Statistics

Safe Work Australia uses a range of data to inform the development and evaluation of policies relating to work health and safety and workers’ compensation. Workers’ compensation data is our main source of information on work-related injuries in Australia. These data have been summarised in the reports below and you can also search the Statistics online database.

Key Work Health and Safety Statistics Booklet Australia 2011

Statistical reports and fact sheets produced by Safe Work Australia can be grouped as follows:

Cost of work-related injury and illness

Employment conditions and work-related injuries

Frequently asked questions

Hospital data on work-related injuries

Industry information

Jurisdictional comparisons

Lost time injury frequency rates

Mesothelioma

National OHS Strategy target measurement

Workers’ Compensation: classifications

Workers’ compensation data

Work-related diseases

Work-related fatalities