@article{ref1,
title="Occupational safety research in Australia: time for a wake or time to awake?",
journal="Ergonomics Australia",
year="2004",
author="Wigglesworth, E. C. and Wigglesworth, Eric C",
volume="18",
number="1",
pages="8-13",
abstract="This paper reviews the outstanding improvements to health that have resulted from the implementation of research-based findings in Australia in the twentieth century. It emphasizes that the 40% increase in life expectancy for men and women was attained by a system of curiosity-driven, investigator-initiated and investigatordriven projects, supported by a peer-review process that ensured that only the best research was financially supported.  <p>In sharp contrast, occupational health and safety (OHS) research in Australia has been neglected. Funds are microscopic and totally inadequate to retain – let alone attract – competent investigators: and, since the restructuring of National Occupational Health and Safety Commission in 1996, even those paltry sums are allocated with little input from the research community.</p>  <p>To revitalize research into workplace injury, four requirements are suggested. These are (a) its conceptualisation as a public health and not a behavioural problem; (b) a comprehensive data bank; (c) sufficient funds to create attractive career opportunities; and (d) a competitive grants system based on investigator-driven projects, and ranked by a system of peer review.</p>",
language="",
issn="1033-1875",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}