International Review of Surveillance and Control of Workplace Exposures: NOHSAC Technical Report 5
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2.2 Informal literature
In addition to the formal literature described above, a range of internet sites of national and international organisations recognised as having involvement in the discipline of occupational health and safety (OHS), or some relationship with other organisations involved in OHS, were explored. Other than local sites, the principal foci for the project were the internet sites of workplace safety agencies in continental Europe, UK, USA and SE Asia. From these principal sites, links to other resources were pursued as was appropriate. The following sources were specifically targeted:
- Health and Safety Executive – United Kingdom
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Sweden
- Swedish National Institute for Working Life
- National Research and Safety Institute for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents and Diseases (Institut National de Recherche et de Securitie – INRS) (France)
- Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Bundesanstalt fur Arbeitsschutz und Arbeits Medizin, BAuA) (Germany)
- German Federation of Institutions for Statutory Insurance and Prevention (Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut fur Arbeitssicherheit, BIA)
- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
- National Institute of Occupational Health (Denmark)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, USA
- Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET)
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
- Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute Robert-Sauve (Institute de Recherche Robert-Sauve en Sante et en Securite du Travail – IRSST) (Quebec)
- Ministry of Manpower (Singapore)
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Malaysia).
During both the formal and informal literature searches, information gathered was limited to that fully published in the English language or for which, at a minimum, abstracts or executive summaries were written in English. These limitations were needed in order to determine the level of relevance of the information to the review. Where information in a language other than English was identified to be highly relevant based on an English abstract/executive summary, translation was considered as an avenue for information gathering, but was not possible within the timeframes imposed by the project.
2.3 Formal and informal contacts and networks
The following members of the VIOSH Australia research panel engaged with their extensive networks of contacts to identify sources of information surveillance systems:
- Dr Anthony Brown – Centre for Population Health, Macquarie Area Health Service
- Prof. Dennis Else PhD, BSc, FSIA – Professor of OHS, University of Ballarat
- Mr Alan Clayton BA (Hons), LLB (Hons) – Principal, Bracton Consulting Services
- Dr Anthony LaMontagne – Principal Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Health and Society, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne
- Mr David Caple BSc (Hons), DipEd, MSc (Ergonomics) – Principal, Caple and Associates
These networks embraced, but were not limited to, these Australian and international sources of information:
- Government agencies
- Research networks
- Centres of excellence
- Industry bodies and groups
- OHS professional bodies and groups
- Academics
