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Safety Matters - Rail, Tram and Bus Union of NSW

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Table: Australian Transport Fatalities – 2000 – 2005<br />

Year Road <strong>Rail</strong> Marine Aviation Total<br />

2000 1817 38 42 37 1934<br />

2001 1737 35 56 41 1869<br />

2002 1715 30 38 24 1807<br />

2003 1621 29 51 35 1736<br />

2004 1583 29 53 22 1687<br />

2005 1635 N/a 53 38 1726<br />

Source: Bureau <strong>of</strong> Transport <strong>and</strong> Regional Economics<br />

According to data available from the Australian <strong>Safety</strong> <strong>and</strong> Compensation Council,<br />

Construction <strong>and</strong> Transport <strong>and</strong> Storage industries continue to have the highest<br />

numbers <strong>of</strong> fatalities. Figures for 2004/05 show recorded fatalities for Transport <strong>and</strong><br />

Storage at 30 (or 16% <strong>of</strong> all fatalities in all industries). The high number <strong>of</strong> fatalities<br />

in the Transport <strong>and</strong> Storage Industry were concentrated (25 fatalities or 83%) in the<br />

Road Transport sub-division.<br />

<strong>Rail</strong> Data to June 2006 – Supplied by rail Regulators<br />

to Australian Transport <strong>Safety</strong> Bureau<br />

Deaths<br />

<strong>NSW</strong><br />

Australia<br />

Jan – Dec 2005 Jan-June 2006 Jan – Dec 2005 Jan-June 2006<br />

11 5 38 21<br />

Serious Injury *<br />

<strong>NSW</strong><br />

Australia<br />

Jan – Dec 2005 Jan-June 2006 Jan – Dec 2005 Jan-June 2006<br />

363 189 452 230<br />

* Serious injury includes:<br />

• Where an injured person is taken to hospital<br />

• Injured person is attended by ambulance, unless person was treated on-site <strong>and</strong> not<br />

taken to hospital<br />

<strong>Safety</strong> <strong>Matters</strong> A Guide for Workplace OHS Representatives<br />

SECTION ONE<br />

RAIL<br />

TRAM AND BUS<br />

13<br />

Workplace Health <strong>and</strong> <strong>Safety</strong><br />

U N<br />

I O N

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