Use of expert elicitation in the field of occupational hygiene: Comparison of expert and observed data distributions.

ABSTRACT: The concept of professional judgement underpins the way in which an occupational hygienist assesses an exposure problem. Despite the importance placed on professional judgement in the discipline, a method of assessment to characterise accuracy has not been available. In this paper, we assess the professional judgement of four occupational hygienists ('experts') when completing exposure assessments on a range of airborne contaminants across a number of job roles within a surface mining environment in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The job roles assessed were project driller, mobile equipment operator, fixed plant maintainer, and drill and blast operator. The contaminants of interest were respirable crystalline silica, respirable dust, and inhalable dust. The novel approach of elic

SUBMITTER: Lowry DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9176777 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature