached to the immediate container of a dangerous product/substance or to the outside packaging of a hazardous product/substance.
  • Hot Work
    Where a source of ignition is present or where non-intrinsically safe equipment is being used and there is a risk of explosion.
  • Hazard Analysis
    The systematic process of developing an understanding of hazards. The process consists of hazard identification, assessment, and risk determination.
  • Housekeeping
    General care, cleanliness, orderliness, and maintenance of workplace, business, property, site or area.
  • Hazard
    Any substance, physical effect, or condition with the potential to harm people or property.
  • Hospital Day Care
    A patient using the full range of services of a hospital or clinic but is not expected to stay overnight.
  • Health Hazard
    An agent with potential to cause harm to health. These agents may be biological, chemical, physical, ergonomic or psychological in nature. ‘Health hazards’ are also known as ‘agents hazardous to health’ and ‘hazardous agents’. These terms are interchangeable.
  • Hospital In Patient
    A patient who is "admitted" to the hospital and stays overnight or for an indeterminate time.
  • Health Promotion
    The active promotion of health of personnel within the organization. Health promotion does not restrict itself to occupational issues but encompasses broader lifestyle & fitness issues to improve the workforce's health, efficiency, and well-being.
  • Hazard Identification
    The process of recognizing that a hazard exists and defining its characteristics.
  • Health Control Measure
    An action taken to reduce exposure to a substance that is hazardous to a person’s health.
  • Hazardous Substance
    See Hazardous Material.
  • Irritants
    Chemicals that can inflame the eyes, skin, or respiratory system.
  • Indoor Air Pollution
    Chemical, physical, or biological contaminants in indoor air.
  • Indoor Air
    The breathable air inside a habitable structure or conveyance.
  • Industrial Waste
    Any waste arising from an industrial premise.
  • Incineration
    A treatment technology involving destruction of waste by controlled burning at high temperatures.
  • Indoor Climate
    Temperature, humidity, lighting, air flow and noise levels in a habitable structure or conveyance. Indoor climate can affect indoor air quality.
  • Illuminated Sign
    A sign made of transparent or translucent materials is illuminated from the inside or the rear to give the appearance of a luminous surface (e.g., many emergency exit signs).
  • Infectious Waste
    Hazardous waste capable of causing infections in humans, including: contaminated animal waste; human blood and blood products; isolation waste, pathological waste; and discarded sharps (needles, scalpels or broken medical instruments).
  • Importer
    The first business or entity within the confines of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi which receives equipment/substances/products produced in other countries for the purpose of supplying them to distributors or employers within Abu Dhabi.
  • Ingestion
    To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption.
  • Intrinsic Safety
    Protection technique for safe operation of electronic equipment in explosive atmospheres. The concept was developed for safe operation of process control instrumentation in hazardous areas.
  • Inhalation
    The drawing in of air (or other gases) in to the lungs as breathing in.
  • Immediate Cause
    The most apparent reason for an adverse event, e.g., the guard is missing, the employee slips, etc. There may be several immediate causes identified in any one adverse event.
  • Inspection
    Physical on-site verification that work is performed and equipment is maintained in accordance with applicable OSH standards and procedures.
  • Improvement Notice
    A legal enforcement tool to be used to notify an entity of a requirement breach and instruct the recipient to implement corrective action(s).
  • Isolation
    The isolation process is also known as “Lock-out / Tag-out” – Introduction of a device to isolate energy sources & placement of a tag on the isolated device to show that equipment is out of service for repair or maintenance work.
  • ISO
    International Organization for Standardization, responsible for the ISO 9000, ISO 22000, ISO 31000 and other international management standards.
  • Installer
    Refer to Erector.
  • ISO 9001
    International standard for quality management systems.
  • Indoor Air Quality
    Refers to the presence or absence of air pollutants in buildings. There are many sources of indoor air pollutants, such as tobacco smoke, carbon monoxide (CO), and radon.
  • Impact
    Any change to the workplace, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an entity’s activities, products or services.
  • Injury
    Physical harm or damage to a person resulting from traumatic contact between the body of the person and an outside agency.
  • Incident (OSH)
    An event or chain of events that has caused or could have caused a fatality, injury, illness and/or damage (loss) to assets, entity reputation or third parties.
  • Infectious Substance
    A viable microorganism, or its toxin, which causes or may cause disease in humans or animals, or any other microbial agent that causes or may cause severe, disabling, or fatal illness. The terms infectious substance and etiologic agent are synonymous.
  • Induction
    The process by which new employees are introduced to a workplace and its policies and processes.
  • Job Hazard Analysis / Safety Hazard Analysis
    A job hazard/safety analysis (JHA / JSA) is a procedure that helps integrate accepted safety and health principles and practices into a particular task or job operation. In a JHA / JSA, each essential step of the job is to identify potential hazards and recommend the safest way to do the job.
