2024 other commodity sale statistics
Occupations
| Top three occupations with Total injuries | Total | Percentage |
| Retail salespersons and sales clerks | 343 | 17.02% |
| Other sales and related occupations | 317 | 15.73% |
| Longshore workers and material handlers | 225 | 11.17% |
| Top three occupations with time loss injury and fatality | Total | Percentage |
| Other sales and related occupations | 159 | 16.74% |
| Retail salespersons and sales clerks | 152 | 16.00% |
| Longshore workers and material handlers | 107 | 11.26% |
Causes
| Top five causes for injury | Claims total | Percentage |
| Bodily reaction and exertion | 784 | 38.91% |
| Contact with objects and equipment | 706 | 35.04% |
| Falls | 370 | 18.36% |
| Exposure to harmful substances or environments | 65 | 3.23% |
| Assaults, violent acts, attacks, harassment | 50 | 2.48% |
| Top five causes for Time Loss injury and fatality | Claims total | Percentage |
| Bodily reaction and exertion | 416 | 43.79% |
| Contact with objects and equipment | 269 | 28.32% |
| Falls | 212 | 22.32% |
| Assaults, violent acts, attacks, harassment | 19 | 2.00% |
| Exposure to harmful substances or environments | 19 | 2.00% |
| Transportation accidents | 15 | 1.58% |
Body parts
| Top three injured body parts | Claims total | Percentage |
| Back | 421 | 20.89% |
| Hand | 379 | 18.81% |
| Leg | 311 | 15.43% |
| Top three body parts with Time Loss injury and fatality | Claims total | Percentage |
| Back | 237 | 24.95% |
| Leg | 188 | 19.79% |
| Hand | 108 | 11.37% |
| Most common causes | Claim per cent | Comment |
| Bodily reaction and exertion is the most common cause of injury. | 43.49% | of these injuries are to back. The most common of these injuries are due to overexertion in lifting such as boxes, crates, cartons. |
| Bodily reaction and exertion is the most common cause of injury. | 16.71% | of these injuries are to leg. The most common of these injuries are due to slip, trip, twisting, stepped on or in, loss of balance – without fall such as bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker. |
| Bodily reaction and exertion is the most common cause of injury. | 13.78% | of these injuries are to arm. The most common of these injuries are due to overexertion in lifting such as boxes, crates, cartons. |
| Contact with objects and equipment is the other major cause of injury. | 46.32% | of these injuries are to hand. The most common of these injuries are due to struck by swinging or slipping object such as cutting hand tools – non-powered. |
| Contact with objects and equipment is the other major cause of injury. | 12.46% | of these injuries are to head. The most common of these injuries are due to struck against stationary object such as structural metal materials. |
| Contact with objects and equipment is the other major cause of injury. | 9.77% | of these injuries are to foot. The most common of these injuries are due to struck by falling object such as boxes, crates, cartons. |
