| CAA |
Clean Air Act, U.S. legislation regarding air pollution. |
| CAIR |
Comprehensive Assessment Information Rule (under TSCA) |
| CAS |
Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio Publisher of Chemical Abstracts
and other publications and services |
| CCC |
Compromised Container Caps, cracked or otherwise damaged screw-on caps for
chemical containers. [This acronym invented 24 Feb 1995 by Jerry Mason, Chemical
Management Officer, Brigham Young University.] |
| CCOHS |
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, a Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada based organization offering a well regarded collection of MSDS on CD-ROM, as well
as other H&S related services. telephone: 905-572-2981 FAX: 905-572-2206 |
| CEPP |
Chemical Emergency Preparedness Program |
| CEEL |
Community Emergency Exposure Level
A sort of PEL for a whole community; intended as a guideline for when evacuations are
necessary in case of accidental releases. |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act,
also known as Superfund. US Federal legislation establishing a huge EPA project to clean
up hazardous material dumps. Makes generators responsible for how waste is ultimately
disposed of. |
| CESQG |
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator |
| CET |
Certified Environmental Trainer, a credential issued by the National
Environmental Training Association |
| CFC |
Chlorofluorocarbons, being phased out world-wide because of their
detrimental effect on the ozone layer. |
| CFM |
cubic feet per minute, a unit of measure of air flow that is used in
evaluating ventilation systems. |
| CGA |
Compressed Gas Association |
| CHMM |
Certified Hazardous Materials Manager |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations, the compilation of all regulations issued by
agencies of the US Federal Government |
| CHEMTREC |
Chemical Transportation Emergency Center - provides hazard information
warnings and guidance in emergency (and ONLY emergency) situations. |
| CHO |
Chemical Hygiene Officer
The Administrator of a Chemical Hygiene Plan under OSHA regulations |
| CHP |
Chemical Hygiene Plan - Required by OSHA, a statement of laboratory work
practices written by each employer |
| CHP |
Certified Health Physicist - A person who deals on a professional level
with radiation safety. |
| CIH |
Certified Industrial Hygienist
On good days certification reflects education, training and experience in the art and
science of the anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of health hazards in the
workplace and community. On bad days it means you have a new appreciation for the "or
should have known" part of liability law. On other days it simply means education, 5
years of experience and passing two brain straining tests. |
| CLMI |
Comprehensive Loss Management Inc. of Minneapolis, Mn. 55447
A company that produced and sells a well-publicized back injury prevention program. |
| CO |
Carbon monoxide |
| COD |
Chemical Oxygen Demand - oxygen demand due to inorganic chemicals such as
iron. |
| CPSC |
Consumer Products Safety Commission, a US federal agency |
| CSA |
Canadian Standards Association, the national consensus standards
association for Canada. |
| CSA |
Campus Safety Association, a North American-based association of people
involved in providing health and safety services to colleges and universities. This is a
subsidiary organization of the National Safety Council and members of the NSC in the US,
Canada, and Mexico can join at no additional fee. |
| CSP |
Certified Safety Professional
the safety equivalent to a CIH. The initials CSP are also used by certified sales
professionals, certified speaking professionals, and certified silly persons. The first
two of these are for real, for the last I apologize to Monty Python. The Certified Safety
Professional credential is issued by the BCSP (qv) |
| CTD |
Cumulative Trauma Disorder |
| CWA |
Clean Water Act, US federal legislation |
