The bar chart compares how injuries occurred in four age cohorts across four different types of workplace in 2018. What stands out is that the proportions of injuries among those aged 50 and above was significantly high across all areas, particularly in education and health, and leisure and hospitality, where they topped the chart.
Interestingly, workplace injuries in leisure and hospitality steadily increased with age by around 20 percentage points, starting at just over 10% in the 15-24 age group, and peaking at 37% in 50-60+. In comparison to the figures for leisure and hospitality, manufacturing’s also displayed a somewhat similar upward trend, but were slightly higher in most age groups, at 15% in those aged 15-24, 25% in 25-34, 35% in 35-49. The sole exception to this increasing pattern was the senior cohort, where the figure dropped back down to 25%.
Regarding education and health, as well as mining and construction, the percentages of injuries occurring in the oldest and youngest age groups were remarkably high. While in the former, the senior represented a more significant portion of injuries than the teenagers (40% as opposed to 30%), an opposite pattern was seen in the latter, where the figure for the teenagers was marginally higher by five percentage points, standing at 40%. Conversely, injuries in the 15-24 age cohort within these two domains were considerably lower, at only 5% in education and health, and 15% in mining and construction.