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Safe Work Australia compiles data to analyse and research work health and safety and workers' compensation trends across Australia.

Interactive data

About our datasets

Key Work Health and Safety Statistics Australia 2024

New report available

Explore our interactive data

Explore the data we have captured around our current work health and safety and workers' compensation focus areas.

Preliminary fatalities - 2024

Work-related fatalities

Workers' compensation

National WHS prosecutions

Lost time injury frequency rate calculator (LTIFR)

Key Statistics

Explore our current key statistics on work health and safety and workers' compensation.

Work-related fatalities

195

in 2022

Serious workers' compensation claims

139,000

in 2021-2022 financial year (preliminary)

National WHS prosecutions

265

decisions in 2021

Acknowledgement of country

Safe Work Australia acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders past, present and emerging.

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