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Table INJIND2 - 2005/06

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 Injury 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 22 282 0 566 0.78 0 1.57
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 22 282 0 566 0.81 0 1.63
Extractive and utility supply C&E 11 * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C 6 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 5 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 155 959 588 1331 0.29 0.18 0.40
Construction F 103 1106 586 1626 0.52 0.27 0.76
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 171 868 571 1165 0.22 0.14 0.29
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 133 604 362 847 0.19 0.11 0.27
  Hotels and restaurants H 38 264 92 435 0.33 0.11 0.54
Transport, storage and communication I 72 457 278 636 0.26 0.16 0.36
Finance and business J&K 63 326 151 500 0.085 0.040 0.13
  Financial intermediation J 12 * * * * * *
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 51 301 128 473 0.11 0.046 0.17
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 72 457 248 666 0.27 0.15 0.39
Education M 50 144 65 223 0.078 0.035 0.12
Health and social work N 107 574 382 766 0.21 0.14 0.29
Other community, social and personal service activities O 52 336 167 504 0.28 0.14 0.42
Other P&Q 6 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 6 * * * * * *
All industries (injury sustained in the current or most recent job)   884 5589 4715 6463 0.24 0.20 0.28
Injury sustained in other job#   70 550 307 794 .. .. ..
Total (injury sustained in any job)   954 6139 5232 7047 0.26 0.23 0.30

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.

+ See Appendix 5 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Industrial Classification.

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.


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