Key facts about injury numbers
There were 342 injuries across the industry in 2024.
159 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 6.4 serious injuries per million hours worked.
The serious injury frequency rate of 6.4 is 46% lower than the state average 11.2.
The industry’s serious injury frequency rate was 1% higher in 2024 than ten years ago. There has been one work related worker death in the last ten years.
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
- Mental Stress
- Falls, slips and trips