  • Lifting Accessory
    Any accessory connected to lifting equipment is used to lift or lower a load. It includes chains, slings, shackles, wire ropes, and any accessory that may be used to carry a load, such as a concrete skip or man-riding basket.
  • Lost Time Injury Severity Rate (LTISR)
    The total number of lost work days per million hours of working.
  • Likelihood
    The chance that an event may happen. This can be assessed by looking at various information including: previous events, frequency of interaction with the hazard, industry statistics etc. Likelihood can be measured objectively or subjectively and can be expressed quantitatively or qualitatively.
  • Lost Workday Case
    A work-related injury or illness that results in an injured person temporarily unable to perform any regular job or restricted work activity on a subsequent scheduled workday or shift, supported by a medical report from an approved medical practitioner.
  • Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) System
    A system for removing contaminated air from a space, comprising two or more of the following elements (a) enclosure or hood, (b) duct work, (c) dust collecting equipment, (d) exhauster, and (e)discharge stack.
  • Lifecycle (Physical Asset)
    The full lifespan of a project, facility or operations i.e. conception, design, tender, construction, commissioning, operation, decommissioning, abandonment and site restoration.
  • Load
    Any load being lifted or lowered by lifting equipment and typically includes materials, waste materials, plant, equipment and persons.
  • Loss of a Bodily Function
    Loss of consciousness, loss of movement of a limb, failure of the sense of smell, taste, sight, or hearing, or loss of function of an internal organ.
  • Lost Workdays
    The total number of scheduled workdays or shift lost as a result of Occupational Injury / Illness excluding the incident day.
  • Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR)
    The total number of Lost Time Injuries per million hours worked during the period.
  • Landfill
    A disposal site where solid waste is buried between layers of dirt and other materials in such a way as to reduce contamination of the surrounding land. Modern landfills are often lined with layers of absorbent material and sheets of plastic to keep pollutants from leaking into the soil and water. Secure chemical landfills are disposal sites for hazardous waste, selected and designed to minimize the chance of release of hazardous substances into the environment.
  • Legal Requirement
    UAE and/or Abu Dhabi Laws, Regulations, Decrees and any Requirements adopted by an entity because of these Laws, Regulations or Decrees. It also refers to any international standards or treaties to which the UAE / Abu Dhabi is a signatory, or which they have agreed in principle to implement.
  • "LEP,d(formally LEX)"
    The “daily personal noise exposure” of an employee. It is expressed in dB(A) and is ascertained using a formula. This takes no account of the effect of any hearing protection used. The LEP d is an employee’s daily exposure to noise at work (normalized to an 8-hour day), taking into account the average levels of noise and the time spent in each area.
  • Lost Time Injury (LTI)
    Any absence from work resulting from work-related Fatalities, Permanent Total Disabilities, Permanent Partial Disabilities and Lost Workday Cases.
  • Lifting Equipment
    Any device used for lifting or lowering a load typically includes mobile cranes, tower cranes, gantry cranes, crawler cranes, hoists, and elevating work platforms.
  • Lockout
    The placement of a locking device on an energy-isolating device ensures the equipment being controlled cannot be operated until the lockout device is removed. “Lockout device” is a device that utilizes a positive means such as a padlock, either key or combination type, to hold an energy-isolating device in a safe position.
  • Lux Level
    A measure of the level of lighting in a building or area of a building. Lighting levels are task dependent with higher levels of illumination required for more detailed tasks.
  • Label
    A printed hazard warning notice, which identifies the primary and secondary hazards specific to a material and information about handling. Labels must be at least 100 mm X 100 mm unless otherwise specified.
  • Major Hazard Facility
    A facility that produces, stores, handles or processes large quantities of hazardous material (e.g. chemicals) and dangerous goods.
  • Manifest System
    Refer to Cradle to Grave.
  • Mitigation
    Measures taken to reduce the consequences of a potential hazardous event. The limitation of undesirable effects of a particular event.
  • Medical Treatment Case (MTC)
    A medical Treatment Case (MTC) is a work-related injury or illness that calls for medication, treatment, or medical check that a healthcare professional administers and goes beyond a first aid case. Medical treatment case does not result in lost time from work beyond the date of the injury.
  • Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
    See Safety Data Sheet.
  • Manufacturer (Chemical)
    An employer with a workplace where chemicals are produced for use, distribution or sale in commerce.
  • Medical Emergency
    A situation or condition having a high probability of disabling or immediately life-threatening consequences requiring first aid or other immediate medical intervention”.
  • Material Handling
    Any activity that involves picking up and moving materials, parts and/or finished products.
  • Manual Handling
    Is any activity requiring the use of force exerted by a person to lift, push, pull, carry or otherwise move, hold or restrain any person, animal or thing.
  • Monitoring
    Measurement of a material's properties or the fabric's sampling together with immediate or subsequent analysis or another form of size.
