Publications list

Culvenor, J. 2024, ‘Ranch/farm horse riding concussion risk - western hats versus helmets’, 10th Annual Appalachian Safety Summit, Appalachian State University, Boone NC, September 3-4, 2024, available www.culvenor.com.

Culvenor, J. 2024, ‘Ranch/farm horse riding in extreme heat - western hats versus helmets’, 10th Annual Appalachian Safety Summit, Appalachian State University, Boone NC, September 3-4, 2024, available www.culvenor.com.

Culvenor, J. 2017, 'The risk of trigger finger from lifting tasks', Journal of Health and Safety Research and Practice, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 12-15.

Behm, M, Culvenor, J. & Genn, K. 2017, 'Safe Design: A Source for Innovation in the Built Environment', Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, vol. 22, no. 4.

Behm, M., Culvenor, J. & Dixon, G. 2014 ‘Development of safe design thinking among engineering students’, Safety Science, vol. 63, pp. 1-7.

Ayers, G., Culvenor, J., Sillitoe, J. & Else, D. 2012, ‘Occupational Health and Safety in the Construction Industry: Meaningful and effective consultation and the Victorian construction industry’, Construction Management and Economics, pp. 1-25.

Culvenor, J. 2012, ‘How to Promote Innovation in OHS Law’, OHS Professional, June 2012.

Behm, M., Culvenor, J. & Genn, K. 2011, ‘Can Safe Design be a Source for Construction Innovation?’, Prevention: Means to the End of Construction Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities, CIB W099 Conference, Washington, 24-26 August 2011.

Behm, M. & Culvenor, J. 2011, ‘Safe Design in Construction: Perceptions of Engineers in Western Australia’, Journal of Health and Safety Research and Practice, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 9-23, available here. 

Culvenor, J. & Else, D. 2011, Design for Health and Safety in Construction: Dangerous work – a fatal inequality, Australian Construction Safety Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 52-55.

Culvenor, J.F. & Foster, G. 2010, ‘Toward a Meaningful way to Measure Whole Body Vibration in Motor Cycle Riders Exposed to Rough Surfaces’, Journal of Health and Safety Research and Practice, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 3-10.

Martin, P.J., Harvey, J.T., Culvenor, J.F. & Payne, W.R. 2009, Effect of a Nurse Back Injury Intervention of the Rate of Injury Compensation Claims, Journal of Safety Research, vol. 40, pp. 13-19.

Culvenor, J. Cowley, S., Else, D. & Hall, S. 2007, ‘Concepts of Accident Causation and their Role in Safe Design among Engineering Students’, Proceedings of the AaeE Conference, Melbourne, 12 December 2007.

Culvenor, J. 2007, ‘New Thinking in Baggage Handling’, Keynote Address to the National Safety Council International Air Transport Section (ARTEX) Conference, Auckland 14-15 February 2007, available here. 

Culvenor, J.F. 2006, ‘Creating an environment for transformational change: the role of culture and innovation in risk management practice’, Risk Management Research and Practice: An Educational Perspective, University of Wales, Bangor, Holyhead, Anglesey, UK, March 30-31 2006, available here and www.risk-e.com. 

Culvenor, J.F. 2005, ‘Initial force and desirable handle height range when pushing a trolley’, Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 341-349, available here. 

Culvenor, J.F. 2005, ‘Safe Design in Mining: Building a creative culture through safe design in mining, presented at NSW Department of Primary Industries, Mechanical Engineering Safety Seminar: ‘Safe design and operation of plant’, 2-3 August 2005, Penrith Panthers Leagues Club, Penrith.

Culvenor, J. & Else, D. 2005, ‘Australia – Safer by Design’, Safety in Australia, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 16-19.

Martin, P.J., Harvey, J.T., Culvenor, J.F., Payne, W.R. & Else, D. 2004, Victorian Nurses Back Injury Prevention Project: Evaluation Report, University of Ballarat, Ballarat.

Martin, P., Harvey, J., Culvenor, J. & Else, D. 2004, ‘The Victorian Nurses Back Injury Prevention Project: An Evaluation’, in Safety in Action 2004: Conference of the Safety Institute of Australia (Victoria Division), 30 March – 1 April 2004, Melbourne.

Culvenor, J.F., Cowley, S.P. & Harvey, J.T. 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.  Available here.  

