94 Australian Workplace Fatalities as of 29 June 2017
As of 29 June 2017, sadly, 94 Australian Workers have died on the job this year.
Safe Work Australia has released these statistics based on initial media reports and is preliminary estimate for the number of people killed while working.
Industry of workplace |
Preliminary worker fatalities
|
|---|---|
|
Transport, postal & warehousing
|
38
|
|
Agriculture, forestry & fishing
|
20
|
|
Construction
|
16
|
|
Arts & recreation services
|
4
|
|
Mining
|
1
|
|
Electricity, gas, water & waste services
|
3
|
|
Other services
|
0
|
|
Administrative & support services
|
0
|
|
Public administration & safety
|
3
|
|
Manufacturing
|
4
|
|
Information media & telecommunications
|
0
|
|
Retail trade
|
1
|
|
Wholesale trade
|
0
|
|
Health care & social assistance
|
1
|
|
Professional, scientific & technical services
|
0
|
|
Accommodation & food services
|
2
|
|
Education & training
|
0
|
|
Financial & insurance services
|
0
|
|
Rental, hiring & real estate services
|
1
|
|
Total worker deaths
|
94
|
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