2024 residential construction statistics

Occupations

Top three occupations with Total injuries Total Percentage
Trades, helpers and labourers 196 18.58%
Plumbers, pipefitters and gas fitters 185 17.54%
Electrical trades and telecommunication occupations 158 14.98%
Top three occupations with Time Loss injury and fatality Total Percentage
Trades helpers and labourers 94 23.80%
Plumbers, pipefitters and gas fitters 61 15.44%
Carpenters and cabinetmakers 55 13.92%

Causes

Top five causes for injury Claims total Percentage
Contact with objects and equipment 473 44.83%
Bodily reaction and exertion 321 30.43%
Falls 166 15.73%
Exposure to harmful substances or environments 65 6.16%
Transportation accidents 17 1.61%
Top five causes for Time Loss injury and fatality Claims total Percentage
Bodily reaction and exertion 152 38.48%
Contact with objects and equipment 132 33.42%
Falls 87 22.03%
Exposure to harmful substances or environments 18 4.56%
Transportation accidents 4 1.01%

Body parts

Top three injured body parts Claims total Percentage
Hand 263 24.93%
Leg 153 14.50%
Back 141 13.36%
Top three body parts with Time Loss injury and fatality Claims total Percentage
Back 80 20.25%
Hand 72 18.23%
Leg 61 15.44%

Most common causes Claim per cent Comment
Contact with objects and equipment is the most common cause of injury. 51.16% 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 most common cause of injury. 11.84% 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 most common cause of injury. 10.78% of these injuries are to eye. The most common of these injuries are due to rubbed or abraded by foreign matter in eye such as chips, particles, splinters.
Bodily reaction and exertion is the other major cause of injury. 35.83% of these injuries are to back. The most common of these injuries are due to overexertion in lifting such as pipes, ducts, tubing, heating and cooking machinery and appliances.
Bodily reaction and exertion is the other major cause of injury. 23.05% 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 other major cause of injury. 13.40% of these injuries are to arm. The most common of these injuries are due to overexertion in lifting such as other building materials – solid elements.

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