Agriculture, forestry and fishing

This industry employs 2259 or 1.8% of all working Territorians¹

The main areas of employment are:

• Plant nurseries
• Fruit and vegetable growing
• Cattle and livestock farming
• Cotton growing and ginning
• Aerial agriculture services
• Marine fishing
• Aquaculture

In 2019–20, workers compensation payments totalled $3.520m² through 197 claims, and resulted in 1029 weeks³ of lost work.

The main mechanism of injury for serious injury claims:

• Being hit by moving object
• Hitting objects with part of the body
• Falls, slips and trips of a person

Since 2016 10 people have died in work-related incidents:

• 4 vehicle incidents
• 2 falls from a height
• 1 strike from a moving object
• 1 animal bite
• 1 hit from a falling object
• 1 trap by moving machinery or equipment

¹Source: Department of Treasury and Finance; ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Detailed Quarterly, Cat. No. 6291.0.55.003

²Benefit costs reflected are a snap shot at time of publishing

³Maximum weekly hours of work in accordance with Fair Work - 38 hours per week.