Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
2005
Abstract
The Health Tracking project is one of five projects being undertaken as
part of the Minerals Industry Cooperation Initiative (MICI) – a national
initiative sponsored by the Minerals Council of Australia. The aim of the
Health Tracking project is to assess the practicality of ways to
demonstrate the monitoring of hazardous exposures and the occurrence of
related occupational illness and disease and development of management
systems and strategies at a national level.
This second stage of the project will be completed in 2005 and will
cover four areas:
1. pilot development of a comprehensive job exposure matrix (JEM) for
the minerals industry;
2. development of both proactive and reactive occupational illness and
disease metrics;
3. recommendations regarding appropriate health tracking models; and
4. provision of best practices guidelines for management of
occupational health.
The synergies between these areas will establish the path towards an
effective national occupational health surveillance system and the
development of effective prevention strategies and policies.
Publication Details
This conference paper was originally published as Bofinger, C, Health Tracking Project — The Development of a National Framework for Managing Occupational Illness and Disease in the Australian Minerals Industry, in Aziz, N (ed), Coal 2005: Coal Operators' Conference, University of Wollongong & the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2005, 123-128.