  • Medical Waste
    Any wastes made in whole or part of human tissue, animal tissue, blood or other body liquids, secretions, drugs or other pharmaceutical products, bandages, syringes, needles or other medical sharp objects, or any other wastes whether contagious, chemical or radioactive produced by medical activities, nursing, treatment, medical care, dental, veterinary or pharmaceutical or processed activities or others, tests, research works or study materials or sampling or storage of the same.
  • Medical (Health) Surveillance
    The process of evaluating the health of employees as it relates to their potential occupational exposures to hazardous agents.
  • Mobile Source
    Any non-stationary source of air pollution such as cars, trucks, motorcycles, buses, airplanes, and locomotives.
  • Make-up Air
    Air to replace extracted air.
  • Manifest (hazardous Waste)
    A form used by entities transporting waste that lists identification information, type and quantity of waste, the generator it originated from, the transporter that shipped it, and the storage or disposal facility to which it is being shipped. It includes copies for all participants in the shipping process.
  • Non - Potable Water
    Water that is unsafe or unpalatable to drink because it contains pollutants, contaminants, minerals, or infective agents.
  • Non-Nominated / Notified Entities
    An entity that has not yet been officially nominated / notified by a concerned Sector Regulatory Authority to comply with the requirements of the OSHAD-SF .
  • Near Miss
    An unplanned event or series of events that occurred at the workplace which, although not resulting in any injury, illness or equipment/property damage, had the potential to do so.
  • Nominated / Notified Entity
    An entity that has been officially notified by a concerned Sector Regulatory Authority to comply with the requirements of the OSHAD-SF.
  • Negligence
    An act or omission of an act through indifference or carelessness, though not intentional, which is likely to cause foreseeable grave injury or harm to persons and/or property.
  • New or expectant mother
    An employee who is pregnant; who has given birth to a living child within the previous six months; or who is breastfeeding.
  • Noise Reduction Rating (NRR)
    The NRR describes the average sound level reduction (attenuation) provided by a hearing protection device in a laboratory test. Since the NRR is based on laboratory testing, it does not take into account the loss of protection that occurs when hearing protectors are not fit properly or when they are not worn for the entire time.
  • Non-Domestic Building
    Any building with primary use for commercial/industrial activities on behalf of the duty holder. This would include a block of residential apartments, as the immediate use for the duty holder would be the rental value. A domestic premise(s) is a private dwelling in which a person(s) lives.
  • Non-Conformance
    A non-fulfillment of a requirement. Specifically, nonconformance is any deviation from work standards, practices, procedures, regulations, management system performance, etc. that could either directly or indirectly lead to injury or illness, property damage, damage to the workplace environment, or a combination of these.
  • "Occupational Health Risk Assessment Program"
    The systematic implementation of Health Risk Assessment within an organization.
  • Other Persons (OP)
    Persons who are at, or come into contact, or may be exposed to hazards from a workplace, that are not employees or contractors.
  • Occupational Illness / Disease:
    Any work-related abnormal condition or disorder, other than an injury, which is mainly caused by exposure to workplace factors associated with the employment. It includes acute and chronic illnesses or diseases caused by repetitive motion, inhalation, infectious organisms, absorption, ingestion or direct contact.
  • Occupational Health (OH)
    A multidisciplinary field concerned with preventing people from becoming ill because of their work.
  • Oxidizers
    Substances or wastes, which, while in themselves not necessarily combustible, may, by yielding oxygen, cause, or contribute to, the combustion of other materials.
  • "Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Policy"
    A public statement of the entity's intentions and principles of action regarding its Safety and Health effects gives rise to its strategic and detailed objectives.
  • Odor Threshold
    The minimum odor of a water or air sample that can just be detected after successive dilutions with odorless water. Also called threshold odor.
  • "Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSHMS)"
    A system developed and implemented to include all factors related to Occupational Safety and Health to protect human health and ensure the safety of employees in the workplace.
  • Occupational Exposure Limit (OEL)
    The airborne concentration of chemical agents and levels of physical agents to which employees may be repeatedly exposed, day after day, without adverse effects.
  • OSHAD
    The acronym for Abu Dhabi Occupational Safety and Health Center, standing for “Occupational Safety & Health Abu Dhabi”.
  • OSH Signboard
    A sign provides information or instructions through a combination of shape, color, and a symbol or pictogram rendered visible by the lighting of sufficient intensity. In practice, many signboards may be accompanied by supplementary text (e.g., ‘Fire exit’ alongside the symbol of a moving person.
  • Organic Peroxides
    Any organic substance or waste which contain Oxygen (O) in the bivalent OO structure which may be considered a derivative of hydrogen peroxide, where one or more of the hydrogen items have been replaced by organic radicals.
  • Occupational Health Risk Assessment
    The systematic identification of health hazards in the workplace and subsequent evaluation of health risks. This process considers existing control measures and identifies and recommends further preventive or control actions where appropriate.
  • OSHAD-SF
    Abu Dhabi Occupational Safety & Health System Framework.
