Australian Workers’ Compensation Statistics 2012-13

Friday, 19 December, 2014

Safe Work Australia has released the Australian Workers’ Compensation Statistics 2012-13 report. This is the 21st annual report that uses the National Data Set for Compensation-based Statistics (NDS).

This report provides a summary of workers compensation statistics for the 2012-13p financial year and includes:

  • trends over time,
  • an overview of time lost and compensation paid,
  • an analysis of serious claims among younger and older employees, and
  • profiles of the retail trade and manufacturing industries.

Key findings from the report include:

  • there were 117,815 serious workers compensation claims in 2012-13p,
  • males accounted for 63% of serious claims in 2012-13p, despite males comprising 52% of the workforce,
  • the average age of an employee with a serious claim was 42 years old,
  • labourers had the highest incidence rate of serious claims of all occupations in 2012-13p - more than twice the national rate, and
  • the Agriculture, forestry and fishing industry had the highest incidence rate of serious claims by industry - nearly double the national rate of 11.1.

To view or download the report, visit the Safe Work Australia website.

p = preliminary data

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