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dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Geoffrey
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:21:49Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:21:49Z
dc.date.created2013-03-17T20:00:36Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationTaylor, Geoffrey. 2012. Readability and comprehension of business organisations' occupational health and safety documents and national model codes. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment. 28 (3): pp. 357-369.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38472
dc.description.abstract

Some aspects of readability and comprehension are reviewed following previous work on readability of occupational health and safety (OHS) documents. The results of readabiltiy assessments on OHS procedures from a range of business organisations and from draft Safe Work Australia (SWA) codes or practice are given. Readabiltiy grades on some recent mass media articles are provided as a contemporary benchmark. The results are also compared with some contemporary assessments of Australian literacy levels. The mean readabiltiy grade for business organisation documents was 14 (range 8-19), for SWA documents it was 15, while that for the media articles was 13 (range 8-16). Table 1 gives a full key to grade levels.

dc.publisherCCH Australia Limited
dc.subjectreadability
dc.subjectcomprehension
dc.subjectOHS documents
dc.titleReadability and comprehension of business organisations' occupational health and safety documents and national model codes
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume28
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage357
dcterms.source.endPage369
dcterms.source.issn1837-9362
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Health, Safety and Environment
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