The workforce
This industry grouping covers a wide range of activities, separated into eight groups:
- Building completion services
- Building installation services
- Building structure services
- Heavy and civil engineering construction
- Land development and site preparation services
- Non-residential building construction
- Other construction services
- Residential building construction
8% of the total Tasmanian workforce
Building installation services is the largest employing group
The injuries
720 injuries across the industry in 2020
39% of injuries over the last ten years resulted in at least one week off work
12.7 serious injuries per million hours worked: third highest of all industries
6% increase in serious injury frequency rate in the last ten years
The people
Occupations with the highest percentage of serious Injuries
- 21% Bricklayers, carpenters and joiners
- 19% Miscellaneous labourers
Building residential construction reported the highest number of injuries
Non-residential construction had the highest serious injury frequency rate with 21 serious injuries per million hours worked
The causes
The most common causes of injury across the industry
- Body stressing
- Falls, slips and trips
- Being hit by moving objects
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
- Mental health conditions