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Australian workers’ compensation statistics 2015-16
12 January 2018 |
Statistical reports
This report provides statistics about workers' compensation claims in Australia.
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  • Disease and injury data
  • Disease and injury data by industry
  • Disease and injury data by occupation
  • Disease and injury data by type
  • Fatality statistics
  • Statistics
  • Workers' compensation
  • Safety by industry and business
  • Statistics
  • Workers
Page last updated: 25 Feb 2022
Australian workers’ compensation statistics 2017–18
10 January 2020 |
Statistical reports
This report includes data broken down by sex, age, occupation, industry, nature of injury or disease, mechanism of injury or disease, and bodily location of the injury or disease.
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  • Disease and injury data
  • Disease and injury data by industry
  • Disease and injury data by occupation
  • Disease and injury data by type
  • Fatality statistics
  • Statistics
  • Workers' compensation
  • All industries
  • Safety by industry and business
  • Statistics
  • Workers
Page last updated: 25 Feb 2022
Asbestos exposure and compliance study of construction and maintenance workers
01 February 2010 |
Reports
While the use of asbestos has been banned in Australia since 2003, in the past there was widespread use of asbestos in buildings. Construction and maintenance workers may be more likely to be involved in work that can disturb asbestos.  This study was…
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  • Asbestos
  • Hazard surveillance research
  • Occupational disease research
  • Occupational lung disease
  • Construction
  • Research and studies
  • Safety by industry and business
  • The work environment
  • Workers
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
Research Brief - Australian Work Exposures Study (AWES) - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
21 November 2014 |
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The issue Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of chemical compounds formed during the incomplete combustion of organic material. Some PAHs are considered to be carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer but limited…
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  • Carcinogens
  • Hazard surveillance research
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Research
  • All industries
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Managing health and safety
  • Research and studies
  • Workers
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
Australian work exposures study (AWES) - Lead and lead compounds
21 November 2014 |
Reports
The Australian Work Exposures Study (AWES) was a national survey conducted by the Western Australian Institute of Medical Research (WAIMR) in 2011–12 that investigated work-related exposures among Australian workers to 38 known or suspected carcinogens.…
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  • Carcinogens
  • Hazard surveillance research
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Lead
  • Research
  • All industries
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Managing health and safety
  • Research and studies
  • Workers
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
Australian work exposure study (AWES) - Carcinogen exposures construction industry
11 May 2016 |
Reports
A random, population-based sample of 5,528 Australian workers participated in the Australian Work Exposure Study (AWES). Workers answered questions about the tasks they completed and the controls used at work. Based on their responses to those questions,…
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  • Carcinogens
  • Hazard surveillance research
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Research
  • Construction
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Managing health and safety
  • Research and studies
  • Safety by industry and business
  • Workers
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021