Using Safe Work Australia’s National Dataset for Compensation-based Statistics, alongside ABS Census data, Safe Work Australia has published a new WHS profile of the nursing, care and support workforce.

New data reporting tools released in December on our data website, Our Data. Your Stories., have now replaced the Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) calculator. 

Employers must undertake processes to manage work health and safety risks to all workers.

WHS laws protect all workers in Australia, including full-time, casual or part-time workers, volunteers, apprentices, trainees and 
students completing work experience. 

In December, Safe Work Australia launched a collection of new reporting tools to help users more accurately assess, measure and report data on WHS performance.

Safe Work Australia has published new data on the Jurisdictional Comparison dashboard for 2022-23 as part of our data website –

Today, Safe Work Australia launched a collection of new tools on its data website, Our Data. Your Stories., to help users assess, measure and report on work health and safety (WHS) performance.

The tools include: 

Safe Work Australia has updated the WHS prosecutions dashboard to reflect the latest publicly available data from 2022, available on Safe Work Australia’s interactive data website,

Safe Work Australia has today released the Key Work Health and Safety Statistics Australia 2023 report, which reveals a national snapshot of work health and safety in Australia.

The latest edition of the Safe Work Australia Quarterly Newsletter is now available! 

Today, Safe Work Australia released a new interactive data website that allows users to explore national work health and safety (WHS) and workers’ compensation data in an intuitive and user-friendly way.

Safe Work Australia is proud to announce the beta release of our new data website, https://data.safeworkaustralia.gov.au

This infographic provides statistics about workers’ compensation claims in Australia. 

The Australian workers’ compensation statistics (AWCS) report provides detailed statistics about workers’ compensation claims that were lodged in Australia between 2000–01 and 2020–21, including preliminary data for 2020–21 and trend analysis to 2019–20. 

Each year, Safe Work Australia produces national work health and safety statistics, providing important evidence on the state of work health and safety in Australia.

The report was updated 17 January 2023. The update affected page 11 of the report only.

Safe Work Australia commissioned Deloitte Access Economics to undertake research exploring the cost of workplace injury and illness in Australia.

Safe Work Australia commissioned Deloitte Access Economics to undertake research exploring the cost of workplace injury and illness in Australia.

Safe Work Australia has published findings from the 2021 National Return to Work Survey, including key metrics, insights and time series data.

This summary presents highlights from the 2021 National Return to Work Survey including key metrics, insights and time series data. The summary also includes a section on COVID-19 and its impact on recovery and return to work.

This report provides a summary of key measures from the 2021 National Return to Work Survey – the ‘returned to work rate’ and the ‘current return to work rate’.

The Australian workers’ compensation statistics (AWCS) report provides detailed statistics about workers’ compensation claims that were lodged in Australia between 2000-01 and 2019-20, including preliminary data for 2019-20 and trend analysis to 2018-19. 

Work-related traumatic injury fatalities Australia 2020 report provides national statistics on all workers and bystanders fatally injured at work. This report does not include fatalities that occurred while the worker was commuting to or from work (commuter fatalities).

Safe Work Australia’s statistical reports released in 2021 mark the first time the data reference year includes periods when Australia was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This includes trends, gender and age comparisons, and industry and occupation breakdowns for work health and safety and serious workers’ compensation claims in Australia.

This report provides a snapshot of COVID-19 related workers’ compensation claims from 1 January to 31 December 2020.

Today’s society is increasingly focused on a 24/7 economy and the expectations on people to work at all hours of the day have increased. 

The public administration and safety industry has a high number of work-related deaths, injuries and illnesses. 

As a person conducting a business or undertaking, you have a duty to keep workers and your workplace safe. 

The manufacturing industry has a high number of work-related deaths, injuries and illnesses. As a person conducting a business or undertaking, you have a duty to keep workers and workplaces safe from the risks associated with manufacturing.  

Construction work is particularly dangerous.  

The agriculture industry includes businesses that: 

• grow and cultivate horticultural and other crops (except forestry)

• breed, raise or farm animals (except aquaculture).