Key facts about the workforce
This industry grouping covers a wide range of activities, separated into 14 groups. The three largest employing groups are:
- Road freight transport
- Road passenger transport
- Postal and courier pick-up and delivery services
Key facts about injury numbers
There were 313 injuries across the industry in 2023.
239 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 13.7serious injuries per million hours worked.
The serious injury frequency rate of 13.7 is 30% higher than the state average of 10.6.
The industry’s serious injury frequency rate was21% higher in 2023 than ten years ago.
There have been 29 work related deaths in the last ten years, 17 of these workers and 12 were bystanders.
Key facts about injured workers
Water passenger transport reported the highest serious injury frequency rate.
The occupations with the highest proportion of serious injuries were:
- Truck drivers with 25% of the total and
- Automobile, bus and rail drivers with 18% 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:
- Mental stress
- Body stressing
- Being hit by moving objects