Key facts about the workforce
This industry grouping covers a wide range of activities, separated into eight groups. The three largest employing groups are:
- Building installation services
- Building completion services
- Residential building construction
Key facts about injury numbers
There were 796 injuries across the industry in 2024.
483 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 14.4 serious injuries per million hours worked.
The serious injury frequency rate of 14.4 is 27% higher than the state average of 11.2.
The industry’s serious injury frequency rate was 50% higher in 2024 than ten years ago.
There have been 8 work related deaths in the industry in the last ten years.
Key facts about injured workers
Land development and site preparation services reported the highest serious injury frequency rate at 34.7 serious injuries per million hours worked.
The occupations with the highest proportion of serious injuries were:
- Bricklayers, carpenters and joiners with 26% of the total and
- Miscellaneous labourers with 17% 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:
- Falls, slips and trips
- Body stressing
- Being hit by moving objects