Occupational light vehicle-use: a research driven strategy to improve surveillance and inform policy Stuckey, Rwth, LaMontagne, Anthony D, Glass, Deborah C and Sim, Malcolm 2012, Occupational light vehicle-use: a research driven strategy to improve surveillance and inform policy, in Proceedings of the Occupational Safety in Transport Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld., pp. 1-10. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads lamontagne-occupationallight-2012.pdf Published version application/pdf 217.49KB 87 Title Occupational light vehicle-use: a research driven strategy to improve surveillance and inform policy Author(s) Stuckey, Rwth LaMontagne, Anthony D orcid.org/0000-0002-5811-5906 Glass, Deborah C Sim, Malcolm Conference name Occupational Safety in Transport Conference (2012 : Surfers Paradise, Qld.) Conference location Surfers Paradise, Qld. Conference dates 20-21 Sep. 2012 Title of proceedings Proceedings of the Occupational Safety in Transport Conference Editor(s) [unknown] Publication date 2012 Conference series Occupational safety in transport conference Start page 1 End page 10 Total pages 10 Publisher Queensland University of Technology Place of publication Brisbane, Qld. Keyword(s) Occupational light vehicle use Summary Background: Occupational light vehicles (OLV) are light passenger and loadshaped vehicles used for work. The OLV-associated injury burden is as great as that of heavy vehicle users, but has been largely ignored by occupational health and safety (OHS) regulators. Contingent employment growth has accentuated existing gaps in the policy framework between OHS and road-safety. Frequent burden shifting from OHS to road-related health systems undermines the evidence base necessary to inform policy development. Aims: To provide evidence-based recommendations for the collection of OLVuser surveillance data and to underpin OHS procedures and policies for OLVusers. Method: The literature was systematically analyzed to identify OLV-user OHS policy and practice gaps. Strategies to improve and co-ordinate surveillance systems were developed to address the identified limitations. Results: Gaps were identified in OLV-user legislation, data collection, and riskmanagement. These require strategies to improve identification of all OLV-users and to co-ordinate surveillance and OHS practice. Discussion: Contemporary reform of road and OHS, policy, provides a timely opportunity for the implementation of strategic responses to this serious road safety and occupational, public health problem. ISBN 9781921897535 Language eng Field of Research 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category E2.1 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed Copyright notice ©2012, The Author Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30061249 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 06 Mar 2014, 11:10:59 EST Thu, 13 Mar 2014, 10:19:04 EST Wed, 19 Mar 2014, 15:00:12 EST Tue, 23 Sep 2014, 12:50:48 EST Wed, 18 Feb 2015, 07:54:02 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 06:03:51 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:58:26 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 119 Abstract Views, 87 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 06 Mar 2014, 11:10:59 EST