The workforce
This industry grouping covers a wide range of activities, separated into 14 groups:
- Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing
- Department stores
- Electrical and electronic goods retailing
- Fuel retailing
- Furniture, floor coverings, houseware and textile goods retailing
- Hardware, building and garden supplies retailing
- Motor vehicle parts and tyre retailing
- Motor vehicle retailing
- Non-store retailing
- Pharmaceutical and other store-based retailing
- Recreational goods retailing
- Retail commission-based buying and/or selling
- Specialised food retailing
- Supermarket and grocery stores
10% of the total Tasmanian workforce
1 in 3 aged under 25
The injuries
484 injuries across the industry group in 2020
6.6 serious injuries per million hours worked, 27% lower than the state average of 9.1
Serious injury frequency rate increased 9% over the last ten years
The people
34% of serious injuries occurred in Supermarket and grocery stores
Occupations with the highest percentage of serious injuries
- 40% Sales assistant and salespersons
- 15% Storepersons
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 that are relevant to the industry:
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Hazardous manual task
- Slips, trips and falls
- Safe movement of vehicles and plant