Key facts about the workforce
This industry grouping covers a wide range of activities, separated into over 60 groups. The three largest employing groups are:
- Bakery product manufacturing
- Beverage manufacturing
- Meat and meat product manufacturing
Key facts about injury numbers
There were 826 injuries across the industry in 2022.
This results in a serious injury frequency rate of 12.5 serious injuries per million hours worked.
The serious injury frequency rate of 12.5 is 22% higher than the state average of 10.2.
The industry’s serious injury frequency rate was 10% lower in 2022 than ten years ago.
There have been four work related deaths in the last ten years.
Key facts about injured workers
Other transport equipment manufacturing reported the highest number of serious injuries.
The occupations with the highest proportion of serious injuries were:
- Fabrication engineering trades workers with 15% of the total and
- Labourers workers with 14% 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