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Australian Work Related Injuries & Fatalities From Working At Height

AUSTRALIAN WORK RELATED INJURIES & FATALITIES FROM WORKING AT HEIGHT THE OCCUPATIONS WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF FALL RELATED FATALITIES 32% 27% 23% 18% Painters Building Labourers Plumbers Electricians HALF OF THE FALLS THAT RESULTED IN A FATALITY INVOLVED DISTANCES OF LESS THAN THREE METRES 232 WORKERS KILLED IN AUSTRALIA FROM FALLS WORKING AT HEIGHT IN EIGHT YEARS 8. YEARS MALES ACCOUNT FOR 3/4 OF A TYPICAL FALLS-RELATED CLAIM IN FALLS-RELATED CLAIMS 2010–11 AVER. 6.2 WEEKS OFF WORK TI 6.2 21 EMPLOYEES EACH DAY LODGE A CLAIM FOR A FALLS-RELATED INJURY FALLS FROM LADDERS ACCOUNTED FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF FATALITIES THE REASONS FOR THE FALL 5% 10% 15% 30% Knocked off the ladder by a falling tree branch Ladder Medical event Climbing up or collapsed prior to the fall down the ladder GO TO www.SYDNEYANCHORPOINTS.COM.AU TO SEE THE LEADING CAUSE OF FALLS FROM LADDERS, AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT THEM Sydney Anchor Points is the leading Sydney roof anchor point installation team. For more information on how to work safely at height, visit www.sydneyanchorpoints.com.au Statistics from Safe Work Australia, Oct 2013 SYDNEY ANCHOR POINTS

Australian Work Related Injuries & Fatalities From Working At Height

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Working at heights is obviously a dangerous job, but how many accidents are there every year? And which are the trades with the most injuries and accidents each year? One of the most surprising sta... tistics is the amount of falls that there are from ladders, and the number of deaths that result from these falls. People generally think that injuries and deaths occur from falls at really high heights, but the statistics show that every year there is a lot of deaths each year from falls under 3 meters. Makes you take a bit more interest in ladder safety doesn't it. Another interestring statistic is which types of tradesman are the most likely to suffer injuries from falls. Painters are the leading trade. Surprising hey!. But when you think about how they are often stretching out as they paint on top of ladders it makes a lot of sense. It also highlights how working at height safety messages need to be increased to painters. Hopefully programs like this could prevent a lot of injuries and deaths. One statistic that is not surprising is that ¾ of falls related claims are from males. When you think of the gender split in the construction industry this makes a lot of sense. Please share this infographic to every painter, electrician, building labourer and plumber that you know, so that they can think about height safety. Hopefully if just one person can show more respect to working at heights because of this infographic, then it will be a success.