The workforce
This industry grouping covers a wide range of activities, separated into fifteen groups
- Poultry farming
- Sheep, beef cattle and grain farming
- Dairy cattle farming
- Fishing
- Aquaculture
- Other livestock farming
- Deer farming
- Fruit and tree nut growing
- Mushroom and vegetable growing
- Forestry and logging
- Other crop growing
- Nursery and floriculture production
- Agriculture and fishing support services
- Forestry support services
- Hunting and trapping
5% of the total Tasmanian workforce
73% of workers are employed full time
6% of workers aged 65+, around twice the proportion state wide — the second highest of all industries
The injuries
474 injuries across the industry in 2018
44% of injuries in the last ten years resulted in at least one week off work
10.1 serious injuries per million hours worked
16% higher than the state average of 8.7
23% lower serious injury frequency rate in 2018 than ten years ago
The people
25-34 year olds reported the highest serious injury frequency rates
Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming reported the highest serious injury frequency rate at 24 serious injuries per million hours worked
1 in 3 workers injured in the last ten years worked in either Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming or Aquaculture
Farm, Forestry and Garden workers reported 54% of all serious injuries
The causes
The most common causes of injury across the industry
- Body stressing
- Falls, slips and trips
- Being hit by moving objects
- Hitting objects with a part of the body
Action areas
Priority conditions and causes identified in the WorkSafe Strategic Plan 2018-2023 relevant to the industry:
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Hazardous manual tasks
- Slips, trips and falls
- Safe movement of vehicles and plant