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Infographic summary of key findings Part 1: Work health and safety performance.
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Part 1: Work health and safety performance - Including comparing serious claim rates and work-related fatalities across states and territories.
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The Road Transport Industry Profile contains summary data relating to injuries incurred by workers employed in the road transport industry as well as work-related fatalities.
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This report provides work health and safety statistics for agricultural workers

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This report provides statistics on workers’ compensation claims that involved musculoskeletal disorders.

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The publication provides a concise and factual statistical profile of mental disorders as compensated by Australian workers’ compensation schemes. It shows statistics on how many Australians are awarded a mental disorder claim each year to allow estimation of societal and system impacts.

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The purpose of this 2015 study is to estimate the cost of work-related injury and illness to Australian employers, workers and the community.   

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The construction industry is designated as a priority industry for work health and safety as per the

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Recommendation 18 of the 2012 House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Employment report, Workplace Bullying: “We just want it to stop”, requested an annual update of trends in workers’ compensation data relating to psychosocial health and safety generally and workpla

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This report provides an overview of the work health and safety status within the road freight transport industry, an industry primarily engaged in transporting freight using trucks on public roads. Road freight transport is a sub-sector of the road transport industry.

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The report 

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The report 'The relationship between work characteristics, wellbeing, depression and workplace bullying' describes the early findings from a project conducted as a partnership between Safe Work Australia and The Australian National University.

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There has been very little published about how and why interventions by regulators influence work health and safety compliance and outcomes.

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Erratum (June 2009)

Type of Occurrence Classification System 3rd Edition, Revision 1

The following errors have been found in the printed copy of the current manual.

These errors have been corrected in the current web PDF version of the publication.

 

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This fact sheet provides an overview of workers' compensation claims in the transport and storage sector in 2010-2011.

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The combination of hazards including remote and isolated work, makes agriculture one of the most dangerous industries in which to work.
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This infographic shows research and data about the most common causes of death and serious injury in the construction industry.
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This infographic provides information about the causes of the high number of worker fatalities and injuries in the manufacturing industry.
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The latest statistics cover the trends, gender and age comparisons and industry breakdowns for work health and safety in Australia.

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The latest statistics cover the trends, gender and age comparisons and industry breakdowns for work health and safety in Australia.

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This publication is a helpful resource for anyone who has an interest in work health and safety.

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