<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Just six industries were home to 80 per cent of deaths in the workplace last year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Safe Work Australia has released its new </span><a href="https://data.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/insights/key-whs-statistics-australia/latest-release" rel="" target="_blank" title="Key Work Health and Safety Statistics Australia"><span>Key Work Health and Safety Statistics Australia</span></a><span> report, which revealed 188 people were fatally injured at work in 2024 - a decline on 200 in 2023.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The watchdog said 80 per cent of these deaths had taken place across just six industries - agriculture, forestry, and fishing; public administration and safety; transport, postal, and warehousing; manufacturing; health care and social assistance; and construction.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/russia-ukraine-war-donald-trump-vladimir-putin-to-meet-after-phone-call/065a7608-dd01-4d6c-bdbf-1a08345debbc" target="_blank"><strong><span>Inside Trump and Putin's two-hour phone call</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The report also showed vehicle incidents remained the leading cause of job deaths (42 per cent, or 79 fatalities), followed by falls from a height (13 per cent, or 24 fatalities).</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>And while Australia's workplace safety generally compares well to the rest of the world, with an injury rate of 3.5 per cent compared to the global 12.1 per cent, Safe Work Australia says the impact is still deeply felt.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2023–24, there were 146,700 serious workers' compensation claims involving at least one week of working time lost, equivalent to more than 400 serious claims every day.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/industries-in-australia-with-most-workplace-fatalities-revealed/969e11ed-9a4f-476a-9a03-81f176d1d0a4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-cctv-shows-woman-randomly-stabbed-while-walking-in-broad-daylight/0f1383c0-1eec-44d0-90fc-da6c4f46a0c5" target="_blank"><strong><span>Woman randomly stabbed while walking to work in broad daylight</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Claims for mental health conditions continue to rise and now account for 12 per cent of all serious claims, an increase of 14.7 per cent from the previous year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The median time lost from work in these claims is almost five times that recorded across all other injuries and diseases.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our data show there is still more to be done to ensure every worker, regardless of occupation or industry, returns home safely at the end of the day," Safe Work Australia chief executive Marie Boland said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Behind every statistic is a person, a family, workmates, a community and a story."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>