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SAFE WORK AUSTRALIA WEEK –
HOW IMPORTANT IS 19-25 OCTOBER 2008?
More than 140 000 people are seriously injured and over 250 people die annually owing to work related incidents. Many more die if we account for long term diseases.
Because of this, we think Safe Work Australia Week (SWAW) is highly important, as it is a dedicated week driven by the federal government for the express purpose of creating safety awareness and action.
It promotes organisations to drive safety campaigns throughout their facilities and encourage their people to get involved in safety a ctivities. It gets people thinking safety and promotes inventions and initiative. SWAW is great!
According to the Australian Safety & Compensation Council, the following are priority Australian industries with some sobering statistics, reminding us all to embrace workplace safety.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing industry: represented 4% of the Australian workforce and whilst the incidence rate had fallen 19% from 97-98 to 04-05, figures remain well above Australia’s rate. In 2004-05 it had the fourth highest incidence rate of all industries.
In 05-06, muscular stress, e.g. manual handling / repetitive movement, accounted for 29% of claims, however the fatality rate for the same period was 5 times the Australian average.
Construction industry: represented 9% of the Australian workforce and whilst the incidence rate had fallen 27% from 97-98 to 04-05, figures remain well above Australia’s rate. In 2004-05 it had the third highest incidence rate of all industries.
In 05-06, muscular stress, e.g. manual handling / repetitive movement, accounted for 36% of claims, however the fatality rate for the same period was twice the Australian average.
Health and Community Services industry: represented 10% of the Australian workforce. The incidence rate had only fallen slightly from 97-98 to 04-05; figures remain well above Australia’s rate.
Whilst the fatality rate in 05-06 was less than Australia’s rate, 50% were from vehicle incidents. Also, muscular stress, e.g. manual handling / repetitive movement, accounted for 52% of claims.
Manufacturing industry: represented 11% of the Australian workforce and whilst the incidence rate had fallen 18% from 97-98 to 04-05, figures remain nearly twice Australia’s rate. In 2004-05 it had the highest incidence rate of all industries.
In 05-06, muscular stress, e.g. manual handling / repetitive movement, accounted for 42% of claims, however the fatality rate for the same period was higher than Australia’s average.
Mining industry: represented 1% of the Australian workforce and whilst the incidence rate had fallen 18% from 97-98 to 04-05, figures remain well above Australia’s rate.
In 05-06, muscular stress, e.g. manual handling / repetitive movement, accounted for 34% of claims, however the fatality rate for the same period was nearly four times Australia’s average.
Transport and storage industry: represented 5% of the Australian workforce and whilst the incidence rate had fallen 18% from 97-98 to 04-05, figures remain well above Australia’s rate. In 2004-05 it had the second highest incidence rate of all industries.
In 05-06, muscular stress, e.g. manual handling / repetitive movement, accounted for 41% of claims, however the fatality rate for the same period was four times Australia’s average.
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