IT is Australia's safest industry
New ABS data suggests that 4,200 workers workers in the IT and Comms fields "experienced a work-related injury or illness" in FY 13/14.
That's actually a very good result - 14% of people who work in manufacturing experienced an illness or injury.
IT&T is, in fact, Australia's joint-safest industry with just 0.8% of workers in the field injured in the survey period. Only Real Estate services had the same illness/injury rate.
Relax, then, dear readers, as you relax in your Aeron chairs and gaze upon ergonomically-placed monitors, Revel in your air-conditioning. And remember to bend your knees when picking up servers: 4,200 of you being injured at work is still too many.