Injury by topic

Hazard is the bi-annual journal of the Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit (VISU) (formerly VISAR). Information about injuries and their prevention is disseminated through this publication. The issues reviewed in Hazard are chosen because of a combination of the severity, frequency and preventability of the injury type.

If you would like more information about Hazard, please contact

Janneke Berecki-Gisolf - Associate Director VISU

Browse the Hazard index by issue. Other sources of information, such as MUARC reports on specific injury topics, are also listed below.

Hazard Edition Index

TOPIC	Hazard edition [pdf]	MUARC reports	Other
Consumer products	61, 75	83, 162, 168	Consumer product safety websites http://www.productsafety.gov.au/content /index.phtml/itemId/970225 http://www.cpsc.gov/
Regional profiles	46, 54, 85
- Hume		95, 131	- Injury Prevention 2002;8:18-22
- Latrobe Valley	9, sp1, sp2	113, 114, 151, 190	- Injury Prevention 2001;7:66-69
School injury	10, 29, 53, 88
Socio-economic status and injury	49, 70
Sports	8, 9, 15, 30, 51, 66, 74	Sports injury countermeasure reports
- baseball			- Brochure
- basketball	51		- Brochure
- boating related	56		Marine Safety in Victoria 2008-2009 – VISU research report Marine Safety in Victoria 2007-2008 – VISU research report Follow up of hospital treated boating injury – VISU research report Follow up of hospital treated boating injury: the longer term effects – VISU research report Review of the literature – VISU research report
- cricket	51		- Brochure
- cycling (incl. BMX)	2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 31, 34, 44, 51, 65, 87	2, 32, 45, 51, 59, 64, 75, 76	- IP abstract
- exercise equipment	5, 9, 50		VISU Fact Sheet -exercise bikes VISU Fact Sheet - treadmills
- football (AFL)	51		- Brochure
- golf			- Brochure
- hockey			- Brochure
- horse related sports	7, 51	103
- in line skating	15, 25, 31, 51	133	- Brochure
- lawn bowls			- Brochure
- martial arts	11
- netball	51		- Brochure
- running			- Brochure
- scooter riding	44, 78		- Injury Prevention 2001; 7-:165-167
- skateboarding	51, 78		- Brochure
- snow sports	66		- Brochure - cross country - Brochure - downhill skiing - Brochure - snowboarding
- soccer	51		- Brochure
- softball			- Brochure
- surfing	56
- tennis			VISU Fact Sheet VISU Fact Sheet
- trail bike riding	31, 51
- trampolines	13, 42, 44, 61,75
- volleyball			- Brochure
- yoga			- Brochure
Surveillance system/ data developments	1, 2, 26, 28, 30, 40, 43, 50	72, 113

A - C

Subject	Edition	Other Resources
Asphyxia	60
Assaults	55,73,79,83
Babywalkers, update	16,20,25,34
Baseball	30
Boating - related recreational injury	56
Bunkbeds	11,75	MUARC Report 123
Button Batteries	75
Bicycles -
Bicycle related	6,31,34,44,65,87
Cyclist Head Injury Study	2,7,8,10
Adult On-Road Cyclist Injury	87
Burns -
Scalds, Burns prevention	3,12,25
Unintentional burns and scalds in vulnerable populations	57
Child Care settings	16,76
Client survey results	28
Co-morbidity analysis	80
Cutting and piercing (unintentional)	52, 55	MUARC Report 158

D - F

Subject	Edition	Other Resources
Data base use, interpretation& example form	2
Deaths from Injury (Victoria)	11,38,76,80,83,85
Dishwasher machine detergents - Update	18
DIY maintenance injuries	41	Prevention of injuries associated with DIY DIY Brochure
Dog Bites, dog related injuries	3,12,25,26,34,69	Injury Prevention
Domestic architectural glass	7,22,25
Domestic Violence	21,30,79,83	63
Drowning/near drowing, including updates	2,5,7,30,34,55	Family Friendly Beaches Victoria
Elastic luggage straps	43	VISU Fact Sheet
Escalator	24
Exercise bicycles, update	5,9
Falls - Child, Older Persons, Home, Bunk Beds	44,45,48,59,65,75,77,78,80
Farm, Tractors	30,33,24,47,68	Rural Injury Prevention Preventing Farm Injuries MUARC Report 155
Finger jam (hand entrapment)	10,14,16,25,59
Fireworks	47	Injuries associated with fireworks in Victoria: an epidemiological overview

G - L

Subject	Edition	Other Resources
Geographic regions of injury	46
Health Service Areas	76
Home	14,32,59,65,76,80	MUARC Report 158
Horse related	7,23
Infants - injuries in the first year of life	8
Injury surveillance developments inc. ICD10 coding	30,43
Intentional	13,83
Latrobe Valley -
First 3 months, Injury surveillance and prevention	9
Ladders	63
Lawnmowers	22, 52	VISU Fact Sheet

M - R

Subject	Edition	Other Resources
Marine animals	56
Martial arts	11
Mobility scooters	62
Motor vehicle related, non-traffic, vehicle jack injuries	20,63
Motorcycles	64,65,81
Needlestick injuries	11,17,25
Nursery furniture	37,44	Keeping Kids Safe
Older people	19, 45, 48, 50, 62, 67, 80,84	MUARC Reports 57, 118, 162
Off-street parking areas	20
Pedestrians	71,72
Playground equipment	3, 10, 14, 16, 25, 29, 44, 51, 61, 65, 77,	193
Poisons -
Domestic chemical and plant poisoning	28
Drug safety and poison control	2, 4, 27, 39, 47
Dishwasher detergent, update	10,6
Early Childhood, Child resistant closures	27,2,47	Unintentional poisoning hospitalisations among young children in Victoria
Adult overview	39
Opioids (Unintentional and Intentional)	86
Other poisoning agents	6, 10, 18, 28	MUARC Report 139
Power saws, Chainsaws	22, 28, 52
Regional Injury Profiles	85
Residential Institutions	76
Road injury	36,65,76
Roller Blades, Skateboards, Scooters	2,5,25,31,44,78

S - Z

Subject	Edition	Other Publications
School	10,76, 88
Settings for Injury	76
Shopping trolleys	22,25,42	VISU Fact Sheet
Smoking-related	21,25,29,44
Socio-economic status and injury	49,70
Sports - child, adult, surf, snow	8,9,44,15,51,56,66,74,76
Suicide - motor vehicle exhaust gas	11,20,25,41	MUARC Reports 139
Trade and service areas	76
Trail bikes	31
Trampolines	13,42,61,75
Vapouriser units	43	VISU Fact Sheet
Venomous bites and stings	35	VISU Fact Sheet
VISS: How it works, progress, A decade of Victorian Injury Surveillance	1,26,40
VISAR: Celebration of VISAR achievements, VISAR name change to VISU	50,61
Work-related	17,18,58,76,82