2019-20 Work health and safety statistics - Government administration and defence

Key injury claims information

This infographic shows there were a total of 1915 workers' compensation claims in the Northern Territory for the year 2019-20. 8.9% of those claims were in Government Administration and Defence and 35.9% of those industry claims were for serious injuries.

This infographic shows total Government Administration and Defence claims resulted in 564 total lost time in weeks and $3,337,410 was paid in benefits.

Claims where the worker needed at least one week off due to their injuries are considered serious injuries.

Injury claims by age and gender

The image shows two bar graphs detailing injury claims by age and gender. In the age graph, 2.4% of injuries occured in workers under 25, and none of those claims were for a seriously injured. 13.5% of injuries occured in the 25 to 34 age bracket, and 39.1% of injured workers in that age bracket were seriously injured. 21.8% of injuries occured in the 35 to 44 age bracket, and 40.5% of injured workers in that age bracket were seriously injured. 28.8% of injuries occured in the 45 to 54 age bracket, and 34.7% of injured workers in that age bracket were seriously injured. 25.9% of injuries occured in the 55 to 64 age bracket, and 34.1% of injured workers in that age bracket were seriously injured. 7.6% of injuries occured in the 65+ age bracket, and 38.5% of injured workers in that age bracket were seriously injured. In the gender graph, 62.9% of injured workers were male, 41.1% seriously injured, and 37.1% of injured workers were female, with 27% serious injured.

Main occupations seriously injured

This infographic shows the main occupations by serious injury claims. 23.5% of Government administration & defence serious injury claims were made by a Welfare Associate Professional; 11.8% Prison Officer; and 7.4% by Welfare and Community Worker.

Main industry sub-groups by serious injury

This infographic shows 64.7% of Government administration & defence serious injury claims were in State Government and 29.4% in Local Government.

Main mechanisms of serious injury

This infographic shows the main three mechanisms of serious injury for Government administration & defence claims were 33.8% being hit by moving object; 26.5% falls, trips and slips of a person; and 16.2% body stressing.

Break down by main mechanism of injury

  • The main two injury groups resulting from being it by moving objects were:

    52.2% Wounds, lacerations, amputations and internal organ damage; and 26.1% traumatic joint/ligament and muscle/tendon injury.

    The two main incident types were:

    • Being assaulted by a person or persons (65.2%)
    • Being hit by a person accidently (17.4%)

    Main body area injured was:

    • Fingers (17.4%)

    The infographic shows fingers were the main body areas injured.

  • The main two injury groups resulting from falls, trips and slips of a person were:

    61.1% traumatic joint/ligament and muscle/tendon injury; 16.7% fractures and 16.7% wounds, lacerations, amputations and internal organ damage.

    The two main incident type were:

    • Falls on the same level (83.3%)
    • Falls from a height (11.1%)

    Main body areas injured were:

    • Knee (16.7%)
    • Ankle (16.7%)

    The infographic shows the knees and ankles were the main body areas injured.

  • The main three injury groups resulting from body stressing were:

    54.5% traumatic joint/ligament and muscle/tendon injury; 18.2% musculoskeletal and connective tissue diseases; and digestive system diseases (hernias).

    The two main incident types were:

    • Muscular stress while lifting, carrying, or putting down objects (45.5%)
    • Muscular stress with no objects being handled (27.3%)
    • Muscular stress while handling objects other than lifting, carrying or putting down (18.2%)

    Main body areas injured were:

    • Shoulder (27.3%)
    • Abdominal muscles and tendons (18.2%)
    • Knee (18.2%)

    The infographic shows the shoulder, abdominal muscles and tendons and knee were the main body areas injured.

Previously published infographics

The above information provides additional details to the Government Administration and Defence infographics published in October 2020. The serious injury specific infographics for Government Administration and Defence for 2019-20 is still available here (pdf 202.0 KB).

 

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Document type:
Statistics
Topics:
Corporate
Last updated:
13 October 2022

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