Analysis

Work health and safety across Australia’s regions

This analysis uses national workers’ compensation claims data to provide new perspectives on the varying rates of worker injuries and illnesses across these regions. 

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Insights from the Beta Occupational Hazards Dataset

This report introduces new experimental data about the nature of work undertaken in different occupations and explores the relative exposure of jobs to different types of hazards. 

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The economic impact of work-related injuries and illnesses

We commissioned Deloitte Access Economics to explore the cost of workplace injury and illness in Australia. Using an innovative modelling approach, the study demonstrates how much value could be created within the Australian economy by removing work-related injury and illness. 

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Analysis of ABS work-related injuries survey data 2021-22

Safe Work Australia has published a new report on work-related injuries. The report compares survey data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics with SWA’s National dataset for compensation-based statistics and findings from our Safer, healthier, wealthier research.

Read Analysis of ABS work-related injuries survey data 2021-22.