Work-related injuries and ill health in hotels and restaurants - Summary

• There has been an overall increase in the rate of reported major and over-3-day injuries in the hotels and restaurant industry from 1999/2000 to 2008/09p. In 2008/09p there were 67.5 reported major injuries per 100 000 employees and 244.3 reported over-3-day injuries per 100 000 employees.
• Relative to other industries, a higher proportion of reported injuries in hotels and restaurants were caused by contact with harmful substances, electricity and exposure to fire.
• In 2008/09 the prevalence rate of self-reported work-related ill-health in hotels and restaurants was statistically significantly lower than for all industries, according to the Labour Force Survey (LFS).
• Results from the LFS indicated that in 2008/09, an estimated 0.94 days were lost per worker through work-related ill health or injury in the hotels and restaurants group. This was statistically significantly lower than the rate for all industries.