Resources & Publications
Resources
APHIRM TOOLKIT validity
​This resource outlines validity of the APHIRM toolkit survey. Click here
APHIRM TOOLKIT survey hazard items
Click here for the list of items included in the APHIRM toolkit survey for staff.
Worksheet for guidance on managing psychosocial hazards for small groups​
This guide supports with workplaces with small groups in managing psychosocial hazards. Click here​
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APHIRM Case studies
Click here for a set of case studies from organisations that have implemented the APHIRM toolkit. These provide useful insights into the benefits these organisations have found in using the APHIRM toolkit
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Publications
A Work Systems Hierarchy of Controls: Analysis of Risk Controls Developed by Paramedics.
Published 2025 in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine: Click here​​​​​​
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The problem with “ergonomics injuries”: What can ergonomists do?
Published 2022 in Applied Ergonomics Click here
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A rapid review of mental and physical health effects of working at home: how do we optimise health? Published in 2020 in BMC Public Health Click here
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Barriers to more effective prevention of work-related musculoskeletal and mental health disorders. Published in 2019 in Applied Ergonomics Click here
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The APHIRM toolkit: an evidence-based system for workplace MSD risk management.
Published in 2019 in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders Click here
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Requirements for more effective prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders.
Published in 2015 in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. MSDs are one of our largest OHS problems, but workplace risk management procedures do not reflect current evidence concerning their work-related causes. Inadequate attention is given to assessing and controlling risk from psychosocial hazards, and the conventional risk management paradigm focuses too narrowly on risk from individual hazards rather than promoting the more holistic approach needed to manage the combined effects of all relevant hazards. Achievement of such changes requires new MSD risk management tools and better integration of the roles of OHS personnel with those of line managers. Click here
Reports
Hazardous manual handling and return on investment: Scoping review.
Prepared in 2023 for WorkSafe Victoria. Click here
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The link between workplace stressors and physical injury: A systematic review and qualitative study.
Prepared in 2021 for the NSW Centre of Work, Health & Safety. Click here​​
Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Australia.
Prepared in 2019 for SafeWork Australia. Click here
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