• 2006/07
• 2005/06

Occupation description +			Major or sub-major group	Illness ascribed to the current or most recent job
				Sample cases $	Days lost (thousands)			Average days lost per worker
					central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
						lower	upper		lower	upper
Managers and senior officials			1	57	475	39	911	0.12	0.0096	0.22
Corporate managers			11	42	363	0	791	0.11	0	0.24
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services			12	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
Professional occupations			2	46	268	68	467	0.083	0.021	0.14
Science and technology professionals			21	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health professionals			22	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Teaching and research professionals			23	26	115	14	216	0.11	0.013	0.20
Business and public service professionals			24	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Associate professional and technical occupations			3	105	860	491	1229	0.26	0.15	0.36
Science and technology associate professionals			31	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health and social welfare associate professionals			32	39	323	140	506	0.41	0.18	0.65
Protective service occupations			33	28	383	80	685	1.26	0.27	2.25
Culture, media and sports occupations			34	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service associate professionals			35	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
Administrative and secretarial occupations			4	34	117	35	199	0.047	0.014	0.080
Administrative occupations			41	27	87	13	161	0.045	0.0068	0.084
Secretarial and related occupations			42	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Skilled trades occupations			5	189	1271	827	1715	0.43	0.28	0.58
Skilled agricultural trades			51	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
Skilled metal and electrical trades			52	76	429	168	689	0.38	0.15	0.61
Skilled construction and building trades			53	71	649	307	991	0.58	0.27	0.89
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades			54	23	57	15	98	0.13	0.036	0.23
Personal service occupations			6	84	372	226	517	0.24	0.15	0.33
Caring personal service occupations			61	76	345	202	487	0.29	0.17	0.41
Leisure and other personal service occupations			62	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sales and customer service occupations			7	58	234	103	366	0.18	0.078	0.27
Sales occupations			71	51	187	70	304	0.18	0.067	0.29
Customer service occupations			72	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Process, plant and machine operatives			8	116	897	542	1251	0.47	0.28	0.65
Process, plant and machine operatives			81	50	491	179	804	0.55	0.20	0.89
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives			82	66	405	237	574	0.40	0.23	0.56
Elementary occupations			9	136	786	481	1091	0.36	0.22	0.50
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations			91	45	361	115	607	0.45	0.14	0.75
Elementary administration and service occupations			92	91	425	244	606	0.31	0.0	0.44
Missing				1	..	..	..	..	..	..
All occupations (injury sustained in the current or most recent job)				826	5279	4370	6188	0.23	0.19	0.27
Injury sustained in other job#				67	494	275	714	..	..	..
Total (injury sustained in any job)				893	5773	4838	6708	0.25	0.21	0.29

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

$ For people taking time off work.

# Includes those who did not answer the question identifying the job to which their injury was ascribed and those who said their injury was ascribed to a job other than their current or most recent in the last 12 months.

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992)

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 40 sample cases.

Estimated days lost and days lost per worker due to workplace injuries include all those sustained as a result of a non-road traffic accident, not just reportable injuries resulting in over 3 days of absence from work.

• Definitions and data reliability
• Tables are available for earlier years
• See Table WDLOCCSIG (Injury) for tests of statistical significance