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UID:pretalx-2026-T3CRR9@conferences.acspri.org.au
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DESCRIPTION:The 2026 Australian Worker Exposure Survey (AWES)\, commissione
 d by Safe Work Australia\, was designed to address a key evidence gap in A
 ustralian work health and safety monitoring: the limited availability of n
 ational data on occupational exposures before illness\, injury or compensa
 tion claims occur. While workplace surveillance systems often rely on lagg
 ing indicators such as workers' compensation claims and fatalities\, AWES 
 demonstrates the potential of population-based surveys to measure exposure
  risks earlier and at scale. \n\nFrom a methodological perspective\, the s
 tudy provides a case study in integrating specialist occupational hazard e
 xposure assessment tools into a large-scale mixed-mode social survey. A ke
 y feature of the study was the incorporation of OccIDEAS\, a task-based oc
 cupational exposure assessment system\, into the survey workflow\, API int
 egration\, and use of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) coding too
 l. Rather than asking respondents whether they were exposed to specific ha
 zards\, the survey collected detailed information about occupations\, work
  tasks\, processes and controls. These data were then linked to expert-dev
 eloped assessment algorithms to generate individualised exposure estimates
 . This approach addresses the challenge that workers may not recognise or 
 accurately report exposure to specific agents\, while providing greater pr
 ecision than estimates based solely on occupational classifications or job
  titles. \n\nThe study collected data from 6\,617 Australian workers aged 
 15 years and over using a mixed-mode\, multi-source design incorporating t
 he Life in Australia™ probability-based panel\, non-probability online p
 anels\, computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI)\, and targeted ind
 ustry recruitment. Respondents were routed into occupation-specific module
 s\, enabling assessment across a range of physical and chemical hazards wh
 ile also capturing psychosocial workplace conditions. The design supported
  broad coverage of the Australian workforce but introduced methodological 
 challenges relating to occupation coding\, module allocation\, questionnai
 re routing\, respondent burden\, mode harmonisation and data integration a
 cross systems. \n\nThis presentation will discuss the practical and method
 ological lessons from embedding task-based occupational exposure assessmen
 t within a national survey environment. It will examine the survey archite
 cture required to support complex occupational pathways\, the integration 
 of external exposure assessment systems through APIs\, and strategies for 
 balancing analytical utility with respondent experience. The presentation 
 will also reflect on the value of combining physical\, chemical and psycho
 social hazard measurement within a single survey framework and consider im
 plications for future occupational health surveillance studies seeking to 
 deliver scalable\, transparent and prevention-focused evidence.
DTSTAMP:20261102T131211Z
LOCATION:Cullen Room
SUMMARY:Integrating an API-based occupational hazard exposure assessment me
 thodology for a national worker exposure data asset: 2026 Australian Worke
 r Exposure Survey - Alison Eglentals
URL:https://conferences.acspri.org.au/2026/talk/T3CRR9/
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