NEW ZEALAND WORK FATALITY AND INJURY DATA, FINANCIAL YEAR 1989/90,
ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION STATISTICS (PUBLISHED IN ACC
INJURY STATISTICS, WORK VOL.1 1991)
Work Fatalities by Industry, and Fatality Rates per 100,000
Labour Force:
Male:
...............Industry..............................................No.
of claims........................Fatality rate
- Agriculture/Forestry...........................................23........................................22.01
- Mining and Quarrying..........................................2.........................................52.21
- Manufacturing....................................................32.........................................17.44
- Electricity/Gas/Water...........................................4.........................................34.09
- Construction.........................................................7...........................................9.15
- Retail/Trade..........................................................6............................................3.51
- Transport/Communication.................................15..........................................24.04
- Finance/Insurance.................................................2............................................2.63
- Social Services.....................................................11............................................7.70
- Not Specified......................................................12
- TOTAL............................................................114
Female:
...............Industry..............................................No.
of claims........................Fatality rate
- Agriculture/Forestry.............................................1........................................2.54
- Manufacturing......................................................1.........................................1.30
- Transport/Communication...................................1.........................................3.28
- Not Specified........................................................1
- TOTAL................................................................4
The fatality rate over all industries, male
and female combined, was 8.14.
Work Injuries by Industry, and Injury Rates per 1,000 Labour
Force:
Male:
...............Industry..............................................No.
of claims........................Injury rate
- Agriculture/Forestry.......................................17,173.................................68.63
- Mining and Quarrying.........................................396...............................103.37
- Manufacturing................................................16,416.................................89.45
- Electricity/Gas/Water..........................................823.................................70.15
- Construction.....................................................5,710.................................74.65
- Retail/Trade.......................................................3,059.................................17.91
- Transport/Communication................................4,004.................................64.17
- Finance/Insurance.................................................829.................................10.92
- Social Services...................................................5,222.................................36.57
- Not Specified....................................................2,783
- TOTAL..........................................................46,415
Female:
...............Industry..............................................No.
of claims........................Injury rate
- Agriculture/Forestry.........................................1,304..................................33.09
- Mining and Quarrying.............................................4.....................................8.06
- Manufacturing...................................................2,775..................................36.04
- Electricity/Gas/Water.............................................49...................................23.51
- Construction.........................................................166...................................12.94
- Retail/Trade........................................................1,948...................................11.95
- Transport/Communication....................................656...................................21.52
- Finance/Insurance..................................................641.....................................7.99
- Social Services....................................................4,189....................................20.29
- Not Specified.........................................................851
- TOTAL............................................................12,583
The injury rate over all industries, male and female combined,
was 40.86.
Stuart Birks
16 August, 1995