| Question | Answer |
| ABI | The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is the trade body for insurance companies in the UK |
| Ability | The capacity to perform a particular physical or mental function |
| Absolute duty | An absolute duty is something that must be complied with |
| Accident | An undesired event that results in injury, ill-health or property damage |
| Accident Injury Rate (AIR) | Most commonly used accident rate. Expression of the number of defined accidents in a given period per thousand employees. |
| Accident Frequency Rate (AFR) | Accident Frequency Rate (AFR). The frequency rate is the number of defined accidents in a period per 100,000 person hours |
| Accident traingle | A visual way of showing how unsafe events in the workplace will generally lead to near misses but that a proportion will also also result in accidents |
| ACoP | Approved Codes of Practice (ACoP) give practical advise and offer examples of good practice on how to comply with the law |
| Active failures (re. human failure) | Active failures - immediate consequence made by front-line people such as drivers, control room staff or machine operators |
| Active monitoring systems | Active monitoring - Monitor the effectiveness of workplace precautions, risk control systems and management arrangements. Provide 'leading indicators' of performance. |
| Arrangements (health and safety policy) | The part of the health and safety policy that describes how the organisation's health and safety aims and objectives are going to be met |
| Attitude | Represents an individual's degree of like or dislike of an object. Attitudes can be modified as a consequence of feedback. Influenced by peer group pressure |
| Auditing | Structured process of collecting independent information on the efficiency, effectiveness and reliability of the total health and safety management system, and includes drawing up plans for corrective action |
| HSWA | Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 |
| MHSWR | Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 |
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