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Preliminary fatalities - 2025

Work-related fatalities

Workers' compensation

National WHS prosecutions

agriculture

road transport

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Key Statistics

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Work-related fatalities

200

in 2023

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Serious workers' compensation claims

139,000

in 2022-2023 financial year (preliminary)

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National WHS prosecutions

293

decisions in 2023

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