Workplace Injury Research Centres

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Purpose of the Injury Prevention Research Centre Report: This information has been compiled as a starting point for people attempting to locate research or researchers who have completed work in injury prevention or related fields. This is by no means a full and exhaustive list of research centres and it does not include Canada, USA, South America, Africa and Asia. This report is not intended to recommend any particular research unit or imply that it is being endorsed by the New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy. The information is current as at June 2005.

New Zealand Australia United Kingdom Europe

New Zealand

Injury Prevention Research Centre (IPRC), University of Auckland
  • Injury Prevention Research Centre, University of Auckland
  • Private Bag 92019
  • Auckland
  • Phone: +64 9 373 7599, extn 84640
  • Fax: +64 9 373 7503
  • Web: www.health.auckland.ac.nz/ipc/
  • Areas of research include: Occupational back pain.
Injury Prevention Research Unit (IPRU), University of Otago
  • Injury Prevention Research Unit
  • PO Box 913
  • Dunedin
  • Phone: +64 3 479 8342
  • Fax: +64 3 479 8337
  • Email: iprunz@otago.ac.nz
  • Web: www.otago.ac.nz/ipru/
  • Areas of research include: Agriculture, construction, manufacturing, fatigue, forestry, meat industry, work-related motor vehicle crashes, youth.
Centre for Human Factors and Ergonomics (COHFE)
  • Centre for Human Factors and Ergonomics (COHFE)
  • Scion
  • 49 Sala Street
  • Private Bag 3020
  • Rotorua
  • Phone: +64 7 343 5605
  • Fax: +64 7 348 0952
  • Email: info@scionresearch.com
  • Web: www.scionresearch.com/cohfe.aspx
  • Areas of research include: Agriculture, ergonomics, construction, forestry, meat industry, seafood industry.
Department of Human Resource Management, Massey University
  • Dept. of Human Resource Management Massey University
  • Private Bag 11222
  • Palmerston North
  • Phone: +64 6 350 5799
  • Fax: +64 6 350 5796
  • Web: http://hrm.massey.ac.nz/
  • Areas of research include: Ergonomics, forestry, meat industry.
National Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Committee (NOHSAC)
  • National Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Committee
  • P O Box 3705
  • Wellington
  • Phone: +64 4 915 4469
  • Fax: +64 4 915 4367
  • Email: info@nohsac.govt.nz
  • Web: www.nohsac.govt.nz
  • Web includes: Research database.
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Australia

Injury Prevention and Control (Australia) Ltd
  • Injury Prevention and Control (Australia) Ltd
  • Mayne Medical School
  • Herston Road
  • Herston
  • Queensland 4006
  • Phone: +61 7 3365 5513
  • Fax: +61 7 3365 5012
  • Email: contact@ipca.com.au
  • Web: www.ipca.com.au
  • Areas of research include: Fatigue, Mining, Stress.
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC)
  • National Occupational Health and Safety Commission
  • GPO Box 1577
  • Canberra ACT 2601
  • Phone: +61 2 6279 1000
  • Fax: +61 2 6279 1199
  • Email: info@nohsc.gov.au
  • Web: www.nohsc.gov.au
  • Areas of research include: Agriculture, construction, emergency workers, manufacturing, fatigue, firefighters, mining, road transport, shiftwork, small business, statistics, stress.
  • Web includes database of Australian occupational health and safety research.
NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales
  • NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre (IRMRC)
  • Building B10
  • University of New South Wales
  • Sydney NSW 2052
  • Phone: +61 2 9385 4207
  • Fax: +61 2 9385 6040
  • Email: irmrc@unsw.edu.au
  • Web: www.irmrc.unsw.edu.au
  • Areas of research include: Mining, road transport, statistics.
Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC)
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United Kingdom

