Construction Snapshot: Industry Accounts for 63.7% of Serious Claims

Key takeouts:

• Worker fatalities are relatively high with 3.0 fatalities per 100,000 workers
• Serious claims are high with 8.1 serious claims per million hours worked
• The frequency rate of serious claims has decreased by 20% over the last decade
• Workers aged 45-54 account for the highest proportion of worker fatalities and serious claims, followed by workers aged under 25 years
• The construction services sub-sector accounted for 63.7% of serious claims and 62% of worker fatalities
• For occupations, construction and mining labourers accounted for the highest proportion of worker fatalities and serious claims
• Falls from a height accounted for the largest proportion of fatalities (30%), while muscular stress from lifting, carrying or putting down objects accounted for the highest proportion of serious claims (16%)

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