Addressing the present need for an overall reference book that provides a complete and sufficient description of the terminology used in the safety/loss prevention field, this text is an encyclopedic A-Z listing of terminology. This text covers background, meanings, and descriptions of terms. It presents terminology in alphabetical order for ease of search and contains supplemental appendices of safety organizations, common safety standards, and acronyms. Two-paragraph descriptions of terms, photographs, diagrams, graphs, and tables are included to aid understanding of the subject, making it a