Truck driving tops deadliest occupations

ACCORDING to WorkSafe data for 2022, the total number of workplace fatalities was down by 22 per cent across Victoria, compared with 2021. Accidents involving a vehicle were the biggest cause of fatalities with a total of 24 deaths recorded, with truck driving the deadliest occupation. Photo: SPEC FILE.

By Admin

March 03, 2023 | 7:00 PM

TRUCK driving was the deadliest occupation in Victoria with 11 work related deaths recorded in 2022.

The positive takeout from WorkSafe Victoria’s data just released, showed that the number of deaths recorded across the whole state was well down from 79 deaths in 2021, to 61.