This report analyses the accident rate in Australian workplaces. This is measured by the number of compensation claims for serious work-related injuries and illnesses per 1,000 workers. These claims include deaths, permanent incapacity, or temporary incapacity resulting in an absence from work for at least one working week. The data for this report is sourced from Safe Work Australia and is measured in serious work-related injury claims per 1,000 workers over each financial year.

Incidents of workplace injury claims received by History Trust of South Australia for the period 2019-20 for annual reporting purposes.

Number and rates of compensated serious claims and workplace traumatic injury fatalities during last 10 years in Australia

The Statistical Bulletin is released annually and comprises workers compensation claims statistics. This statistical information allows employers, workers, regulators, insurers and service providers to better understand and respond to the nature and extent of work-related injuries and to balance expenditure in the workers compensation scheme.

Personal and workplace injury (PIL) firms are navigating challenging conditions as declining workplace accidents – thanks to enhanced safety regulations in industries like construction – reduce traditional demand. Meanwhile, increased road traffic following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and higher immigration has led to a spike in vehicle accidents, particularly among drivers under 35. Firms are adapting by shifting focus to motor vehicle accident litigation, tailoring services to younger clients and developing specialised offerings for older Australians who tend to sustain more severe injuries. This strategic refocusing allows them to capitalise on emerging opportunities despite tougher conditions in their traditional practice areas. Overall, industry revenue is expected to contract at an annualised 1.4% over the past five years and is expected to total $1.9 billion in 2024-25, when revenue will drop by an estimated 1.7%. Intense competition in the fragmented PIL industry, where the top three firms account for just over a quarter of industry revenue in 2024-25, is driving innovation and consolidation. Firms are adopting advanced technologies like data analytics and machine learning to enhance efficiency and gain a competitive edge. Profit margins have widened as firms employ 'no win, no fee' models, targeting cases with a high likelihood of success and boosting profitability but raising concerns about access to justice for clients with less certain claims. Over the next few years, PIL firms are set to benefit from improving economic conditions like improved consumer sentiment, which increases the likelihood of individuals seeking legal counsel. However, declining motor vehicle and workplace accidents – thanks to safety advancements stemming from the Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2023–2033 – will reduce traditional revenue streams. To sustain growth, PIL firms will diversify into growth areas like medical negligence and mental health-related workplace injuries. At the same time, the rise of alternative dispute resolution methods, like arbitration and mediation, is reducing litigation income. This shift prompts firms to adapt their business models by handling a larger volume of smaller cases instead of relying on fewer, larger ones. This combination of factors is set to culminate in annualised growth of 1.5% through 2029-30 to $2.1 billion.

Summary of work health and safety and return to work performance in 2017-18.

In the United States, there were far more occupational injury deaths among men than women. In 2023, there were ***** male occupational injury deaths in the United States, compared to *** deaths among women.

Injury details of Queensland Workers Compensation Claims. Injury details of Queensland Workers Compensation Claims.

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Injury codes and descriptions used to identify similar injury claims in the Canadian and Australian workers’ compensation data, including Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z785 nature of injury and part of body codes and Australian Type of Occurrence Classification System (TOOCS) nature of injury and disease, and bodily location codes. (XLSX 19 kb)

Market Size statistics on the Personal and Workplace Injury Lawyers industry in Australia

Number of Workplace Health and Safety Injuries or Illnesses sustained by DETE students or staff, excluding TAFE.

A heat map shows the distribution of relative workplace injury 'risk’ through industry sectors and business size

This retrospective descriptive study was conducted in two regional Australian hospital EDs. All incident reports, hospital summary spreadsheets, and patient medical records associated with a security alert over a two-year period (2017 - 2019) were included. The situational and perpetrator characteristics associated with security alerts in the ED were recorded and presented in this excel file.

The spreadsheet contains confirmed work-related fatalities by calendar year and month.\r \r Breakdowns are provided by month and year, age and gender, industry, category and LGA. Details of each fatality are also provided.\r \r Access interactive visualisations of workplace fatalities data here.\r \r Data reflects a snapshot point in time and is subject to revision due to claims development i.e. injuries incurred but that have not yet been reported. Therefore historical published fatality counts can change.\r \r The way we report on lives lost in Victorian workplaces has changed. Previously, this reporting excluded some work-related deaths that were not attributable to duties or obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, such as those caused by transport accidents or occupational diseases.\r \r Now workers who die on the road, suicides attributable to work, industrial diseases such as silicosis, and workplace deaths resulting from a criminal act, are included.\r \r We implemented this change for reporting for the 2020-21 financial year, commencing 1 July 2020.

Data detailing workplace injury claims, work health and safety regulations and return to work costs for the South Australian Museum

Summary of workplace injury claims, incidents and notices (under the WHS Act 2012) and return to work costs

Work Health Safety Injury Management

The spreadsheet contains standardised claims reported to WorkSafe for financial years 2009/10 to 2018/19.\r \r Breakdowns are provided by industry, occupation, age and gender, nature of injury, mechanism of injury, bodily location of injury, agency of injury and injury year.\r \r Data reflects a snapshot point in time and is subject to revision due to claims development i.e. injuries incurred but that have not yet been reported. Therefore historical published standardised claim counts can change.

Summary of the Health Performance Council Workplace injury claims, incidents under the Work health and safety regulations and any return to work costs Summary of the Health Performance Council Workplace injury claims, incidents under the Work health and safety regulations and any return to work costs