Serious claims statistics, 2020-21
130,195
total serious claims
Median time lost
7
weeks per serious claim
Median compensation paid**
$15,072
per claim
Worker fatalities by industry, 21
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
10.4
fatalities per 100,000 workers
Transport, postal and warehousing
7.9
fatalities per 100,000 workers
Worker fatalities by occupation, 2021
Machinery operators and drivers
8.2
fatalities per 100,000 workers
Labourers
2.9
fatalities per 100,000 workers
Managers
1.4
fatalities per 100,000 workers
Serious claims by occupation 2020-21
Labourers
21.9
serious claims per million hours worked
Community and personal service workers
15.2
serious claims per million hours worked
Machinery operators
and drivers
11.7
serious claims per million hours worked
REFERENCES
Safe Work Australia’ Work-related Traumatic Injury Fatalities Trends and Data’ 2022 - Australia, printed Jan 2023
** the median includes serious claims where the payment made was greater than zero.