Construction

How to use the Construction dashboard

The Construction dashboard brings together data on work-related fatalities and compensation claims. Use the dashboard to learn about worker fatalities, including whether trucks, cars, utes, excavators, forklifts or other vehicles were involved. Understand the circumstances (such as falls from a height, being hit by moving objects, or body stressing including manual handling), nature, and bodily location of work-related injuries (such as upper limb including hands).  See data for: Heavy and civil engineering, Building and construction, and Construction Services sectors.

To use the dashboard:

• Select 'Pages' to access the data.
• Apply filters to change the timeframe or claim type (from serious to other claims), or to filter by variables such as age group, sex or location (state or territory).
• Click inside the charts to cross filter other charts on the page (hold 'Ctrl' to select more than one bar).
• View the interactive dashboard help video or dashboard user guide.

To see how Construction compares with other industries go to the Work-related fatalities dashboard or Workers' compensation dashboard. Visit the Safe Work Australia website for Construction WHS guidance.

Note: The dashboard provides counts, frequency rates, median cost and time lost data. There is a break in series for work-related injury frequency and incident rates from 2021-22. Learn more about the data on the Work-related fatalities data and Workers' compensation data pages.