Culvenor, J. 2003, 'Comparison of Team and Individual Judgements of Solutions to Safety Problems', Safety Science, vol. 41, pp. 543-556, available here. 

Culvenor, J. 2003, ‘National Priority: Eliminate Hazards at the Design Stage.  What Does that  Mean?’, Safety in Australia, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 19-27, available here. 

Culvenor, J. ‘Design of Childproof Barriers to Prevent Falls from a Height in Public Places’, XVIth International Annual Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference, June 9-12th, 2002 Toronto.

Durham, B., Culvenor, J. & Rozen, P. 2002, Workplace Health and Safety in the Building and Construction Industry, Discussion Paper Six, Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry, Melbourne, Publications - full papers 

Harvey, J., Culvenor, J., Payne, W., Cowley, S., Lawrance, M., Stuart, D. & Williams, R. 2002, ‘An Analysis of the Forces Required to Drag Sheep over Various Surfaces’, Applied Ergonomics, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 523-531, available here. 

Ayers, G.F. & Culvenor, J.F. 2002, 'Effect of Creative Thinking on OHS Committees’, Journal of OHSANZ, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 239-246, available here. 

Payne, W.R., Culvenor, J., Lawrance, M., Harvey, J. Cowley, S., Stuart, D. & Williams, R. 2002, 'Reducing the Energy Cost of Dragging Sheep During Sheep Shearing’, Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 173-179, available here. 

Culvenor, J. & Cowley, S. ‘Safety and Profitability - is there a Relationship', Safety in Australia, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 7-14.

Batchelor, M., Cowley, C., Culvenor, J., Johnstone, G., Odgers, G., & Roberts, R.Falls from Heights in the Transport Industry: An investigation of falls from car-carrying vehicles, Safety in Action 2001, Melbourne, 1-3 May, available here. 

Culvenor, J. & Cowley, S. 2000, Deterioration of Noise Absorption Materials used in Underground Coal Mining Equipment, Joint Coal Board Health and Safety Trust, Sydney.

Culvenor, J. 2000, 'From Prevention to Innovation', Corporate Risk, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 39-44.

Culvenor, J. 2000, 'From Prevention to Innovation', Safety in Action 2000, Melbourne, 4-6 April, Volume 1, pp. 78-83, available here. 

Batchelor, M., Cowley, S., Culvenor, J., Johnstone, G., Kenningham, L., Richardson, B., & Roberts, R. 2000, 'Work Related Fatalities Prevention Project', Safety in Action 2000, Melbourne, 4-6 April, here. 

Culvenor, J. 2000, 'Safe Design Project: Review of literature and review of initiatives  of  OHS  authorities  and  other  key  players', Designing for Health and Safety, National Occupational Health and Safety Commission National Stakeholder Forum, Adelaide, 6 April 2000, available here. 

Culvenor, J., Knowles, J. & Cowley, S. 2000, Safe Design Project: Review of literature and review of initiatives  of  OHS  authorities  and  other  key  players, National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, Sydney, www.nohsc.gov.au. 

Culvenor, J., Knowles, J. & Cowley, S. 2000, Occupational Health and Safety Priorities for the Australian Coal Industry, Australian Coal Association Research Program, Brisbane, here. 

Batchelor, M, Adgemis, G., Cowley, S., Culvenor, J., Johnstone, G., Lee, S., & Richardson, B 1999, ' Fatal Facts: Using work related fatalities to target prevention in Victoria (1993/94 to 1996/97)', 3rd National Conference on Injury Prevention and Control', Brisbane, May 1999, available here. 

Cowley, S., Culvenor, J., Lawrance, M. & Payne, W. 1999, Shearing Shed Design Demonstration Project, report to Victorian Farmers' Federation, Agriculture Ergonomics Research Group, University of Ballarat.

Culvenor, J. & Cowley, S. 1999, 'Farm Injury Prevention at the Design Stage', in Farm Injury Prevention 99, 3rd Biennial National Farm Injury Prevention Conference, Cairns, 26-29 August 1999, available here. 

Culvenor, J. 1999, ‘Occupational Health and Safety Priorities for the Queensland Coal Mining Industry’, in Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety Conference, Yeppoon, 22-25 August 1999, available here. 

Cowley, S., Culvenor, J. & Else, D. 1999, Health and Safety Training in Victoria: Evaluation of the Providers of WorkCover-Approved OHS Training, unpublished report submitted to Victorian WorkCover Authority.

