For the first time in eight years, farms are not New Zealand's riskiest workplaces.

Instead Statistics NZ's latest provisional report showed cleaners, rubbish collectors, couriers and labourers had made the highest rate of work-related injury claims.

For every 1000 full time workers in this category of workers, 238 claims were made to the Accident Compensation Corporation in 2015.

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries workers made 233 claims per 1000 workers, down from the 242 claims per 1000 workers the year before.

The reduction in claims by agricultural workers comes as Worksafe NZ partnered with farmers and rural communities in February 2015 to launch a major education campaign aimed at tackling the high number of deaths and serious injuries on farms.

The drive included a dedicated Saferfarms website set up by Worksafe NZ.

Since 2002, farmers and fishery workers and those in the "elementary" occupations, including cleaners, rubbish collectors and labourers, have consistently had the two highest claim rates.

Just under one in four workers in these occupations made a work-related injury claim in 2015.

Overall, for every 1000 full time workers in New Zealand there were 110 claims approved by the ACC in 2015.

The Gisborne/Hawke's Bay area had the highest rate of claims with 151 per 1000 full time workers, while Auckland and Wellington had the lowest rates.

Statistics NZ latest provisional report into workplace injury claims:

* The overall rate of work-related injury claims in New Zealand in 2015 was 110 claims made for every 1000 full time employees.

* This amounted to 230,200 claims made to the Accident Compensation Corporation. Thirty one thousand of these were for serious injuries.

* Cleaners, rubbish collectors, couriers and labourers were among a category of workers making 238 claims per 1000 employees in 2015. This was the highest rate of claims among any category of workers.

* Agriculture, forestry and fishery workers had the second highest rate of claims, after falling from 242 claims for every 1000 workers in 2014 to 233 per 1000 in 2015.

* The fishing, transport, postal and warehouse industries had the highest numbers of serious injuries, accounting for 21 per cent of all claims made by these occupations.
* Males accounted for 92 per cent of all fatal work-related injury claims.

* Workers aged 15 to 24 years and workers aged 65 years and over had the highest claim rates across all age groups.

* The total number of claims has been steadily decreasing since 2005, but increasing slightly each year since 2012.

* From 2002 to 2012 the rate of injury claims fell each year from 158 claims per 1000 workers in 2002 to 111 in 2012. However, the rate of claims has remained steady since 2012.

* Agriculture, forestry and fishery workers and those in occupations, such as rubbish collecting, cleaning and labouring have consistently had the two highest claim rates since 2002. Just under one quarter of workers in these occupations made a work-related claim in 2015.