Lee's Loss Prevention in the Process Industries: Hazard Identification, Assessment and Control, Volume 3, Third Edition

| AAE | Additional Accommodation East (Piper Alpha) |
| AAM | accident anatomy method |
| AAR | Association of American Railroads |
| AAW | Additional Accommodation West (Piper Alpha) |
| ABC | general purpose dry chemical |
| ABCM | Association of British Chemical Manufacturers |
| ABI | Association of British Insurers |
| ABL | atmospheric boundary layer |
| ABMA | American Boiler Manufacturers Association |
| ABPI | Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry |
| ACA | Advisory Committee on Asbestos |
| ACDS | Advisory Committee on Dangerous Substances |
| ACE | Army Corps of Engineers |
| ACGIH | American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists |
| ACH | Acetone cyanohydrinbased route |
| ACMH | Advisory Committee on Major Hazards |
| ACOP | Approved Code of Practice |
| ACR | Average circle radius |
| ACRS | Advisory Committee on Reactor Safety |
| ACSNI | Advisory Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations |
| ACTS | Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances |
| ADI | acceptable daily intake |
| ADN | European Agreement for the International Transport of Dangerous Goods |
| ADNR | European Agreement for the International Transport of Dangerous Goods (River Rhine) |
| ADR | European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road |
| ADT | adiabatic storage test |
| AE | acoustic emission |
| AEA | action error analysis |
| AEC | Atomic Energy Commission |
| AEL | accessible emission level |
| AFFF | aqueous film forming foam |
| AFNOR | Association Francaise de Normalisation |
| AFPA | Australian Fire Protection Association |
| AGA | American Gas Association |
| AGR | advanced gas-cooled reactor |
| AHM | acutely hazardous material |
| AHP | analytic hierarchy process |
| AI | artificial intelligence |
| AIA | American Insurance Association |