• 2004/05-2006/07
• 2003/04-2005/06

Occupation description +			Major, sub-major, minor or unit group^
				Sample cases	Averaged estimated incidence (thousands)			Averaged rate per 100 000 workers
					central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
						lower	upper		lower	upper
Managers and senior officials			1	109	19	15	22	460	370	550
Corporate managers			11	76	13	10	16	400	310	500
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services			12	33	6	4	8	670	440	900
Professional occupations			2	56	10	7	13	290	210	360
Associate professional and technical occupations			3	193	35	30	40	910	780	1040
Science and technology associate professionals			31	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health and social welfare associate professionals			32	57	10	8	13	990	730	1250
Protective service occupations			33	61	11	8	14	3370	2500	4230
Culture, media and sports occupations			34	25	5	3	8	910	520	1300
Business and public service associate professionals			35	36	6	4	8	440	290	580
Administrative and secretarial occupations			4	63	10	8	13	300	230	380
Administrative occupations			41	50	8	6	11	320	230	420
Secretarial and related occupations			42	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
Skilled trades occupations			5	388	70	62	77	2270	2040	2500
Skilled agricultural trades			51	34	6	4	8	2220	1470	2980
Skilled metal and electrical trades			52	160	28	24	33	2390	2010	2770
	Metal forming, welding and related trades		521	29	5	3	7	3990	2550	5430
	Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades		522	63	11	8	14	3030	2260	3800
	Vehicle trades		523	25	5	3	6	1730	1030	2420
	Electrical trades		524	43	8	5	10	1790	1250	2330
Skilled construction and building trades			53	145	26	22	31	2470	2060	2880
	Construction trades		531	125	23	19	27	2730	2240	3220
	Building trades		532	20	4	2	5	1540	860	2210
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades			54	49	9	6	12	1650	1170	2120
Personal service occupations			6	166	29	25	34	1380	1160	1590
Caring personal service occupations			61	145	26	21	30	1590	1320	1850
	Healthcare and related personal services		611	102	18	15	22	2050	1650	2450
	Childcare and related personal services		612	38	7	4	9	960	650	1280
	Animal care services		613	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
Leisure and other personal service occupations			62	21	4	2	5	710	400	1010
Sales and customer service occupations			7	85	15	12	18	680	530	830
Sales occupations			71	82	14	11	17	790	610	970
	Sales assistants and retail cashiers		711	74	13	10	16	810	620	1000
	Sales related occupations		712	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Customer service occupations			72	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Process, plant and machine operatives			8	261	46	41	52	2300	2010	2580
Process, plant and machine operatives			81	125	22	18	26	2190	1800	2580
	Process operatives		811	41	7	5	9	2250	1560	2950
	Plant and machine operatives		812	29	5	3	7	2420	1510	3320
	Assemblers and routine operatives		813	28	5	3	7	1510	940	2070
	Construction operatives		814	27	5	3	7	3360	2100	4610
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives			82	136	24	20	29	2410	1990	2820
	Transport drivers and operatives		821	111	20	16	24	2310	1870	2760
	Mobile machine drivers and operatives		822	25	4	3	6	2950	1780	4130
Elementary occupations			9	361	65	58	72	2070	1860	2290
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations			91	161	29	24	34	3190	2690	3680
	Elementary agricultural occupations		911	16	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary construction occupations		912	35	7	4	9	3330	2210	4440
		Labourers in building and woodworking trades	9121	30	6	4	8	3380	2150	4610
		Labourers in other construction trades not elsewhere classified	9129	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary process plant occupations		913	41	7	5	9	3060	2110	4000
	Elementary goods storage occupations		914	69	13	10	16	3180	2440	3930
		Stevedores, dockers and slingers	9141	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Other goods handling and storage occupations not elsewhere classified	9149	68	12	9	15	3200	2450	3960
Elementary administration and service occupations			92	200	36	31	41	1620	1390	1850
	Elementary administration occupations		921	39	7	5	9	2740	1860	3630
		Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers	9211	38	7	5	9	3170	2140	4200
		Elementary office occupations not elsewhere classified	9219	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary personal services occupations		922	56	10	8	13	1260	920	1590
	Elementary cleaning occupations		923	62	11	8	14	1600	1190	2020
	Elementary security occupations		924	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary sales occupations		925	24	5	3	6	2480	1460	3490
Missing				2	..	..	..	..	..	..
All occupations (injury sustained in current or most recent job)				1684	300	285	315	1090	1040	1150
Injury sustained in other job#				154	28	24	33	..	..	..
Total (injury sustained in any job)				1838	328	313	344	1200	1140	1250

Notes:

..  Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ See Appendix 4 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Occupational Classification.

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

^Within occupation major groups, some sub-major, minor and unit group information has been provided where some of the categories have sufficiently large sample cases to provide reliable estimates.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.

• Definitions and data reliability.
• See Table INJOCC1_3YRSIG for tests of statistical significance