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Australian Work Related Injuries And Fatalities From Working At Height

The occupations with the highest number of fall related fatalities:

Painters – 14 fatalities

Building Labourers – 12 fatalities

Plumbers – 10 fatalities

Electricians – 8 fatalities

• Half of the falls that resulted in a fatality involved distances of less than three metres.
• 232 workers killed in Australia from fall working at height in 8 years.
• 21 employees each day lodge a claim for a falls-related injury that requires one or more weeks off work.
• Males account for three-quarters of falls-related claims.
• A typical falls-related claim in 2010–11 involved 6.2 weeks off work.

Falls From Ladders

Falls from ladders accounted for the greatest number of fatalities.

In the eight years from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2011, 37 workers died

following a fall from a ladder.

The reasons for the fall:

• • 30% Climbing up or down the ladder
• • 20% Over-balancing on the ladder
• • 20% Fell when the ladder moved
• • 15% Medical event prior to the fall
• • 10% Ladder collapsed
• • 5% Knocked off the ladder by a falling tree branch

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