  • OSH Sign
    A sign provides information or instruction about OSH at work using a signboard, a color, an illuminated sign or acoustic signal, verbal communication, or a hand signal.
  • Occupational Safety and Health Impact Assessment (OSHIA)
    The systematic process of identifying OSH impacts of existing, new or substantially altered projects and establishing mitigation requirements. It identifies OSH impacts and demonstrates how corrective (mitigation) measures are introduced in the design process – by using the Best Available Techniques (BAT) – to eliminate or minimize the impact.
  • Occupational Hygiene
    The application of scientific, technological and managerial principles to prevent or reduce the risks to health that arise from work activities.
  • Occupational Health Hazard
    An agent with the potential to cause harm to health. These agents may be biological, chemical, physical, ergonomic, or psychological in nature. Hazards are usually classified according to the severity of their adverse health effects.
  • Operator
    The employer who has management or control of the facility.
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
    Any device, appliance or equipment (including clothing or sunscreen affording protection against the weather) designed to be worn or held by an individual for protection against one or more health and safety hazards or minimize their exposure to workplace risks. It includes, but is not limited to, items such as facemasks and respirators, eye protection, high visibility clothing, coveralls, goggles, helmets, safety harnesses, gloves and footwear.
  • Professional Entity
    Refers to any private company, office, organization or similarly incorporated bodies providing OSH services.
  • Property / Equipment Damage Incident
    An incident that has occurred as a result of entity activities that has resulted in damage to property, buildings, vehicles, plant and equipment.
  • Powered Lift Truck
    An industrial vehicle used to carry, push, pull, lift or stack material that is powered by an electric motor or an internal combustion engine. Included are vehicles that are commonly referred to as forklift trucks, rider trucks, motorized or powered hand trucks, pallet trucks and tugs.
  • Packaging
    The container in which materials or goods are received or held for transport, including anything that enables the container to receive or hold the material or goods.
  • Planned Preventive Maintenance
    Preventive maintenance activities include equipment checks, partial or complete overhauls at specified periods, oil changes, lubrication etc.
  • Potable Water
    Water that is safe for drinking and cooking (human consumption).
  • Permanent Total Disability (PTD)
    Any work related injury which permanently incapacitates an employee and results in termination of employment;
  • Public Nuisance
    Anything that disturbs the general public’s reasonable use of property, endangers life and health, or is offensive to the general public.
  • A Person of Determination (Person with special needs)
    Every person suffering from a temporary / permanent, full /partial deficiency or infirmity in his physical, sensational, mental, communicational, educational or psychological faculties to an extent decreasing the possibility of satisfying his ordinary requirements in the conditions of people without special needs.
  • Practitioner Type (OSH)
    A practitioner type is the term used to group the OSH Practitioners based on the type of professional OSH services they provide, such as general, auditing and specialist.
  • Practitioner Category (OSH)
    Term used to group a number of related OSH Fields of Work.
  • Pre-Existing Conditions
    An injury or illness that is related to an employee’s health history or has resulted solely from an event or exposure that occurred outside the current employer’s workplace.
  • Package
    The complete product of the packing of chemicals and hazardous materials for transport, which consists of materials and their packaging.
  • Pictogram
    Refer to Symbol.
  • Permanent Employer Supplied Accommodation
    For the purposes of the OSHAD-SF: Buildings/facilities intended, designed and constructed to provide fixed lodgings for employees and other persons.
  • Pre-Cast Concrete
    A concrete panel or other pre-cast concrete element, made in either an on-site or off-site casting yard that is cast and then lifted into position to form part of a structure / building / services infrastructure, or part of a structure / building / services infrastructure. Pre-cast concrete not included in this definition include concrete pipes, bridge beams and culverts.
  • Prohibition Notice
    A legal enforcement tool to be used to notify an entity of a breach and instructing the recipient to immediately stop the specific work activities until corrective action(s) are implemented and verified.
  • Performance
    Measurable results of the OSHMS related to the entity’s control of its safety and health risks, based on its policy, objectives and targets.
  • Portable Power Tools
    A hand held tool powered by an electric motor, a compressed air motor, an internal combustion engine, direct burning of fuels and propellants, or even natural power sources like wind or moving water.
  • Plant / Equipment
    Plant / Equipment is a general term referring to machinery, equipment, and appliances.
  • Pathogens
    Microorganisms (e.g., bacteria, viruses, or parasites) that can cause disease in humans.
  • Project Manager / Client Representative
    The project manager / client representative for construction work is the person / entity appointed by the developer / client to carry out the management, planning and monitoring of the construction work on behalf of the developer/client.
  • Procedure
    A documented series of steps to be carried out in a logical order for a defined operation or in a given situation.
  • Precautionary Principle
    Where there are threats of serious or irreversible harm to the public, a lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent exposure to the public.
  • Permanent Partial Disability
    Any work-related injury, which results in the complete loss, or permanent loss of use, of any part of the body or any permanent impairment of the function of parts of the body, regardless of any pre-existing disability of the injured member or impaired body function.
