Table of Contents

1   Background and context

• 1.1   Giving occupational health issues more priority
• 1.2   What is occupational health?
• 1.3   The incidence and cost of occupational disease in New Zealand

2   Priority areas of focus

• 2.1   Reducing exposure to hazards
  • 2.1.1   Cancer-causing agents in the workplace
  • 2.1.2   Respiratory hazards
  • 2.1.3   Noise
  • 2.1.4   Skin irritants
  • 2.1.5   Psycho-social hazards
• 2.2   Developing Capability
• 2.3   Working in Partnership

3   Occupational Health Initiatives for 2011-2013

• 3.1   Building effective occupational health leadership
• 3.2   Promoting the Partners in Action Pledge
• 3.3   Working in partnership
• 3.4   Making Occupational Health information more accessible
• 3.5   Professionalising the Occupational Hygiene sector
• 3.6   Developing a National Occupational Disease Surveillance Framework
• 3.7   Building the knowledge base about specific health hazards and exposure
• 3.8   Reducing harm to workers from exposure to occupational health hazards
• 3.9   Expanding the Healthline service to include Occupational Health issues
• 3.10   Developing a HSNO enforcement statement
• 3.11   Targeting Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) at the source
• 3.12   Monitoring dust exposure during the Christchurch rebuild process
• 3.13   Educating the next generation of workers about excessive noise
• 3.14   Reviewing Hazardous Substance Group Standards
• 3.15   Improving the safe handling of chemicals at work
• 3.16   Reviewing the Department’s Notifiable Occupational Disease System (NODS)
• 3.17   Sharing information to improve Occupational Health surveillance
• 3.18   Supporting meatworkers to manage psycho-social stressors
• 3.19   Advancing the knowledge, practice and standing of Occupational Medicine
• 3.20   Strengthening the Occupational Health component of GP vocational training
• 3.21   Increasing our understanding of psycho-social work factors in New Zealand

4   The next ten years

• 4.1   Building awareness of occupational health issues
• 4.2   Safe design
• 4.3   Work, health and productivity

5   Monitoring

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