In early September 2009, Safe Work Australia released four national statistical reports. On 19 October 2009 a further six in the 2005-06 stats series were released:
- Manufacturing
- Health & community services
- Agriculture, forestry & fishing
- Retail
- Construction
- Transport
It is not possible to provide the executive summaries of each report in this instance but there were several issues of particular interest as listed in the media release that Safe Work Australia:
- “part-time workers in the retail trade industry recorded a frequency rate of injury nearly double that of full-time workers
- agriculture, forestry and fishing workers experienced the highest rate of injuries, with 109 injuries per 1000 workers
- employees in the construction industry recorded a similar rate of injury to self-employed workers. Similarly there was little difference in rates of injury between those working on a contract and those not working on a contract
- young workers (15 to 24 year olds) in the manufacturing industry recorded an injury rate 44% higher than the corresponding rate for young workers in the Australian workforce as a whole, and
- transport and storage workers aged 35 to 44 years recorded an injury rate 75% higher than the rate recorded by all Australian workers of this age.”