  • Pollutant
    Generally, any substance introduced into the environment that adversely affects the usefulness of a resource or the health of humans.
  • Painting Booth
    Refer to Spray Booth.
  • Permit-To-Work System
    The system allows central control and ongoing monitoring of higher-risk activities to ensure that activities.
  • Practitioner (OSH)
    Refers to any OSH Generalist, Auditor or Technical Specialist.
  • Plan of Work (asbestos)
    A specific plan of work, containing risk assessments and method statements, for any works which will come into contact with asbestos.
  • Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)
    A structured approach to assessing the potential for incidents and expressing this potential numerically. In QRA, statistical values are derived for potential loss of life and damage to resources.
  • Qudorat
    OSHAD Program for electronically registering the entities and individuals in the field of Occupational Safety & Health in Abu Dhabi Emirate. OSHAD- SF - Mechanism 7 & 8 outline Qudorat registration requirements.
  • Risk Register
    Register which records details of all the risks identified for an entity, their grading in terms of likelihood of occurring and seriousness of impact on the entity, initial plans for managing each high level risk and subsequent residual risk.
  • Rope Reeving
    A system in which the rope travels around drums and sheaves.
  • Reduction (Waste)
    Process of reducing the quantity of waste produced through the review of operational practices and optimal use of raw materials.
  • Risk Assessment
    A process of examination, ranking, and prioritization of potential hazards and exposures in the work environment, to guide the implementation of suitable risk control measures.
  • Restricted Workday Case (RWDC) – (Light Duty)
    Restricted workday case (RWDC) is a work-related injury or illness that results in limitations on work activity that prevent an individual from doing any task of his/her normal job or from doing all of the job for any part of the day.
  • Reactive Maintenance
    A form of maintenance in which equipment and facilities are repaired only in response to a breakdown or a fault.
  • Rated Capacity (Forklift)
    The maximum weight that the truck is designed to lift as determined by the manufacture.
  • Respirable Asbestos Fibre
    A fibre of asbestos small enough to penetrate into the gas exchange regions of the lungs. Respirable asbestos fibres are technically defined as fibres that are less than 3 μm wide, more than 5 μm in length and have a length to width ratio of more than 3 to 1.
  • Recordable Incident
    All work related Occupational Health & Safety incidents.
  • Rated Capacity (Trucks)
    The Rated Capacity is a measure for Material Handling Trucks (with the exception of tow tractors). It states the weight of the load that can be transported safely by the truck if all the safety conditions for the truck are adhered to.
  • Reasonably Practicable
    Means that which is, or was at a particular time, reasonably able to be done in relation to ensuring safety and health taking into account and weighing up all relevant matters
  • Root Cause
    The initiating event that begins the chain of events that leads to an incident.
  • Recycled Water
    Treated liquid effluent produced by a Wastewater Treatment System that is suitable for Reuse.
  • Risk Matrix
    The matrix portraying risk as the product of probability and consequence is used as the basis for qualitative risk determination.
  • Radioactive Waste
    Any waste containing radionuclide (i.e. a nuclide that is radioactive). Frequently categorized according to activity content and other criteria as low level, intermediate level and high level waste. Disposal of radioactive waste is subject to national and international legislation.
  • Risk
    Risk is the product of the measure of the likelihood of occurrence of an undesired event and the potential adverse consequences which this event may have upon people – injury or harm to physical or psychological health. .
  • Residual Risk
    Remaining potential for harm to persons or property following all reasonable efforts to reduce identified and predictable hazards.
  • Registered Service Provider (waste)
    Registered and approved entities that are permitted for collection and transfer of different types of waste in the Emirate.
  • Recycle / Reuse
    Minimizing waste generation by recovering and reprocessing usable products that might otherwise become waste (eg. recycling of aluminum cans, paper, and bottles, etc.).
  • Reuse
    Refer to recycle.
  • Responsible Person
    A person designated by the employer who, through the appropriate training and experience in safety and health, is competent to implement, oversee and manage the employer’s safety and health program.
  • Regulation (OSH)
    A principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern conduct.
  • Risk Management
    The process of implementing decisions about accepting or altering risks.
  • Reckless Conduct
    Conduct that, without a reasonable excuse: Exposes an individual to risk of death or serious injury or illness; and/or fails to comply with an OSH responsibility.
  • Sewerage System
    A channel or conduit, pumping stations, tankers and other plant and equipment that carries wastewater and storm-water runoff from the source to a treatment plant or receiving stream. “Sanitary” sewers carry household, industrial, and commercial waste. “Storm” sewers carry runoff from rain. “Combined” sewers handle both.
  • Sector of Experience (Qudorat)
    Refers to any of the concerned sectors identified by OSHAD and regulated by nominated Sector Regulatory Authority.
  • Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
    A safety data sheet is a form containing data regarding the properties of a particular substance. It is intended to provide employees and emergency personnel with procedures for handling or working with that substance in a safe manner and includes information such as physical data (melting point, boiling point, flash point, etc.), toxicity, health effects, first aid, reactivity, storage, disposal, protective equipment, and spill handling procedures. The exact format of an SDS can vary from source to source.
  • Symbol or Pictogram
    Are for use on a signboard or illuminated sign (e.g. the trefoil ionizing radiation warning sign).
  • Serious Laceration(s)
    Lacerations that cause muscle, tendon, nerve or blood vessel damage or permanent impairment.
  • Serious head injury
    Fractured skull, loss of consciousness, blood clot or bleeding in the brain or damage to the skull to the extent that it is likely to affect organ/face function. Head injuries resulting in temporary or permanent amnesia.
  • Sanitation
    Control of physical factors in the human environment that could harm development, health, or survival.
  • Stationary Source
    A fixed-site producer of pollution.
  • Solid Waste
    Non-liquid, non-soluble materials ranging from municipal garbage to industrial wastes that contain complex and sometimes hazardous substances. Solid wastes also include sewage sludge, agricultural refuse, demolition wastes, and mining residues. Technically, solid waste also refers to liquids and gases in containers.
  • Spinal injury
    Injury to the cervical, thoracic, lumbar or sacral vertebrae including the discs and spinal cord.
  • Sewage
    The waste and wastewater produced by residential and commercial sources and discharged into sewers.
  • Standard
    An acknowledged measure of comparison for quantitative or qualitative value; a criterion by the terms of which something can be judged.
  • Serious Occupational Illness / Disease
    Refer to Illness / Disease.
  • System
    A management tool for meeting an established objective made up of four basic steps: plan, implement, measure/evaluate and adjust.
  • Sub-Contractor
    Refer to Contractor.
  • "Solid Waste Management"
    Supervised handling of waste materials from their source through recovery processes to disposal.
  • Services Infrastructure
    Basic physical community services infrastructure. This includes, but is not limited to: water; power; sewerage; gas; stormwater and drainage; treated sewerage effluent (TSE); telecommunications; district cooling; and roads and other transport systems infrastructure.
  • Shall
    Used to qualify a requirement / action which is mandatory.
  • Safe Working Load (SWL)
    The manufacturer's recommended maximum weight load for a line, rope, crane or any other lifting device, equipment, accessory or component of a lifting device. The SWL is determined by dividing the minimum breaking strength (MBS) of a component by a safety factor assigned to that type and use of equipment.
  • Sampling
    Collection of samples of a material (such as a discharge or process stream) for immediate or subsequent analysis or other form of measurement. Sampling may be continuous or intermittent, and manual or automated.
  • Site Traffic
    All forms of vehicle traffic movements on site and includes the movements of visitors’ vehicles.
  • Slinger
    Refer to Signaller.
  • Source Reduction
    Reducing the amount of materials entering the waste stream from a specific source by redesigning products or patterns of production or consumption (eg. using returnable beverage containers). Synonymous with waste reduction.
  • Sewerage
    The entire system of sewage collection, treatment, and disposal.
  • Stack
    A chimney, smokestack or vertical pipe that discharges used air.
  • Serious OSH Incident
    A work-related incident that requires notification to OSHAD / SRA and consists of or results in: fatality; serious Injury; serious occupational illness; and/or serious dangerous occurrence
  • Sector Regulatory Authority (SRA)
    A public authority or government agency responsible for exercising autonomous authority over some area of human activity in a regulatory or supervisory capacity. In relation to OSH the regulatory authorities have been recommended by OSHAD and appointed by the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi to oversee OSH activities for the targeted economic sectors.
  • Sampling Frequency
    The interval between the collections of successive samples.
  • Stress
    Condition that might result when an event or situation places increased demand on a person’s mental or emotional resources. Sources of stress may arise from domestic or social situations as well as occupational circumstances. The individual’s response to such situations can lead to health and safety related problems such as depression, cardiovascular disease, and musculo-skeletal disorders.
  • Supplier
    A person, entity, their employees or a nominated representative engaged to supply goods. A supplier may be distinguished from a contractor or subcontractor, who commonly adds specialized input to deliverables. A Supplier is also commonly called a vendor.
  • Spray Booth / Painting Booth
    A power-ventilated structure provided to enclose or accommodate a spraying operation to confine and limit the escape of spray, vapor, and residue, and to safely conduct or direct them to an exhaust system. The terms Spray Booths and Painting Booths are interchangeable for the purposes of this document.
  • Safe
    A condition in which all hazards inherent in an operation have either been eliminated or are controlled such that their associated risks are both below a tolerable threshold and are reduced to a level which is as low as reasonably practicable.
  • Sector
    A subdivision from all economic activities that includes a group of entities that perform their work through license or permit.
  • Safety Hazard Analysis
    Refer to Job Hazard Analysis.
