Work-related fatalities continue to decline

Safe Work Australia has released the Work-related Traumatic Injury Fatalities Australia 2018 report, which provides the latest detailed national statistics on all workers and bystanders fatally injured through work-related activity.

The report details that 69 per cent of worker fatalities occurred in the following industries:

• Transport, postal and warehousing (38 fatalities)
• Agriculture, forestry and fishing (37 fatalities)
• Construction (24 fatalities)

The most common causes of worker fatalities in 2018 were:

• Vehicle collisions (44 fatalities)
• Being hit by a moving object (24 fatalities)
• Falls from a height (18 fatalities)

More information is available through the Safe Work Australia website https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/