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New workplace deaths data released


Thursday, 24 January, 2019

New workplace deaths data released

Safe Work Australia has just released the latest data relating to workplace deaths.

The Work-related traumatic injury fatalities Australia 2017 report provides up-to-date national statistics on all workers and bystanders fatally injured at work.

Key findings include:

  • The fatality rate has decreased by 48% since 2007 (from 3.0 fatalities per 100,000 workers in 2007 to 1.5 in 2017).
  • 190 workers were fatally injured at work.
  • 93% of fatalities were male (176).
  • 71% of fatalities occurred in three industries:
 transport, postal and warehousing (28%); agriculture, foresting and fishing (27%); and
 construction (16%).
  • The top three causes of worker fatalities were:
 vehicle collision (32%)
; being hit by moving objects (18%); and
 falls from a height (15%).
     

Read more on the website.

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