  • Storm Sewer
    A system of pipes (separate from sanitary sewers) that carries water runoff and drainage from buildings and land surfaces.
  • Spraying Area
    Any area in which dangerous quantities of flammable vapors or mists, or combustible residues, dusts, or deposits are present due to the operation of spraying processes.
  • Solid Waste Disposal
    The final placement of refuse that is not salvaged or recycled.
  • Safety Case
    Is a detailed document that outlines the types of safety studies undertaken, the results of those studies and the safety management arrangements to address the findings of those studies – it is a clear, comprehensive and defensible argument that a system is acceptably safe to operate in a particular context.
  • Serious eye injury
    It is an injury that results in or is likely to result in the loss of the eye or total or partial loss of vision (temporary or permanent). An injury that involves an object penetrating the eye (for example metal fragment, or wood chip). Exposure of the eye to a substance that poses a risk of serious eye damage.
  • Shadow Vacuuming (asbestos)
    Means the operation of an asbestos vacuum cleaner that is either directly attached to a tool or hand-held by a second employee as close as possible to the source of released asbestos fibres throughout the use of the tool.
  • Short Term Exposure Limit (STEL)
    Limits established by the ACGIH that represent the maximum concentrations employees can be exposed to for 15-minute periods without suffering adverse effects with certain excursion limits.
  • Sharps
    Hypodermic needles, syringes (with or without the attached needle), Pasteur pipettes, scalpel blades, blood vials, needles with attached tubing, and culture dishes used in animal or human patient care or treatment, or in medical, research or industrial laboratories. Also included are other types of broken or unbroken glassware that were in contact with infectious agents, such as used slides and cover slips, and unused hypodermic and suture needles, syringes, and scalpel blades.
  • Serious OSH Injury
    OSH Injuries requiring notification to OSHAD / SRAs.
  • Serious OSH Incident Notification
    Initial notification of Serious OSH Incident to the concerned SRA using OSHAD-SF Form G and based on immediate judgment of the potential severity / seriousness of the incident
  • "Safety and Health – Construction Management Plan (SH-MP)"
    Documented procedures to define the OSH risks, hazards and controls, which are to be designed to be incorporated into a project at the “construction work” stages of a project.
  • Safety Color
    A color to which a specific meaning is assigned (e.g. yellow means ‘be careful’ or ‘take precautions’.)
  • Severity
    The degree to which an agent hazardous to health can cause harm.
  • Special Lift
    Any lifting operation which is carried out infrequently or as a ‘one-off’ on the site and there is change in either the lifting equipment used or the lifting accessory. An example of a special lift is the lifting of air conditioning plant onto the roof of a building which will only be carried out once and will require a detailed lifting assessment.
  • Shipper (or Consignor)
    Any individual or Company who engages a carrier (transporter) to transport Chemical and Hazardous Material to another individual or company (the consignee / importer)
  • Serious burns due to thermal and chemical agents
    A burn requiring intensive care or critical care which could require compression garment or a skin graft. It does not include a burn that merely requires washing the wound and applying a dressing.
  • Serious Dangerous Occurrence
    A significant incident arising out of or in the course of work that did not result in Serious Injuries/and or fatalities but had the potential to have done so.
  • Serious OSH Incident Reporting
    Reporting of Serious OSH incidents to OSHAD / SRA using OSHAD-SF- Form G1 for reporting investigation findings and OSHAD-SF - Form E/E2 in the entity’s quarterly performance report, once the actual severity and consequences of the notified incident are established based on investigation and (for injuries) diagnosis by licensed health care practitioner and supported by hospital report.
  • Signaller / Slinger
    Any employee connecting a load to lifting equipment or any employee providing directions to the operator of any lifting equipment.
  • Substance
    Any chemical element and its compounds and any biological entity or microorganism, except radioactive substances or genetically modified organisms.
  • Target (OSH)
    Detailed performance requirement, quantified where practicable, applicable to the entity or parts thereof, that arises from objectives and that needs to be set and met in order to achieve those objectives.
  • Top Management
    The person or persons at the highest level of organizational management who have the day-to-day responsibilities of managing a corporation. May be known as CEO, Managing Director, or Secretary-General.
  • Technical Specialist (OSH)
    An OSH Practitioner who is competent to undertake specific technical activities as they relate to safety and health management systems.
  • Toxicity
    A physiological or biological property, which determines the capacity of a chemical to do harm or produce injury to a living organism by other than mechanical means.
  • Technical Guideline (OSHAD-SF)
    Documents that provide guidance and advice on how to achieve a standard / requirement as defined in the OSHAD-SF. Guidance and advice is not mandatory, but it should be adopted unless an entity chooses an alternative control measure or course of action that achieves an equivalent or better standard than that recommended.
  • Tent
    Any temporary structure, enclosure, or shelter constructed of fabric or pliable material supported in any manner other than by air or the contents it protects.
  • Total Number of Employees
    Average of full-time and part-time employees, calculated on a full-time basis, during the reporting year.