British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF)
  • British Occupational Health Research Foundation
  • 6 St Andrew's Place
  • Regent's Park
  • London NW1 4LB
  • Phone: +44 (0) 20 7317 5898
  • Fax: +44 (0) 20 7317 5899
  • Email: admin@bohrf.org.uk
  • Web: www.bohrf.org.uk
  • Areas of research include: Ageing workforce, back pain, bullying, musculoskeletal disorders, occupational asthma.
Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL)
  • Business Development Unit
  • Health & Safety Laboratory
  • Harpur Hill
  • Buxton
  • Derbyshire SK17 9JN
  • Phone: +44 (0) 1298 218000
  • Fax: +44 (0) 1298 218590
  • Email: hslinfo@hsl.gov.uk
  • Web: www.hsl.gov.uk
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
  • Various locations, details on Web.
  • Phone: +44 (0) 845 345 0055
  • Web: www.hse.gov.uk
  • Areas of research include: Various topics and industries.
Robens Centres, European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey
  • EIHMS
  • University of Surrey
  • Guildford
  • Surrey GU2 7TE
  • Phone: +44 (0) 1483 689213
  • Fax: +44 (0) 1483 689395
  • Web: www.rcohs.com/
  • Areas of research include: Ergonomics.
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Europe

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
  • Gran Via 33
  • E-48009 Bilbao
  • Spain
  • Phone: + 34 944 794 360
  • Fax: + 34 944 794 383
  • Email: information@osha.eu.int
  • Web: http://agency.osha.eu.int
  • Web provides information and links to research programmes and projects at European Union and international level.
European Consumer Safety Association (ECOSA)
  • European Consumer Safety Association
  • Rijswijkstraat 2
  • 1059 GK
  • Amsterdam
  • The Netherlands
  • Phone: +31 20 511 4513
  • Fax: + 31 20 511 4510
  • Email: secretariat@ecosa.org
  • Web: www.ecosa.org
National Institute of Occupational Health
  • PB 8149 Dep.
  • N-0033 Oslo
  • Norway
  • Phone: +47 23 19 51 00
  • Fax: +47 23 19 52 00
  • Web: www.stami.no
  • Areas of research include: Occupational health, occupational hygiene.
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
  • Topeliuksenkatu 41a A
  • FIN-00250 Helsinki
  • Finland
  • Phone: +358 30 4741
  • Fax: +358 30 474 2779
  • Web: www.ttl.fi/Internet/English/default.htm
  • Areas of research include: Ergonomics, occupational hygiene, occupational medicine, occupational health, occupational safety.
Occupational Safety Engineering, Tampere University of Technology
National Institute of Occupational Health
  • Lersø Parkallé 105
  • 2100 København Ø Denmark
  • Phone: +45 39 16 52 00
  • Fax. +45 39 16 52 01
  • Email: ami@ami.dk
  • Web: www.ami.dk
  • Areas of research include: Chemicals, ergonomy, working environment.
Division of Occupational Medicine, Karolinska Institute
  • Division of Occupational Medicine
  • Department of Public Health Sciences
  • Karolinska Institutet
  • Norrbacka
  • SE-171 76 Stockholm
  • Sweden
  • Phone: +46 8 737 36 51
  • Fax: +46 8 737 37 70
  • Web: www.phs.ki.se/occupmed/index_en.html
National Institute for Working Life
BG-Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BGIA)
  • BG-Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • Alte Heerstraße 111
  • 53754 Sankt Augustin
  • Germany
  • Phone: +49 22 41 2 31-02
  • Fax: +49 22 41 2 31 22 34
  • Email: bgia@hvbg.de
  • Web: www.hvbg.de/e/bia/index.html
National Research and Safety Institute (INRS)
  • INRS 30 rue Olivier Noyer 75680 Paris
  • Cedex 14 France
  • Phone: +33 (0)1 40 44 30 00
  • Fax: +33 (0)1 40 44 30 99
  • Web: http://en.inrs.fr/
  • Areas of research include: Asbestos, mussuloskeletal disorders, occupational cancer, low back pain, solvents, stress.
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