Database of Expertise in Product Safety and Safe Product Design
Sporting equipment
Mr Norman Caldwell, Team Leader
Division Quality Assurance
Coles Myer Retail Services
PO Box 350 Glen Iris VIC 3146
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (03) 9829 4045 FAX: (03) 9829 4818 E-mail:
Profession/education:
Fitter and turner, textile technologist
Specific products:
General merchandise sold in Coles Myer Stores
Dr David Chalmers, HRC Senior Research Fellow & Deputy Director
Injury Prevention Research Unit
Department of Preventive & Social Me
University of Otago, Medical School
PO Box 913 Dunedin
NEW ZEALAND
Work phone: (64) (03) 479 8510 FAX: (64) (03) 479 8337 E-mail: dchalmers@gandalf.otago.ac.nz
Profession/education:
B.A., Post Grad Dip Arts (Psych) (PGDA), PhD.
Specific products:
Playground undersurfacing, trampolines
Mr Mark Dohrmann, Engineer, ergonomist
Mark Dohrmann and Partners Pty Ltd
115 Royal Parade Parkville VIC 3052
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (03) 9376 1844 FAX: (03) 9376 3124 E-mail: info@ergonomics.com.au
Profession/education:
BE (Mech), CPEng, CPE
Specific products:
Vehicles, hand-held equipment, consoles, emergency services, furniture, software+displays, children, household, guarding, slips, flammability
Mr. Alex Donaldson, Health Promotion Officer
Northern Beach Health Promotion Ser
Manly Hospital
PO Box 465 Manly NSW 2095
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (02) 9976 9533 FAX: (02) 9977 7531 E-mail: nbhpu@nsw.health.gov.au
Profession/education:
DipTeaching, Bed, MSc
Specific products:
sporting equipment in general
Mr Kerry Gadsby, General Manager
The Grass Alternative
PO Box 2000 Seven Hills We NSW 2147
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (02) 9620 9550 FAX: (02) 9620 9551 E-mail: gadsby@softfall.com.au
Profession/education:
HSC 1970, Dip Accounting 1975, over 16 years in synthetic grass and safety surfacing industry
Specific products:
softfall, softrax, synthetic grass and wet pour rubber
Dr Thomas Gibson, Director
Human Impact Engineering
Unit3/36 Albert Street St. Peters NSW 2044
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (02) 9557 0933 FAX: (02) 9557 0096 E-mail: tgibson@humanimpacteng.com
Profession/education:
BE (UNSW), MSc (Cranfield I.T.), PhD (UNSW), MIE (Aust), CP ENG
Specific products:
Impact injury biomechanics, human body modelling, vehicle engineering, accident reconstruction
Dr Raphael Grzebieta, Senior Lecturer
Department of Civil Engineering
Monash University
Wellington Rd Clayton VIC 3168
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (03) 9905 4970 FAX: (03) 9905 4944 E-mail: grzebieta@eng.monash.edu.au
Profession/education:
PhD, M. Eng. Sci, B.Eng., Corporate Member Institution Engineers Aust, NAPER-3 Registered (Civil), Member Society of Automotive Engineers (US and Aust), Fellow Australian College of Road Safety.
Specific products:
ROPS, side impact protection seats, seat belt restraints, bull bar design, safety brakes/energy dissipators for industrial lifts/hoists, safety cables for workers, under-run barriers, support scaffolding/st
Mr Steve Hutchison, Senior Investigator, Product Safety
Safety and Standards Branch
Department of Fair Trading
PO Box 972 Parramatta NSW 2124
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (02) 9895 0257 FAX: (02) 9895 0426 E-mail: shutchison@fairtrading.nsw.gov.au
Profession/education:
Researcher
Specific products:
Includes: Exercise equipment, spas/swimming pools, novelties, textile products, insulation, bicycles, bike helmets, ladders, prams/strollers, baby walkers, cots, toy boxes, child restraints, sunglasses, wat
Ms. Beverly Jenkin, Chief Executive Officer
Australian Toy Association
22 Blackwood St North Melbourn VIC 3051
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (03) 9329 5027 FAX: (03) 9329 5038 E-mail: austoy@austoy.com.au
Profession/education:
BSc, Dip Ed, Dip Finance
Specific products:
toys, etc
Mr Brian Malone, Quality Assurance Manager
Big W Qualtiy Assurance Dept.