Culvenor, J., Mitchell, T. & Lawrance, M. 1999, Ergonomics of Sheep Handling Equipment for Shearing and Crutching [four document series including: Project report; Design guide; Checklists; Equipment catalogue], WorkCover NSW, Sydney, www.workcover.nsw.gov.au or available here. 

Cowley, S., Culvenor, J. & Hose, A. 1998, Work in Moderate Cold: Occupational Health and Safety Best Practice Project, unpublished report submitted to University of Ballarat/Meat Research Corporation.

Payne, W., Askari, H., Cowley, S., Culvenor, J., Freeman, R., Hall, R., Harvey, J., Lawrance, M., McElroy, K., Pryor, S., Stuart, D., & Williams, R. 1998, The Ergonomics of Sheep Shearing: Reducing Back Injuries and Energy Expenditure in Sheep Shearing through the Development of Practical Modifications to Shed Layout, Final Report, unpublished report submitted to National OHS Commission, Sydney, available here. 

Culvenor, J. 1997, ‘Driving the Science of Prevention into Reverse’, Safety Science, vol. 27, no. 1, p. 77-83.

Culvenor, J. & Else, D. 1997, ‘Finding Occupational Injury Solutions: The Impact of Training in Creative Thinking’, Safety Science, vol. 25, nos. 1-3, pp. 187-205.

Culvenor, J. 1997, Breaking the Safety Barrier: Engineering New Paradigms in Safety Design, PhD Thesis, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, available here. 

Culvenor, J., Cowley, S., Freeman, R., Harvey, J., Lawrance, M., McElroy, K., Payne, W., Pryor, J., Stuart, D., & Williams, R. 1997, ‘The Ergonomics of Sheep Shearing’, Productivity Ergonomics and Safety: The Total Package, International Workplace Health & Safety Forum and 33rd Ergonomics Society of Australia Conference, Gold Coast, November 1997, CD ROM, here. 

Culvenor, J. 1997, ‘Unsafe Decision-Makers’, Complete Safety Australia, vol. 1, no. 8, p. 32, available here. 

Culvenor, J. 1997, ‘The Use of Creativity Techniques in OHS Risk Management’, Creativity and Innovation Management, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 99-105, available here. 

Culvenor, J. 1997, ’More Cash and Less Flashy Ads’, Complete Safety Australia, vol. 1, no. 5, p. 34, available here. 

Culvenor, J. 1997, ‘The Tyranny of Tradition’, Complete Safety Australia, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 33, available here. 

Culvenor, J.F., Cowley, S. & Else, D. 1996, Evaluation of Health and Safety Representative Training in South Australia, [report and appendices], WorkCover Corporation of South Australia, Adelaide, available here. 

Culvenor, J. 1996, ‘Safe Places versus Safe People’, Paper Presented to the ‘Stamp Out Risky Business’ Seminar, Ballarat, Tuesday 15 October 1996, available here. 

 Culvenor, J. 1996, ‘Lateral Thinking and Performance-Based Risk Control’, Paper Presented to Ergonomics Society of Australia, Regional Seminar Series, Ballarat, 1 May 1996, available here. 

Culvenor, J. & Else, D. 1996, 'Finding Occupational Injury Solutions: Creativity and Teamwork', Worksafe Australia, 1996 Occupational Injury Symposium, Sydney, 24-27 February 1996. 

Culvenor, J. & Else, D. 1995, 'Parallel Thinking for Creative Teams', Towards Health and Safety at Work: Technical Papers of the Asia Pacific Conference on Occupational Health and Safety, Brisbane, September 1995, ICOH, pp. 178-182, available here. 

Culvenor, J. & Goodbourn, R. 1995, Mass Media Campaigns, Response to the Draft Report, Work, Health and Safety of the Industry Commission Inquiry into Occupational Health and Safety, Submission Number DR406, available here. 

Culvenor, J. & Else, D. 1994, 'Engineering Creative Design', Belts to Bytes Factories Act Centenary Conference, Adelaide, 17-18 November 1994, WorkCover Corporation, Adelaide, pp. 57-67, available here. 

Culvenor, J. 1994, 'Growing Quality: Report on the Victorian Branch Seminar: Ergonomics and Total Quality Management, 9 September 1994', Ergonomics Australia, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 10-11.

Culvenor, J. 1993, Shearers’ Back Aids, Research Project for Graduate Diploma in Ergonomics, La Trobe University, available here.