Chapters

Each chapter is downloaded separately. However users are advised to read the 1.3 Synopsis and 2 Introduction which provide background to the information contained in individual chapters.

Readers should also note the copyright requirements and the disclaimer before using or acting on the information.

Each chapter page includes an overview of the chapter, the chapter for download, information about the author, learning outcomes and a range of resources.

For a quick summary of the chapters including key words and abstracts click here for a summary document

As you will see from the list below and the contents we have been reviewing and updating the OHS BoK chapters.

See a summary of the changes for each chapter.

Chapter	Title	Author	Current Version	View Chapter
1.1	Foreword, acknowledgments		2021	View Chapter
1.2	Contents		April 2021	View Chapter
1.3	Synopsis of the OHS Body of Knowledge		2019	View Chapter
2	Introduction	Pam Pryor	2019	View Chapter
The OHS Professional
3.1	The generalist OHS professional in Australia	Pam Pryor and Leo Ruschena	2012- New chapter planned	View Chapter
Global concepts
4	Work	Mike Rafferty and Sally Wright	2012- New chapter in development	View Chapter
5	Safety	Sidney Dekker	2019	View Chapter
6	Health	Niki Ellis	2012- Under review	View Chapter
The Human
	Biology and Physiology
7.1	The Human: As a biological system	Kelly Johnstone and Keith Adam	2012 - Under review	View Chapter
	Psychology
8.1	The Human: Basic psychological principles	Carlo Capponechia	2012 - New chapter in development	View Chapter
8.2	The Human: Basic principles of social interaction	Bill Pappas, Carlo Capponechia and Eleanor H. Wertheim	2012 - New chapter in development	View Chapter
Socio-political context
9.1	Socio-political context for OHS in Australia	Liz Bluff	2019	View Chapter
9.2	Work Health and Safety Law in Australia	Neil Foster, Barry Sherriff, Eric Windholtz, Leo Ruschena	2020	View Chapter
The Organisation
10.1	The Organisation	Michael Griffiths, Debra Burlington	2020	View Chapter
10.2.1	Organisational Culture: A search for Meaning	David Borys	2019	View Chapter
10.2.1B	Appendix Organisational Culture: Thematic analysis of data from interviews and focus groups		2014	View Chapter
10.2.2	Organisational Culture: Reviewed and Repositioned	David Borys	2020	View Chapter
10.3	Governance and OHS			Future Chapter
Systems
12.1	Systems	David Borys, Steve Cowley, Susanne Tepe, Andrew Morrell, Wendy Macdonald	2012 - New chapter in development	View Chapter
12.2	OHS Management Systems			Future Chapter
12.3.1	Rules and procedures	David Provan, Andrew Rae	2020	View Chapter
12.3.2	Document Usability	Klaus Hofer	2020	View Chapter
12.4	Contractor management			Future Chapter
12.5	OHS performance evaluation			Future Chapter
12.6	Investigations	Geoff Dell, Yvonne Toft	In development	Future Chapter
13	Managing process safety	Trish Kerin	2019	View Chapter
Hazards
14	Foundation Science	Pam Pryor and Mike Capra	2019	View Chapter
15	Hazards as a concept	Pam Pryor	2019	View Chapter
16	Biomechanical Hazards	Robin Burgess Limerick	2012- New chapter in development	View Chapter
17	Chemical Hazards	Dino Pisaniello and Susanne Tepe	2012	View Chapter
17.2	Dusts, fibres and particles			Future Chapter
17.3	Management of chemical hazards			Future Chapter
17.4	Process Hazards (Chemical)	Trish Kerin	2019	View Chapter
18	Biological Hazards	Dr Amanda Jones	2021	View Chapter
19	Psychosocial hazards and occupational stress	Kïrsten A Way	2020	View Chapter
20	Fatigue	Jessica L Paterson, Sally A Ferguson and Drew Dawson	2020	View Chapter
21	Bullying and violence	Carlo Caponecchia, Kïrsten A Way	2021	View Chapter
22.1	Occupational Noise	Beno Groothof	2019	View Chapter
22.2	Vibration	Beno Groothof	2019	View Chapter
23.1	Electricity	Leo Ruschena	2019	View Chapter
23.2	Electricity Appendix - Arc Flash	Brett Cleaves	2019	View Chapter
24	Ionising Radiation	Martin L Ralph	2012- Under review	View Chapter
25	Non-Ionising Radiation – Electromagnetic	Leo Ruschena and Martin L Ralph	2019	View Chapter
26	Thermal environment	Ross DiCorleto	2019	View Chapter
27	Gravitational hazards	Neil Adams	2019	View Chapter
28	Mechanical Plant	Roger Lim, Tony Payne	2020	View Chapter
29	Mobile plant	Gloria Kyriacou Morosinotto	2012- Under review	View Chapter
30	Vehicles and occupational road use	Rwth Stuckey	2019	View Chapter
Risk
31.1	Risk	Jean Cross	2019	View Chapter
31.2	OHS risk and decision making	Carmel Bofinger, Jan Hayes, Chris Bearman, Derek Viner	2019	View Chapter
Causation
32	Models of causation: Safety	Yvonne Toft, Geoff Dell, Karen K Klockner and Allison Hutton	2012 - Under review	View Chapter
33	Models of causation: Health determinants	Wendy Macdonald	2012 - Under review	View Chapter
Control
34.1	Control: Prevention and intervention	Leo Ruschena	2019	View Chapter
34.2	User-Centered Safe Design approach to control	Tim Horberry, Robin Burgess-Limerick, Neil Storey, Matthew Thomas, Leo Ruschena, Margaret Cook, Chad Pettitt	2019	View Chapter
34.3	Health and safety in design	Australian Institute of Health and Safety	2019	View Chapter
34.4	Design of work			Future Chapter
35	Mitigation of health impacts	Australian Institute of Health and Safety with Australian New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine	2019	View Chapter
36	Emergency management	Andrew Stanbury	2019	View Chapter
Practice
37.1	Introduction to ‘practice’ as a concept		2012 - Under review	View Chapter
37.2	A problem-solving model of OHS practice	Pam Pryor and Susanne Tepe	2019	View Chapter
37.3	OHS professional practice for the 2020s			Future Chapter
37.4	Workers Working from Home	Pam Pryor and David Provan	2020	View Chapter
	Professional attributes
38.1	Working in organisations			Future Chapter
38.2	Leadership and the OHS professional			Future Chapter
38.3	Ethics and Professional Practice	Australian Institute of Health and Safety	2019	View Chapter
	Professional skills			Future Chapter
39.1	The OHS professional as a ‘critical consumer’ of research	Pauline Zardo and Pam Pryor	2012 - Under review	View Chapter
39.2	The OHS Professional as a workplace researcher			Future Chapter