Work-Related Fatalities Prevention Project

Dr John F. Culvenor

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Introduction:	The Victorian WorkCover Authority (WorkCover) funded the “Work Related Fatalities Prevention Project” (WRFP), conducted between 1997 and 2001. The initial twelve-month data-gathering phase of the WRFP, between August 1997 and August 1998, was undertaken by WorkCover with the assistance and cooperation of the Victorian State Coroner’s Office. Between 1998 and 2001 WorkCover funded the intervention phase of the project in a collaborative partnership with VIOSH Australia at the University of Ballarat. The Victorian State Coroner’s Office contributed access to resources and administrative support. The intervention phase of the project was guided by a steering committee consisting of representatives from the three bodies: State Coroner’s Office: Graeme Johnstone; University of Ballarat: Associate Professor Steve Cowley; and Victorian WorkCover Authority: Bronwyn Richardson (initially) and Michael Little (latterly); The data-gathering phase of the program involved the extraction, merging and analysis of data from WorkCover and the Coroner’s Office databases to determine three priority areas to become the focus of activity. These priority areas were agreed by the steering committee in late 1998. The three priority areas chosen were: Tree felling fatalities; Hydraulic related deaths; and Falls from heights. Investigation of, and intervention in, these priority areas were then conducted. The project concluded in August 2001. The project sought to analyse the factors that contributed to work-related fatalities in order to identify priority areas for the development of interventions. In some of these areas the program piloted and evaluated intervention strategies, in others, it engaged with existing agencies to conduct the intervention.
Full Reference:	Batchelor, M., Cowley, S., Culvenor, J., Johnstone, G., Little, M., Richardson, B. & Roberts, R. 2003, Work-Related Fatalities Prevention Project Summary Report, University of Ballarat.
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