Safe Work Australia Council releases six sector reports on work-related injuries
SAFE Work Australia Council has released six industry-specific reports based on an analysis of the 2005 to 2006 Work-Related Injuries Survey.
The reports cover the construction, health and community services, manufacturing, agriculture, forestry and fishing, transport and storage and retail trade industries.
The Work-Related Injuries Survey is conducted every four years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. SAFE Work Australia partially funds the survey to complement its collection of workers’ compensation data.
The Work-Related Injuries Survey reports explore the types and causes of work-related injury, and provides information on those workers who are not covered by workers’ compensation.
The reports found part-time workers in the retail trade industry recorded a frequency rate of injury nearly double that of full-time workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing workers experienced the highest rate of injuries, with 109 injuries per 1000 workers. For the construction industry, employees recorded a similar rate of injury to self-employed workers. There was also little difference in rates of injury between those working on a contract and those not working on a contract.
For the manufacturing industry, young workers aged 15 to 24 recorded an injury rate 44% higher than the corresponding rate for young workers in the Australian workforce as a whole.
Transport and storage workers aged 35 to 44 years recorded an injury rate 75% higher than the rate recorded by all Australian workers of this age.
SAFE Work Australia Council says these reports add significantly to its understanding of Work-Related Injuries and provide information on the extent and frequency of Work-Related Injuries that is not available using workers’ compensation data alone.
20 October 2009
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