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Table INJIND2 - 2003/04

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to self-reported workplace injuries attributed to the current or most recent job, by industry.

Industry description + Section Illness ascribed to the current or most recent job
Sample cases $ Days lost (thousands) Average days lost per worker
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing A&B 29 208 74 342 0.59 0.22 0.97
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 28 207 74 341 0.62 0.22 1.01
  Fishing B 1 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 20 104 8 200 0.40 0.030 0.77
  Mining and quarrying C 7 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 13 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 208 1295 889 1701 0.37 0.25 0.49
Construction F 139 1029 654 1403 0.50 0.32 0.68
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 226 1252 801 1704 0.30 0.19 0.40
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 179 903 562 1244 0.27 0.17 0.37
  Hotels and restaurants H 47 349 53 645 0.40 0.061 0.74
Transport, storage and communication I 103 1041 660 1423 0.60 0.38 0.82
Finance and business J&K 59 430 208 652 0.12 0.056 0.18
  Financial intermediation J 12 * * * * * *
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 47 323 124 521 0.12 0.046 0.19
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 81 890 428 1352 0.56 0.27 0.84
Education M 58 210 82 338 0.12 0.046 0.19
Health and social work N 126 793 537 1049 0.32 0.22 0.43
Other community, social and personal service activities O 53 353 137 570 0.30 0.12 0.49
Other P&Q 5 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 5 * * * * * *
Missing   1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All industries (injury sustained in the current or most recent job)   1108 7702 6659 8746 0.34 0.29 0.38
Injury sustained in other job#   108 1083 608 1557 .. .. ..
Total (injury sustained in any job)   1216 8785 7639 9931 0.38 0.33 0.43

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

$ For people taking time off work.

# Includes those who did not answer the question identifying the job to which their injury was ascribed and those who said their injury was ascribed to a job other than their current or most recent in the last 12 months.

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992).

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 40 sample cases.

Estimated days lost and days lost per worker due to workplace injuries include all those sustained as a result of a non-road traffic accident, not just reportable injuries resulting in over 3 days of absence from work.