Key facts about the workforce
This industry grouping covers a wide range of activities, separated into eight groups. The three largest employing groups are:
- Building installation services
- Building completion services
- Residential building construction
Key facts about injury numbers
There were 822 injuries across the industry in 2023.
453 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 14.2 serious injuries per million hours worked.
The serious injury frequency rate of 14.2 is 34% higher than the state average of 10.6.
The industry’s serious injury frequency rate was 41% higher in 2023 than ten years ago.
There have been 6 work related deaths in the industry in the last ten years.
Key facts about injured workers
Non-residential building construction reported the highest serious injury frequency rate at 30.2 serious injuries per million hours worked.
The occupations with the highest proportion of serious injuries were:
- Bricklayers, carpenters and joiners with 25% of the total and
- Miscellaneous labourers with 17% of the total
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
- Being hit by moving objects