Which jobs are the most risky?

Agriculture and fishery occupations are no longer the riskiest jobs in the country.

Cleaners, rubbish collectors, labourers, and other unskilled occupations have claimed the most workplace injuries in the last year, Statistics NZ says.

The latest provisional figures show agriculture and fishery injury rates have declined from 242 claims per 1000 workers in 2014, to 233 per 1000 last year.

Unskilled workers had 238 injury claims per 1000 workers in 2015, the same as in 2014.

The statistics, from the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), show that unskilled workers have the highest rate of serious injuries, with 40 entitlement claims for 1000 workers.

Collaborative development manager for Statistics NZ Michele Lloyd said, ‘‘Workers in the agriculture and fishery occupation, which includes forestry workers, now have the second highest claim rate for the first time since 2007’’.

‘‘Between 2008 and 2014, these workers had the highest rate of work-related claims,’’ Lloyd said.

Worksafe figures last week showed farming had 19 deaths last year, the highest of any industry.

ACC accepted 230,200 claims made by 204,000 people for workplace injuries in 2015. The overall workplace injury figure has decreased each year since 2002.

Nation-wide, the injury claim rate was 110 to every 1000 workers in 2015.

The manufacturing industry had the highest number of claims, at 17 per cent of all claims, followed closely by the construction industry at 15 per cent.

Agriculture, forestry and fishing industry had the highest rate of claims, with 206 claims per 1000 workers.

Regionally, the results are unchanged from last year.

Gisbourne and Hawke’s Bay had the highest incidence rate, with 151 claims per 1000 full-time workers.

Auckland and Wellington had the lowest.