Workplace Health and Safety Strategy for New Zealand to 2015

Rautaki mō te Haumaru me te Hauora o te Wāhi Mahi mō Aotearoa ki te 2015

Snapshot of Progress 2006/07

Appendix 2

Abbreviations

ACC:
Accident Compensation Corporation
CAA:
Civil Aviation Authority
CVIU:
Commercial Vehicle Investigation Unit (New Zealand Police)
DHB:
District Health Board
DoL:
Department of Labour
EMA:
Employers and Manufacturers Association
EPMU:
Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union
ERMA NZ:
Environmental Risk Management Authority New Zealand
HRC:
Health Research Council
HSE Act:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
HSNO Act:
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
ILO:
International Labour Organisation
IPENZ:
Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand
IPRC Act:
Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001
ITO:
Industry training organisation
LTNZ:
Land Transport New Zealand
MED:
Ministry of Economic Development
MfE:
Ministry for the Environment
MNZ:
Maritime New Zealand (formerly Maritime Safety Authority)
MoE:
Ministry of Education
MoH:
Ministry of Health
MoT:
Ministry of Transport
MPIA:
Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
MYD:
Ministry of Youth Development
NODS:
Notifiable Occupational Disease System
NOHSAC:
National Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Committee
NZCTU:
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
NZIPS:
New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy
OHS:
Occupational health and safety
ORS:
Operator rating system
Police:
New Zealand Police
SCFNZ:
Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand
SMEs:
Small or medium-sized enterprise
SNZ:
Statistics New Zealand
SPARC:
Sport and Recreation New Zealand
TEC:
Tertiary Education Commission
VDU:
Visible display unit
WES:
Workplace exposure standards
WHO:
World Health Organisation
WHSC:
Workplace Health and Safety Council
WHSS:
Workplace Health and Safety Strategy
WSMP:
Workplace Safety Management Practices

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