Occupational Health & Safety: With the prevalence of texting and communicating via social media, acronyms are everywhere. It’s as if online communication is spoken in an entirely different language. IMHO, getting to know what these acronyms mean is important to navigating the online world and being in touch culturally across generations.
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I think its very important to know acronyms in and beyond the PPE world. You can look them up, or read an article such as this one, which is a good start. You can also ask questions. That's a fast way to learn what you don't know about current terminology. I didn't know most of the acronyms in this article. It may be important to learn some of them, or it may not be. It seems as though most would be applicable to those who work at job sites often. We don't really find people throwing these around the theatre. They could be more important if you were doing a show with very hazardous materials. Everyday acronyms are important for communication, just as these could be important in the right environment.
I agree with Kassondra, these acronyms should be far more well known then they currently are. Some of these are acronyms that everyone has seen on a daily basis regardless of what work it is that they are doing. Understanding the difference in some of these acronyms I think should be taught in the 30-hour OSHA class. simple ones like understanding the difference between RPP, TPP, and THL. Most importantly in areas of extreme heat which any theatrical welder or pyrotechnician could be faced with they are great factors to understand when purchasing personal PPE. The LOI was an interesting factor that I was not familiar with but keeping in mind the Oxygen level and its ability to factor into combustion and flamability is interesting but also not necessarily directly applicable to theatre.
The second page of this article is a lot more useful than the first page. PPE that requires ratings for energy breakthrough or conductive heat resistance is not something that the typical TD or PM/SM will encounter on stage or in the shop. Anything we would normally do that requires that PPE we would either hire a contractor or just not do it. The second page lists a variety of safety and engineering organizations, which IS useful if you need to find information on the requirements of a particular process or operation, or just for general safety information.
I’m really surprised that the first page lists such specialized (typically electrical and process energy) PPE, and not some of the acronyms for more commonly encountered PPE, dBm, dBr, etc.
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