  • Total Reported Cases
    The sum of Fatalities, Permanent Total Disabilities, Permanent Partial Disabilities, Lost Workday Cases, Restricted Work Cases and Medical Treatment Cases.
  • Temporary Employer Supplied Accommodation
    For the purpose of the OSHAD-SF: Buildings / facilities intended, designed and constructed to provide temporary lodging for employees and other persons involved in project / “construction work” / or other short term activity with a limited timeframe.
  • Threshold Limit Value (TLV)
    These values are assigned based upon evidence of the level (i.e. the threshold) at which an adverse health effect may occur in the vast majority of the population. TLVs are not restricted to chemical agents.
  • Transporter (or Carrier)
    A company or an individual engaged in transporting Chemicals and Hazardous Materials.
  • Total Reported Case Frequency (TRCF)
    The total number of reported case per million hours of working.
  • Training
    The organized activity aims to impart information and instructions to improve the recipient's performance or to help them attain a required level of knowledge or skill.
  • Tag-out
    “Tag-out” device is a prominent warning device, such as a tag with a means of attachment, which can be securely fastened
  • Trade Effluent
    Any Wastewater discharged to a Sewerage System which is produced in the course of any industrial, commercial, agricultural, medical, scientific or trade activity, but does not include domestic Waste Water.
  • Temporary Structure
    For the purposes of the OSHAD-SF: refers to any structure that is erected on a temporary basis and includes porta-cabins, containers and tents.
  • Type Designation (trucks)
    Refers to the truck's power source (diesel, gas, electric, or liquefied propane gas) and if the car is equipped with any additional safeguards to the exhaust, fuel, and/or electrical systems. The designation will also indicate locations where the truck may not be used, such as in atmospheres containing flammable vapors or dust.
  • Underlying Cause
    Supervisors do not carry out the less obvious ‘system’ or ’organizational’ reason for an adverse event, e.g., pre-start-up machinery checks; the hazard has not been adequately considered via a suitable and sufficient risk assessment; production pressures are too significant, etc.
  • Unsafe Act
    Something a person does that can cause an incident or injury.
  • UN Number
    A four-digit substance identification number assigned by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. A number is assigned to substances with similar hazardous characteristics.
  • Unsafe Condition
    A situation which, if it continues, can lead to an incident.
  • Verbal Communication
    A predetermined spoken message communicated by a human or artificial voice.
  • Vehicle
    Any powered truck, car, van, or item of the site plant that a driver or operator may operate.
  • Workplace Rehabilitation
    A managed process involving early intervention with appropriate, adequate, and timely services based on assessed needs and aimed at maintaining injured or ill employees in, or returning them to, suitable employment. It is seen as a system in which the person of primary importance is the injured or sick employee, and every reasonable attempt is made to return the employee from injury and/or illness to their pre-injury state.
  • Waste Stream
    The total flow of solid waste from homes, businesses, institutions, and manufacturing plants that is recycled, burned, or disposed of in landfills, or segments thereof, such as the "residential waste stream" or the "recyclable waste stream."
  • Waste
    An unusable or unwanted substance or material. A wide-ranging term includes any scrap material, effluent, unwanted surplus substance, or article that must be disposed of. Emissions are excluded.
  • Workplace Exposure Limit
    The established concentration of a substance that, if not exceeded, will not usually result in adverse effects on persons exposed.
  • Work-Related Illness or Injury
    An illness or injury to a person, employee, or contractor shall be considered work-related.
  • Worker
    See Employee.
  • Working Zone
    The volume in the workplace where activity is generating a contaminant cloud.
  • Working Days
    Any day other than an official public holiday on which legal business can be conducted.
  • Water Table
    The depth (measured from the surface of the Earth) at which underground water is first encountered.
  • Working Hours
    The total number of hours of employment, including overtime and training but excluding leave, sickness, and other absences.
  • Wastewater
    The water-bourne wastes generated by a domestic, commercial, or industrial activity, including Grey Water and Trade Effluent.
  • Workplace
    A workplace is where work is carried out for an entity or undertaking and includes any place where an employee goes or is likely to be, while at work. A place may include, but is not limited to office, workshop, site, operational area, warehouse; vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other mobile structure; any waters and any installation on land, on the bed of waters, or floating on any waters; and an offsite emergency location that employees must attend in accordance with their emergency response procedures.
  • Waste Treatment
    The physical, chemical, or biological processing of waste to make it harmless, reduce its volume or recycle it.
  • Wage
    Any consideration, in cash or kind, given to an employee in return for his service under an employment contract, whether yearly, monthly, weekly, daily, hourly, piecemeal, output, or commission basis.
  • Work Station
    Assigned location for an employee to perform his or her job, equipped with all the necessary tools and facilities.
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    The ability of a substance to cause severe biological harm or death soon after a single exposure or dose. Also, any poisonous effect resulting from a single short-term exposure to a toxic substance.
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