Construction
This industry employs 10,806 or 8.2% of all working Territorians1
The main areas of employment are:
- Site preparation
- Concreting
- Bricklaying
- Carpentry
- Roofing
- Plumbing
- Electrical
- Plastering
- Painting and decorating
- Landscaping
In 2019–20, workers compensation payments totalled $6.899m2 through 286 claims, and resulted in 1027 weeks3 of lost work.
The main mechanism of injury for serious injury claims:
- Being hit by moving object
- Body stressing
- Falls, slips and trips of a person
Since 2016 seven people have died in work-related incidents:
- Four falls from height
- Two contact with electricity
- One being hit by moving objects
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.