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Fatal Workplace Injuries

The classification of fatalities may be subject to change as additional information becomes available. This can result in the overall fatality total changing, in addition to the sectoral totals.

A more detailed breakdown of fatal and non-fatal injuries is available in our annual Summary of Workplace Injury, Illness and Fatality Statistics.

Reports analysing work related vehicle fatalities are available in the work related vehicle safety section of this website.

Note that the NACE classification system (for classifying the economic activity of the employer) has been updated to reflect developments in economic activity. Fatalities for 2008 onward are shown using the NACE Rev.2 classification and fatalities from 2002 to 2007 are shown using the NACE Rev.1 classification.

Fatal Workplace Injuries by Economic Sector 2019 (NACE Revision 2)


Economic sector		Fatalities
A-Agriculture,forestry and fishing	Crop and animal production,hunting and related service activities	16
	Forestry and logging	0
	Fishing and aquaculture	3
B-Mining and quarrying		0
C-Manufacturing		4
D-Electricity; gas, steam and air conditioning supply		0
E-Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		2
F-Construction		8
G-Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and personal goods		1
H-Transportation and storage		6
I-Accommodation and food service activities		0
J-Information and communication		0
K-Financial and insurance activities		0
L-Real estate activities		0
M-Professional, scientific and technical activities		0
N-Administrative and support service activities		1
O-Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		0
P-Education		0
Q-Human health and social work activities		0
R-Arts, entertainment and recreation		0
S-Other service activities		0
Total		41

(Updated 21 October 2019)

These are provisional figures and are subject to change

Fatal Workplace Injuries by Economic Sector 2008-2018 (NACE Revision 2)


Economic sector		2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
A-Agriculture,forestry and fishing	Crop and animal production,hunting and related service activities	20	10	21	22	20	16	32	18	21	25	15
	Forestry and logging	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1
	Fishing and aquaculture	1	2	4	5	7	5	1	5	4	2	4
B-Mining and quarrying		1	2	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	0
C-Manufacturing		8	1	2	2	0	1	3	3	2	0	2
D-Electricity; gas, steam and air conditioning supply		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
E-Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		2	0	2	3	3	1	0	3	1	1	2
F-Construction		15	11	6	6	8	11	6	11	10	6	5
G-Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and personal goods		3	2	4	2	3	3	5	3	2	3	2
H-Transportation and storage		2	6	3	7	2	4	3	3	1	5	8
I-Accommodation and food service activities		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
J-Information and communication		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
K-Financial and insurance activities		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
L-Real estate activities		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
M-Professional, scientific and technical activities		1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
N-Administrative and support service activities		1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0
O-Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	5	0
P-Education		0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Q-Human health and social work activities		0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0
R-Arts, entertainment and recreation		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
S-Other service activities		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total		57	43	48	54	48	47	55	56	48	48	39

These are provisional figures and are subject to change

Fatal Workplace Injury Rate 1999-2018

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These are provisional figures and are subject to change