Key facts about injury numbers
There were 206 injuries across the industry in 2023.
81 of these are classified as serious, after resulting in at least one week of time off work.
This results in a serious injury frequency rate of 16 serious injuries per million hours worked.
The serious injury frequency rate of 16 is 43% higher than the state average of 10.6.
The industry’s serious injury frequency rate was 51% higher in 2023 than ten years ago.
There has been one work related death in the industry in the last ten years.
Key facts about injury causes
The most common causes of injury across the industry in 2023, in order of largest proportion of total injuries, were:
- Body stressing
- Falls, slips and trips
- Mental stress