ACC works at a national level with industry groups and associations, companies, trade unions and industry training organisations.
How we can help you
We help identify the resources and assistance required to reduce each industry’s most serious and common injuries, by:
- providing advice on health and safety planning and measurement
- improving health and safety systems and practice
- developing solutions to manage injury factors
- facilitating injury prevention workshops and training.
Our injury prevention consultants can work with your business to recommend and help establish safe work practices.
Agriculture
Agriculture is an integral part of the New Zealand economy. Farms have many potential hazards, which may cause harm to the farmers themselves, their families, their employees, their contractors, and other farm visitors. ACC received 32,000 injury claims which cost the industry over $75 million in the 2007/2008 financial year.
Construction
The number of injuries in the construction industry is significant, with the cost of all claims in the 2007/2008 financial year costing over $100 million.
Forestry
Thousands of people are employed in a range of forestry activities such as silviculture, logging, transportation, tree work and solid wood processing.
Health services
Health care workers, including those in District Health Boards (DHBs), Residential Care facilities, private facilities or in other people’s homes face a wide range of hazards on the job. Patient handling and falls are the most common causes of injury.
Hospitality
An estimated 117,200 people or three percent of the working population are employed in the hospitality industry. This includes workers in cafes, restaurants, takeaway outlets, bars, pubs, taverns, clubs and hotels.
Meat industry
Around 24,000 workers are employed in the meat industry. This includes workers in meat processing plants, abattoirs and small goods processors. The cost of injuries is high, totaling more than $22.5 million per year.
Metal manufacturing
In the 2007/2008 financial year injuries cost the metal manufacturing industry $13 million. The number and cost of injuries has increased dramatically in recent years. Currently, around 25% of all claims for noise induced hearing loss are from workers in the metal manufacturing industry, more than any other industry.
Road transport
The road transport industry plays an important role in the regional and national economy of New Zealand. Approximately 80% of freight is transported by road, and 22,500 people are engaged in the provision of road freight transport including delivery drivers, forklift drivers, furniture removers, road and rail freight handlers.
Last updated:20April2009