Industrial Safety is an issue of rapidly growing concern to Government, Employer, Employees and Unions
alike. With some 6 per cent of the Australian workforce employed within the potentially hazardous hospital
environment, there are broad lessons for personnel practitioners from other industries in how hospitals utilize
their specialised skills and expertise to ensure the care and rehabilitation of injured employees.
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