Table 3

Numbers and proportion of worker deaths* by breakdown agency and mechanism, stratified by work setting, 2005–2014, New Zealand

Cause of injury	Workplace			Work-traffic			Total
Cause of injury	n		%	n		%	n		%
Breakdown agency
Fixed machinery	52		7.0	1		0.5	53		5.5
Mobile plant and transport	98		13.2	87		40.5	185		19.4
Road transport		34			80			114
Other plant and transport		64			7			71
Powered equipment and tools	15		2.0	0		0.0	15		1.6
Non-power equipment and tools	90		12.2	7		3.3	97		10.2
Chemical and products	12		1.6	0		0.0	12		1.3
Material and other substances	51		6.9	0		0.0	51		5.3
Environmental	213		28.8	29		13.5	242		25.3
Sloping ground		74			1			75
Weather/water conditions		37			3			40
Other environmental		102			25			127
Animals and biological	18		2.4	1		0.5	19		2.0
Humans	77		10.4	63		29.3	140		14.7
Other and unspecified	50		6.8	25		11.6	75		7.9
Mechanism
Falls	90		12.2	2		0.9	92		9.6
From heights		71			2			73
At same level		19			0			19
Hitting object	11		1.5	0			11		1.2
Hit by moving object	231		31.2	11		5.1	242		25.3
Other falling objects		76			0			76
Trapped between objects		58			1			59
Hit by moving object		64			10			74
Other		33			0			33
Heat and electricity	28		3.8	1		0.5	28		2.9
Drowning	40		5.4	0			40		4.2
Chemicals	14		1.9	0			14		1.5
Weapons	26		3.5	2		0.9	28		2.9
Vehicle crash	32		4.3	196		91.2	228		23.9
Vehicle roll-over	99		13.4	0			99		10.4
Aircraft crash	38		5.1	0			38		4.0
Multiple and other	24		3.2	0			24		2.5
Unknown	4		0.5	1		0.5	5		0.5