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Occupational Health & Safety Professional, Toxicologist, Health Surveillance, Occupational Hygiene
Australia

Biography

Dr Martyn Cross – Safety Professional

Martyn began his career as a Toxicologist working in the UK chemical industry. He has an honours degree in Toxicology, a Master of Public Health and a PhD. Martyn was an Occupational Hygienist for WorkSafe WA, and an Occupational Hygienist for the WA Department of Health. Martyn then specialised as a Safety Management System Consultant for an international consultancy group, assisting organisation in Australia and South East Asia, to develop and implement their safety management systems.

Martyn was the Senior Safety Advisor and then the Principal Occupational Hygienist for Minara Resources at their Murrin Murrin Mine Site where he conducted a Health Surveillance project for his PhD. Martyn was recently employed as the Safety Senior Occupational Hygiene Consultant with Golder Associates. He is now a Senior Lecturer at ECU teaching Post Graduate – Occupational Health and Safety. Martyn’s expertise and skills span many aspects of occupational health and safety, with 40+ years, in a variety of industries.

Activities

Employment (10)

Edith Cowan University: Perth, Western Australia, AU

2013-06-24 to present | Senior Lecturer (School of Medical and Health Sciences)
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Edith Cowan University

Edith Cowan University: Joondalup, WA, AU

2013-06-17 to present | Senior Lecturer (School of Medical & Health Sciences)
Employment
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Golder Associates: Perth, Western Australia, AU

2011 to 2013-06-10 | Senior Occupational Hygienist (Contaminated Sites)
Employment
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Martyn Cross

Edith Cowan University: Joondalup, WA, AU

2008 to 2011 | Senior Lecturer (School of Excercise & Health Sciences)
Employment
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Golder Associates: Perth, Western Australia, AU

2006 to 2008 | Safety Consultant (Environmental Group)
Employment
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Minara Resources, Murrin Murrin Mine Site: Perth, Western Australia, AU

2002 to 2006 | Senior Safety Advisor/Principal Occupational Hygienist (Health, Safety & Environment)
Employment
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Det Norske Veritas: Fremantle, Western Australia, AU

1996 to 2002 | HSEQ Management Systems Consultant (Safety Management Systems)
Employment
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Health Department WA: Perth, Western Australia, AU

1993 to 1996 | Scientific Officer, OHS (Environmental Health, Occupational Health Unit)
Employment
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Worksafe Western Australia: Perth, WA, AU

1991 to 1993 | Occupational Hygienist/Inspector (Occupational Hygiene Branch)
Employment
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Syngenta Central Toxicology Laboratory: Macclesfield, Cheshire East, GB

1969 to 1988 | 1. Senior Technician (9yrs) 2. Manager/Study Director (10yrs) (1. Histopathology 2. Genetic Toxicology)
Employment
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Martyn Cross

Education and qualifications (3)

Edith Cowan University: Joondalup, WA, AU

2011-05 to present | PhD (School of Medical & Health Science)
Education
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Curtin University of Technology: Perth, WA, AU

1994-02-23 | MPH (Public Health)
Education
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North East Surrey College of Technology: Ewell, Surrey, GB

1978-08-01 | MIBiol Hons Toxicology (Biological Science)
Education
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Professional activities (3)

Australian Institute of Occupational Hygiene: Melbourne, Victoria, AU

2019-12-03 to present | Fellow
Membership
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Australasian College of Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Melbourne, Victoria, AU

2017-07-01 to present | Member
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Australian Institute Health & Safety: Melbourne, Victoria, AU

2006-01-27 to present | Fellow
Membership
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Funding (3)

Classification according to the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) of respirable coal dust, non-asbestiform fibres (those not meeting the definition of a countable asbestos fibre) and elongated mineral particles associated with the asbestiform minerals and welding fume

2018-04 to 2019-04 | Grant
Safe Work Australia (Canberra, Australia, AU)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

G1003859

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Martyn Cross

Field validation of a laboratory developed heat stress intervention in the Australian liquid natural gas sector

2011 to present | Grant
Australia - China Natural Gas Technology Partnership Fund (Beijing, CN)
GRANT_NUMBER:

