Introduction
In 1984, when primitive PCS had only just arrived on a few privileged desks, the Mathews Report espoused the benefits of establishing and developing a comprehensive professional and technical databank to ensure ready accessibility to OHS information. The Report proposed that files be established ‘on all likely health hazards to be found in South Australian workplaces and related environments, so that information requested on specific sites would be readily available’. The Report foresaw the potential of information technology to share information on workplace hazards and their causes.
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