Key facts about the workforce
This industry grouping covers a wide range of activities, separated into 14 groups. The three largest employing groups are:
- Supermarket and grocery stores
- Pharmaceutical and other store-based retailing
- Specialised food retailing
Key facts about injury numbers
There were 414 injuries across the industry in 2023.
219 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 5.8serious injuries per million hours worked.
The serious injury frequency rate of 5.8 is 46% lower than the state average of 10.6.
The industry’s serious injury frequency rate was 10% higher in 2023 than ten years ago.
There have been five work related deaths in the last ten years.
Key facts about injured workers
Motor vehicle parts and tyre retailing reported the highest serious injury frequency rate.
The occupations with the highest proportion of serious injuries were:
- Sales assistants and salespersons with 31% of the total and
- Storepersons with 19% 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
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