Woolworths Ltd
Locked Bag 7 Pennant Hills NSW 2120
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (02) 9847 1180 FAX: (02) 9847 1680 E-mail: bmalone@bigw.com.au
Profession/education:
Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering
Specific products:
Toys, bicycles, cots, strollers, bicycle helmets, dummies
Mrs Rae Raphael, Manager
Melbourne Information Centre
Standards Association of Australia
Locked Bag 802 South Melbourn VIC 3205
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (03) 9693 3534 FAX: (03) 9696 1319 E-mail: mic@saa.sa.telememo.au
Profession/education:
Associate Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).
Specific products:
Standards cover a large subject range, including the product groups mentioned below.
Ms Virginia Routley, Research Fellow
Accident Research Centre
Monash University
Building 70 Wellington Rd Clayton VIC 3168
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (03) 9905 1805 FAX: (03) 9905 1809 E-mail: virginia.routley@general.monash.edu.
Profession/education:
B.Ec, Dip. Ed, Grad. Dip. Soc. Stats.
Specific products:
Trampolines, finger jams, spill-resistant anti-scald mugs, Do-It-Yourself maintenance, child and adult poisonings, vehicle exhaust gas suicides, chain saws, car radiator scalds.
Mr. Clive Shelton, Partner
Clive Shelton Associates
Provident House Burrell Row Beckenham Kent
UNITED KINGDOM
Work phone: +44 (0)20 8249 6524 FAX: +44 (0)20 8249 6554 E-mail: cliveshelton@toysafe.co.uk
Profession/education:
BSc MChemA MRSC Cchem MIFST
Specific products:
Household products, toys, childcare articles, food, cosmetics
Dr. Shauna Sherker, Research Fellow
NSW Injury Risk Management Research
UNSW
Sydney NSW 2052
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (02) 9385 4741 FAX: (02) 9385 6040 E-mail: shauna.sherker@unsw.edu.au
Profession/education:
Ph.D., Researcher
Specific products:
Ms Jan Shield, Safety Consultant
Safety Centre
Royal Children's Hospital
Flemington Rd Parkville VIC 3052
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (03) 9345 6470 FAX: (03) 9345 5086 E-mail: shieldja@cryptic.rch.unimelb.edu.au
Profession/education:
B.A., Dip. Ed, Grad. Dip. Information Services, MPH
Specific products:
Children's products (beds, bedding, cots, high chairs, door barriers), home safety products (stoveguards, door barriers), strangulation hazards, recommendations for child care settings, toys, inhalation haz
Dr. Ronald Somers, Unit Head
Injury Surveillance and Control
South Australian Department of Health
PO Box 6 Rundle Mall Post Of Adelaide SA 5000
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (08) 8226 6361 FAX: (08) 8226 6291 E-mail: Ron.Somers@health.sa.gov.au
Profession/education:
BA, MPH, PhD psychology, maternal and child health, epidemiology
Specific products:
children's furniture, trampolines and other play equipment, swimming and wading pools, pumps and filtration systems, bunk beds, exercise and fitness equip., amusement and carnival rides, plumbing fixtures,
Mr David Thompson, Senior Technical Officer - Mechanical
Quality Testing
Woolworths - Big W - Qualtest
3 City View Rd Pennant Hills NSW 2120
AUSTRALA
Work phone: (02) 9847 1183 FAX: (03) 9847 1683 E-mail: dthompso@bigw.com.au
Profession/education:
Mech Eng Cert, Craftsman Cert in Fitting and Turning, N.A.T.A signatory to AS1647 and AS2432 (baby dummies). Member of Australian Standards Committees CS91 Domestic Furniture (Plastic Monobloc Chair), CS3 Safety
Specific products:
Toys, sporting goods, leisure furniture, nursery furniture, exercise bikes, babies dummies, hardgoods based products
Mr Robert Wise, Quality Assurance Manager Hardgoods
Quality Assurance
Target Australia Pty Ltd
PO Box 41 North Geelong VIC 3215
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (03) 5246 2336 FAX: (03) 5246 2895 E-mail: robert.wise@target.com.au
Profession/education:
Mechanic Civil Aviation, Motor mechanics, Total Quality Management
Specific products:
Hardgoods, toys, nursery furniture and accessories, indoor/outdoor furniture, tableware, kitchenware, home decorator items, sporting and outdoor activities, stationery, domestic electrical goods, consumer e
Mr Geoffrey Wood, Director
The Playground Institute
PO Box 60459 Titirangi Auckland
NEW ZEALAND
Work phone: (09) 816 9128 FAX: E-mail: gmwood@xtra.co.nz
Profession/education:
Teacher. B.Sc.,M.A.;Dip.Teaching
Specific products:
Playground behaviour & supervision; playground equipment & surfacing - design, operation, educational outcomes, accessibility; risk management - school, camp, community facilities and programmes
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