G0002786

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Review of Air Sampling Data

2010 to present | Grant
Minara Resources (Perth, WA, Western Australia, AU)
GRANT_NUMBER:

G0003046

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Works (22)

Occupational Health, Basic Toxicology, and Epidemiology

2024-11-05 | Book chapter
Contributors: Martyn Cross; Geza Benke
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Pathogenic Potential of Respirable Spodumene Cleavage Fragments following Application of Regulatory Counting Criteria for Asbestiform Fibres

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2022-12-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Melinda Gardner; Martyn Cross; Sue Reed; Maggie Davidson; Rick Hughes; Jacques Oosthuizen
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An audit of obesity data and concordance with diagnostic coding for patients admitted to Western Australian Country Health Service hospitals.

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing
2021 | Journal article
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Martyn Cross

Risks to Healthcare Organizations and Staff Who Manage Obese (Bariatric) Patients and Use of Obesity Data to Mitigate Risks: A Literature Review.

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
2021 | Journal article
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Martyn Cross

Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Clinical Practice Intervention in Increasing Obesity Data Recording at a Western Australian Country Health Service Hospital: A Quasi-Experimental Controlled Trial

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Kim McClean; Martyn Cross; Sue Reed
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Estimated Financial Impacts of Inaccurate Obese Patient Data Recorded by the Western Australian Country Health Service

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
2021-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Kim McClean; Martyn Cross; Sue Reed
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Accuracy of obese patient admission data recorded by the Western Australian Country Health Service: A pilot study

Journal of Occupational Health and Safety
2019 | Journal article
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Martyn Cross

Serious Injuries in the Mining Industry: Preparing the Emergency Response.

Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
2019 | Journal article
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Martyn Cross

Nurses’ perception of work-related stress: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Health, Safety and Environment
2019-01-01 | Journal article
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Martyn Cross

A Review of Heat Stress Policies in the Context of Climate Change and its Impacts on Outdoor Workers: Evidence from Zimbabwe

International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development
2018 | Journal article
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The ups and downs of modern mining: Describing the sedentary behaviour of workers in a centralised mining control-room- A pilot study

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Health, Safety and Environment
2018 | Journal article
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Martyn Cross

Occupational health and safety in cannabis production: an Australian perspective

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
2018-10-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Maggie Davidson; Sue Reed; Jacques Oosthuizen; Greg O’Donnell; Pragna Gaur; Martyn Cross; Gary Dennis
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Noise Levels in an Enquiry Office

Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2018-05-14 | Journal article
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Martyn Cross

Establishing Cause, What Does That Mean from an Epidemiological and Legal Perspective?

Environmental and Planning Law Journal
2018-01 | Journal article
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Heat Stress and Adaptation Strategies of Outdoors Workers in the City of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

HSOA Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health Care
2018-01-30 | Journal article
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Martyn Cross

Is there a synergistic effect of exposure to welding fume and noise on NIHL?

AIOH 2017 Conference, Canberra
2017-12 | Conference paper
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Emerging heat-related climate change influences; a public health challenge to health care practitioners and policy makers: Insight from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2017-03 | Journal article
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Martyn Cross

Biomarkers health surveillance & Occupational exposure assessment

Urinary levels of Malondialdehyde and 8-Deoxyguanosine as biomarkers of oxidative DNA damage induced by exposure to Nickel and Cobalt in metal refinery workers.
2016-12-05 | Conference paper
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Martyn Cross

Occupational respiratory health surveillance at Minara Resources, Murrin Murrin mine site

Journal of Health, Safety and Environment
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84947201646

Contributors: Cross, M.; Oosthuizen, J.
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Occupational respiratory health surveillance at Minara Resources, Murrin Murrin Mine Site

2011-12 | Conference paper
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Martyn Cross

Dust and Biological Monitoring During Vanadium Catalyst Change-Out. Is it the Dust Levels or the Hand-to-Mouth Contact?

Environmental Health.
2005 | Journal article
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Martyn Cross

A study of the exposure to wood dust and potential impact on lung function

Journal of Health Safety and Environment, CCH Australia
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