Following are a few Work Related Injury and Work Related Disease statistics By NZ Government.
Work Related Disease
It is estimated that between 700 and 1,000 workers die prematurely in New Zealand as a result of work-related diseases each year:
- About 80% of these deaths occur in Men
- About 30%-40% of the deaths are due to occupational cancers including lung cancer, mesothelioma, leukaemia and bladder cancer.
- Other occupational diseases representing a high burden include heart disease and respiratory diseases.
About 17,000 - 20,000 new cases of work-related diseases are estimated and 2,500 - 5,500 new cases of Sever work-related diseases are estimated every year.
Work Related Injury
About 100 fatal work-related injuries are recorded every year in New Zealand. From these about 94% deaths occur in me. The agriculture, forestry and fishing industries have the highest number of fatal work related injuries.
These are death occur primarily due to motor vehicles, machinery-related accidents, water-transport accidents, people being struck by falling objects and people falling.
Each year in New Zealand over 200,000 occupational injuries result in ACC claims. This equates to 12 injuries per 100 workers.
Sprains and strains are by far the most frequent injury (90,000 claims), followed by open wounds (37,000 claims). An estimate of 50% of the injuries result in impairment, and 6% in permanent impairment.
The above statistics makes us wonder if we are really following safe work practices at workplace. If there is a doubt in implementing safe work practices, or putting together polices regarding safe working environment, Department of Labor will provide all the help necessary fro free.
The only pre-requisite for implementing Safe Working Environment is " a willingness to follow the guidence given by the Department of Labor and willingness to apply all the safe working practices".
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