Key facts about the workforce
This industry grouping covers a wide range of activities, separated into fifteen groups. The three largest employing groups are:
- Sheep, beef cattle and grain farming
- Aquaculture
- Fruit and tree nut growing
Key facts about injury numbers
There were 466 injuries across the industry in 2024.
268 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 13.6 serious injuries per million hours worked.
The serious injury frequency rate of 13.6 is 20% higher than the state average of 11.2.
The industry’s serious injury frequency rate was 1% higher in 2024 than ten years ago.
There have been 17 work related deaths in the industry in the last ten years.
Key facts about injured workers
Other crop growing reported the highest serious injury frequency rate at 32.5 serious injuries per million hours worked.
The occupations with the highest proportion of serious injuries were:
- Farm, forestry, and garden workers with 39% of the total and
- Farmers and Farm Managers with 20% of the total
Key facts about injury causes
The most common causes of injury across the industry in 2024, in order of largest proportion of total injuries, were:
- Body stressing
- Being hit by moving objects
- Falls, slips and trips