Table INJOCC1_3YR
Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported reportable non-fatal injury to workers, by occupation, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2003/04-2005/06.
- 2006/07-2008/09
- 2005/06-2007/08
- 2004/05-2006/07
- 2003/04-2005/06
| Occupation description + | Major, sub-major, minor or unit group^ | 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 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 460 | 370 | 550 | ||
| Corporate managers | 11 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 400 | 310 | 500 | ||
| Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services | 12 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 670 | 440 | 900 | ||
| Professional occupations | 2 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 290 | 210 | 360 | ||
| Associate professional and technical occupations | 3 | 35 | 30 | 40 | 910 | 780 | 1040 | ||
| Science and technology associate professionals | 31 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Health and social welfare associate professionals | 32 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 990 | 730 | 1250 | ||
| Protective service occupations | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 3370 | 2500 | 4230 | ||
| Culture, media and sports occupations | 34 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 910 | 520 | 1300 | ||
| Business and public service associate professionals | 35 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 440 | 290 | 580 | ||
| Administrative and secretarial occupations | 4 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 300 | 230 | 380 | ||
| Administrative occupations | 41 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 320 | 230 | 420 | ||
| Secretarial and related occupations | 42 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Skilled trades occupations | 5 | 70 | 62 | 77 | 2270 | 2040 | 2500 | ||
| Skilled agricultural trades | 51 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2220 | 1470 | 2980 | ||
| Skilled metal and electrical trades | 52 | 28 | 24 | 33 | 2390 | 2010 | 2770 | ||
| Metal forming, welding and related trades | 521 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3990 | 2550 | 5430 | ||
| Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades | 522 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 3030 | 2260 | 3800 | ||
| Vehicle trades | 523 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1730 | 1030 | 2420 | ||
| Electrical trades | 524 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1790 | 1250 | 2330 | ||
| Skilled construction and building trades | 53 | 26 | 22 | 31 | 2470 | 2060 | 2880 | ||
| Construction trades | 531 | 23 | 19 | 27 | 2730 | 2240 | 3220 | ||
| Building trades | 532 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1540 | 860 | 2210 | ||
| Textiles, printing and other skilled trades | 54 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 1650 | 1170 | 2120 | ||
| Personal service occupations | 6 | 29 | 25 | 34 | 1380 | 1160 | 1590 | ||
| Caring personal service occupations | 61 | 26 | 21 | 30 | 1590 | 1320 | 1850 | ||
| Healthcare and related personal services | 611 | 18 | 15 | 22 | 2050 | 1650 | 2450 | ||
| Childcare and related personal services | 612 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 960 | 650 | 1280 | ||
| Animal care services | 613 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Leisure and other personal service occupations | 62 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 710 | 400 | 1010 | ||
| Sales and customer service occupations | 7 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 680 | 530 | 830 | ||
| Sales occupations | 71 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 790 | 610 | 970 | ||
| Sales assistants and retail cashiers | 711 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 810 | 620 | 1000 | ||
| Sales related occupations | 712 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Customer service occupations | 72 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Process, plant and machine operatives | 8 | 46 | 41 | 52 | 2300 | 2010 | 2580 | ||
| Process, plant and machine operatives | 81 | 22 | 18 | 26 | 2190 | 1800 | 2580 | ||
| Process operatives | 811 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2250 | 1560 | 2950 | ||
| Plant and machine operatives | 812 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2420 | 1510 | 3320 | ||
| Assemblers and routine operatives | 813 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1510 | 940 | 2070 | ||
| Construction operatives | 814 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3360 | 2100 | 4610 | ||
| Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives | 82 | 24 | 20 | 29 | 2410 | 1990 | 2820 | ||
| Transport drivers and operatives | 821 | 20 | 16 | 24 | 2310 | 1870 | 2760 | ||
| Mobile machine drivers and operatives | 822 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2950 | 1780 | 4130 | ||
| Elementary occupations | 9 | 65 | 58 | 72 | 2070 | 1860 | 2290 | ||
| Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations | 91 | 29 | 24 | 34 | 3190 | 2690 | 3680 | ||
| Elementary agricultural occupations | 911 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Elementary construction occupations | 912 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3330 | 2210 | 4440 | ||
| Labourers in building and woodworking trades | 9121 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3380 | 2150 | 4610 | ||
| Labourers in other construction trades not elsewhere classified | 9129 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Elementary process plant occupations | 913 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3060 | 2110 | 4000 | ||
| Elementary goods storage occupations | 914 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 3180 | 2440 | 3930 | ||
| Stevedores, dockers and slingers | 9141 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Other goods handling and storage occupations not elsewhere classified | 9149 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 3200 | 2450 | 3960 | ||
| Elementary administration and service occupations | 92 | 36 | 31 | 41 | 1620 | 1390 | 1850 | ||
| Elementary administration occupations | 921 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2740 | 1860 | 3630 | ||
| Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers | 9211 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3170 | 2140 | 4200 | ||
| Elementary office occupations not elsewhere classified | 9219 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Elementary personal services occupations | 922 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 1260 | 920 | 1590 | ||
| Elementary cleaning occupations | 923 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 1600 | 1190 | 2020 | ||
| Elementary security occupations | 924 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Elementary sales occupations | 925 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2480 | 1460 | 3490 | ||
| Missing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| All occupations (injury sustained in current or most recent job) | 300 | 285 | 315 | 1090 | 1040 | 1150 | |||
| Injury sustained in other job# | 28 | 24 | 33 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Total (injury sustained in any job) | 1838 | 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.

