Damstra Safety Glossary of Terms and Definitions

An event that (a) causes any person to be harmed; or (b) in different circumstances, might have caused any person to be harmed.  [Worksafe NZ]

An incident where injury or ill health occurs [ISO 45001]

An action to eliminate the cause(s) of a nonconformity or an incident and to prevent recurrence.

Any feedback, positive, negative or neutral that you might wish to send to your Health and Safety team. 
Communication of information relevant to the safety management system among the various levels and functions of the organisation [ISO 45001]

Any Source with a potential to cause injury or ill health.

A departure from a state of health, A disease or sickness. The adverse effect on the physical, mental or cognitive condition of a person.

Any unplanned event not resulting in, but having the potential for injury, ill health, damage or other loss. [Worksafe NZ]
Occurrence arriving out of; or in the course of, work that could or does result in injury and ill health [ISO 45001] 

Tissue damage resulting from either the acute transfer to individuals of physical energy (Kinetic or Mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical or radiant) or the sudden interruption of normal energy patterns to maintain life processes. [ Worksafe NZ]
The adverse effect on the physical, mental or cognitive condition of a person. Adverse effects include occupational disease, illness or death [ISO 45001]

An unplanned or uncontrolled event that did not result in injury, illness or damage but had the potential to do so. [Worksafe NZ]
An incident where no injury or ill health occurs but has the potential to do so [ISO 45001]

Not safe: The observation of something that did not result in injury, illness or damage but had the potential to do so.

Safe: The observation of a positive or proactive activity that promotes or displays health and safety best practice.

The entity that ‘owns’ the instance of Damstra Safety is typically described as the Organisation in Vault and in supporting videos.

Workers that belong to one of the two customisable Worker types (e.g. Student, Volunteer).

Refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments / equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection.

Term used to mean role or job title.

Any Database displayed as a table.

Anything that has the potential to cause injury, ill-health or damage.
The probability and magnitude of harmful consequences arising from a hazard. The likelihood of a specified undesired event occurring within a specified period or in specified circumstances. The probability of harmful consequences arising from a hazard. [WorkSafe NZ]

The possibility that harm (death, injury or illness) might occur when exposed to a hazard. [Safe Work AU]

Is the risk of uncertainty.  It is often expressed in terms of a combination of the consequences of an event and the associated likelihood of occurrence [ISO 45001]

A form which collects the minimum amount of information required to add an entry to a database.

Describes the ‘type ahead’ function whereby filtered database results are returned with each keystroke.

The person responsible for the Health & Safety of a Worker. Not necessarily that person’s line manager.

A person who is external to the Organisation and any Contractor Companies. Typically added to Damstra Safety when involved in some kind of Event (Incident).

A person (of any type) that has login access to Damstra Safety.

Holds multiple meanings in Damstra Safety, depending on context:

• Collective term describing a person who does work for the Organisation
• Somebody who belongs to either the Worker, Contracted Worker or Other Person Type categories 
• Somebody who belongs to the Worker category specifically, and not the Contracted Worker or Other Person Type categories .