Industrial Ergonomics and Occupational Health and Safety - Australia

Dr John F. Culvenor, PhD

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Policy and Research

 

This area of my work is of a broad nature concerning policy and research.  Recent examples include:

 

·          Workplace Health and Safety in the Construction Industry, a discussion paper available in the publications page released by the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry.

 

·          Work-Related Fatalities Prevention Project.

 

See a paper titled Work Related Fatalities Prevention Project in the publications section.

 

See two Victorian WorkCover Authority documents that followed this project: Health and safety in forest operations: recommended practices; and Working safely with trees: recommended practices for the amenity tree industry.

 

 

I hold an honorary appointment as Senior Research Fellow at University of Ballarat.  Current work being conducted with the University includes: 

 

·          Evaluation of the Victorian Nurse Back Injury Prevention Project, being conducted by University of Ballarat for the Department of Human Services, Victoria.

 

Work performed in the past includes:

 

·          Evaluation of Health and Safety Representative Training in South Australia.

 

This project was conducted for the WorkCover Corporation of South Australia. 

 

The report is available via the WorkCover website or here in the publications page. 

 

A paper was recently published about this evaluation: Culvenor, J., Cowley, S. & Harvey, J. 2003, ‘Impact of Training of Health and Safety Representatives on Concepts of Accident Causation and Prevention’, Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 279-292.  This paper is available in the publications page.

 

·          Occupational Health and Safety Priorities for the Queensland Coal Mining Industry.

 

This project was funded by the Australian Coal Association Research Program.

 

The report is available via the ACARP website or here in the publications page.

 

·          Information about other research publications can be seen on the publications page.