NAME OF COLLECTION
Accident and Injury Statistics and Employment, Northern Territory
Contact
Northern Territory Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development (NT DBIRD)
Mines Division
GPO Box 3000
DARWIN NT 0801
Telephone: Darwin 08 8999 6528
Facsimile: Darwin 08 8999 6527
Email: mineral.info@nt.gov.au
Web site: <http://www.minerals.nt.gov.au/>
Purpose
To collect employment data from all minerals, oil and gas operations in the Northern Territory (NT) and the offshore waters that the NT state government administers, including the Ashmore and Cartier Islands adjacent area.
The Accident and Injury Statistics and Employment Collection compiled by the Northern Territory Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development (NT DBIRD) is broken into two parts, minerals operations employment (including uranium) collected by the Mines Division, and oil and gas operations employment collected by the Energy Division.
Description
Minerals operations accident and injury statistics and employment
Minerals operations employment data are collected as part of the monthly employment and injury summary. Accident and injury data are collected and processed in accordance with Australian Standard AS1885.1.
Forms are mailed to all organisations in the NT and the offshore waters that the NT administers undertaking mineral exploration and mining activities to collect employment data. Data are collected about both company and contract employees, and 'non-mining' activities (e.g. engineering and construction). Single operators rarely complete forms unless an accident or injury has occurred. Overall, there is close to, but not 100% coverage of the target group (more than 95% of the population is covered).
Employment data are available by a broad breakdown of job description.
Minerals operations employment data which show a summary of employment and accident statistics are published annually. Employment data are also published by commodity type. It is also possible to extract data on a regional basis.
Oil and gas accident and injury statistics and employment
Under the Petroleum Act (NT), the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 (Cwlth), and the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act (NT), all oil and gas producers are required to complete accident and injury returns (which are mailed to them), and follow-up action is instigated if the oil and gas producers fail to comply with regulations.
The reporting period is monthly and data are collected by a broad breakdown of the job description. Data are also collected by sex. Data are published annually.
Main data detail
Company employees by:
- sex;
- operations and processing;
- second-stage processing;
- exploration; and
- construction.
Contract/third party employees by:
- sex;
- operations and processing;
- second-stage processing;
- exploration; and
- construction.
Injury summary data are also available.
Geographic coverage
NT and the offshore waters that the NT administers, including the Ashmore and Cartier Islands adjacent area which the NT administers on behalf of the Commonwealth.
Frequency of data availability
Monthly.
Reference period
Month.
Historical data
Data are available from July 1990.
Products and services
Publication
- Mining Accident and Injury Summary (Financial Year)
- Annual Report of the Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development of the Northern Territory, Australia
Other
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