WorkSafe is calling on Victorian employers and workers to make a concerted effort to
create safe workplaces this year.
After 30 deaths in 2009, up from 21 in calendar 2008, WorkSafe’s acting Executive
Director, Kath Duane, said workplace safety improvements had to begin in every
workplace today.
It's the highest figure since 2002 when 34 people died.
Two-thirds of 2009’s deaths were in agriculture (8), construction (6) and manufacturing
(5) while others were in road transport, retail trade, services (3 each) and one each in
tree felling and firefighting.
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Increase in Victorian Workplace Fatalities (PDF 62KB)
