• 1.1 Farm Production Systems Safety

National Farm Injury Data Collection and Surveillance 

Farm Fatalities Research Studies

• Fragar L, Pollock K, Morton C.  The changing profile of Australian farm injury deaths.  Australian & New Zealand Journal of Occupational Health and Safety 2008; 24 (5
• Mitchell RJ, Franklin RC, Driscoll TR, Fragar LJ. Farm-related fatal injury of young and older adults in Australia, 1989-1992. Aust J Rural Health 2002; 10, 209-219.
• Mitchell RJ, Franklin RC, Driscoll TR, Fragar LJ.  Farm-related fatalities involving children in Australia, 1989-1992. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2001; 25: 155-166.
• Franklin RC, Mitchell RJ, Driscoll TR, Fragar LJ.  Non–Work–Related Farm Fatalities in Australia, 1989–1992. Journal of Agricultural Health and Safety 2001; 7(4):229-239
• Franklin RC, Mitchell RJ, Driscoll TR, Fragar LJ.  Agricultural Work–Related Fatalities in Australia, 1989–1992. Journal of Agricultural Health and Safety 2001; 7(4):213-227.
• Franklin R, Mitchell R, Driscoll T, Fragar L. Farm related fatalities in Australia, 1989-1992. Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety, Moree, RIRDC Canberra and NOHSC 2000.

 Farm Safety Research Methods

• Hewitt RJ, Franklin RC, Fragar LJ.  Research methodologies for benefit – cost studies of farm occupational health and safety projects.  Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety, Moree and RIRDC, Canberra. 2000.
• Franklin RC, Fragar LJ, Page AN. The national farm injury data collection: data to inform farm injury prevention programs. Australian Epidemiologist 2000; 7(1) 18-24.
• Fragar L. Coleman R. Health and safety in Australian Agriculture – Linking research, data and action. Journal of Agromedicine 1997; 4(1/2)

Specific Commodity Programs

• Lower T, Fragar L, Temperley J. Improving health and safety in the Australian sheep industry. J Occup Health Safety – Aust NZ 2000, 16(2):117-125

Corporate Properties Program

• Fragar L, Hiscock T, Lower T. (In preparation)  Safety management in corporate agriculture – achievements and challenges

2. Prevention of farm injury associated  with specific hazards

2.1  Tractor and Machinery Safety Program

• Franklin RC, Stark K, Fragar L. Intervention strategies for the retro-fitment of Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) and fleet characteristic, farm tractors. Safety Science 2006; 44: 771-783.

Other Machinery Safety

• Hawkins AP, Eather JJ, Fragar LJ. Improving Health and Safety in the Farm Workshop. ANZ Journal of Occupational Health and Safety 2007; 24.
• Athanasiov A, Gupta ML, Fragar LJ.  An Insight into the Grain Auger Injury Problem in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 2006; 12: 29-42.

2.2 Farm Vehicle Safety Program

Motorcycle Safety (2 and 4 wheel motorcycles)

• Schalk T. Australian farm motorcycles. Reducing the risk of injury associated with the operation of 2-wheel motorcycles and All Terrain Vehicles (ATV’s). A thesis submitted to the University of New England for Masters in the degree of Rural Science, 2002.

2.3 Pesticides and Human Health Program

Practicability of Pesticides Safety Systems on Farms

Pesticides Safety Systems

• Killey J, Temperley J, Fragar L. In Australia, Can a user know whether a pesticide is a Hazardous Substance? ANZ Journal of Occupational Health and Safety 2008.  (In press)

Worker Exposure Studies

• Fragar L, Sankaran B, Woods N, Hohenhaus M, Murray P, Nicholls J, Boyd A, Levot G. The potential dermal exposure of sheep ectoparasiticides by workers using different application systems. Journal of Occupational Health and Safety – Australia and New Zealand 2006; 22(6)551-560.
• Fragar L, Sankaran B.  Cholinesterase testing for rural workers: experience of a rural health surveillance program in New South Wales., Journal of Occupational Health and Safety – Australia and New Zealand 2004, 20 (4): 325-334.

