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 491 injuries across the industry in 2022.
This results in a serious injury frequency rate of 12.3 serious injuries per million hours worked.
The serious injury frequency rate of 12.3 is 20% higher than the state average of 10.2.
The industry’s serious injury frequency rate was 10% higher in 2022 than ten years ago.
There have been 17 work related deaths in the industry in the last ten years.
Key facts about injured workers
Agriculture and Fishing support services reported the highest serious injury frequency rate at 29 serious injuries per million hours worked.
The occupations with the highest proportion of serious injuries were:
- Forestry, farm and garden workers with 42% of the total and
- Miscellaneous labourers with 9% of the total
Key facts about injury causes
The most common causes of injury across the industry in 2022, in order of largest proportion of total injuries, were:
- Body stressing
- Being hit by moving objects
- Falls, slips and trips