2.4 Farm Noise Injury Prevention Program

• Franklin RC, Depczynski JD, Challinor K, Williams W, Fragar LJ. Factors Affecting Farm Noise During Common Agricultural Activities Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 2006; 12(2): 117-125.
• Depczynski JD, Franklin RC, Challinor K, Williams W, Fragar LJ. Farm Noise Emissions During Common Agricultural Activities Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 2005; 11 (3): 325-334.

3. Farm Population Safety

3.1 Child Safety on Farms

• Stiller L, Depczynski J, Fragar L, Franklin R. An evidence-consultation base for developing child injury prevention priorities for Australian farms. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2008; 19.
• Depczynski J. Child Safety on Farms - An Issue for Rural Communities. The Australian Journal of Child and Family Health Nursing 2006; 2: 9-11.
•  Bugeja L, Franklin RC. Drowning deaths of zero- to five-year-old children in Victorian dams, 1989-2001. Australian Journal of Rural Health 2005; 13: 300.
•  Page A, Fragar L. Recall of Farm Hazards in Australian Primary School Age Children Using A 3-D Visual Cue Test.  Australian Journal of Rural Health 2001; 9(5): 216-221.
• Mitchell RJ, Franklin RC, Driscoll TR, Fragar LJ. Farm-related fatalities involving children in Australia, 1989-1992. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2001; 25: 155-166.

4.  Rural Population Health

4.1  Rural Health Studies

• Misan G, Lesjak M, Fragar L.  Health of rural populations. In: A Textbook of Australian Rural Health.  Eds Haw S-T & Kilpatrick S.  Australian Rural Health Education Network, Canberra 2008.
• Fraser J, Hawkins A, Alexander C, Fragar L, Robertson C. Evaluation of the impact of a Research Methods Support Structure to increase research capacity in the New England Region of rural new South Wales. Australian Health Review 2006; 30: 427-434.
• Fragar L. A Picture of Health?  Proceeding of Rural Public Health in Australia 1997 Conference. National Rural Public Health Forum. National Rural Health Alliance, Canberra.

4.6 Stress,Mental Health and Suicide Project

• Sartore G, Kelly B, Fuller J, Fragar L, Stain HJ, Tonna A. Improving mental health capacity in rural communities: Mental health First Aid delivery in drought-affected rural NSW. Australian Journal of Rural Health 2008.
•  Fragar L, Kelly B, Henderson A, Tonna A, Peters M. Partnerships to promote mental health of NSW farmers – the New South Wales Farmers Blueprint for Mental Health.  Australian Journal of Rural Health 2008; 16: 170-175.
•  Fuller J, Kelly B, Sartore G, Fragar L, Tonna A, Pollard G, Hazell T. Use of social network analysis to describe service links for farmers' mental health. Australian Journal of Rural Health 2007; 15: 99-106.
• Sartore G, Kelly B, Fragar L, Fuller J, Stain H, Tonna A, Pollard G. Building and evaluating effective mental health networks in rural communities. Acta Neuropsychiatrica 2006; 18: 269-270.
• Fraser CE, Smith KB, Judd F, Humphreys JS, Fragar LJ, Henderson A. Farming and Mental Health Problems and Mental Illness. International Journal of Social Psychiatry 2005; 51: 340-349.
• Kelly BJ, Stain HJ, Carr VJ, Beard JR, Fragar L, Lewin TJ, Lyle D, Hourihan F. Measuring the Mental Health of Rural Communities. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2005; 39: A82-A83.
• Kelly BJ, Stain HJ, Carr VJ, Beard JR, Fragar L, Lyle D, Lewin TJ, Tarren-Sweeney M, Hourihan F. Living in a Rural Community: Determinants and Consequences of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2005; 39: A117-A118
• Page AN, Fragar LJ. Suicide in Australian Farming, 1988-1997. ANZ J Psychiatry 2002; 36: