WorkSafe Victoria
2011/12 Statistical Summary
Table of Contents
Introduction…..……….……….………3
Criteria ……….……….……… 3
Summary Table ……….4
Report Year and Injury Year…………... ………4
Age Group by Gender ………...……5
Mechanism of Injury/Disease ………. ………... 6
Nature of Affliction .………. 7
Bodily Location ……….8
Agency of Injury or Disease ………8
Occupation Groups..………10
Industry Division………..11
Industry Sub Division/Division………...………11
Back Injury Claims ……….16
Mental Injury Claims ………..………16
Manual Handling Injury Claims………17
Introduction
Effective management of occupational health and safety requires the systematic
identification, assessment and control of risks associated with workplace hazards.
This report aims to provide an overview of Victoria’s compensable work-related
fatalities, injury and disease. To provide an exposure to the demographics in Victoria,
this report starts with a summary table with high level data of employers and
employees.
The WorkSafe Victoria (WorkCover) scheme was introduced in September 1985, and
provides compensation to all employees of registered employers for injuries
sustained in the course of their work.
When a claim is made, details are coded which specify the mechanism of injury, the
nature of affliction, affected body location, agency of injury and age at time of injury.
Criteria
The Statistical Summary contains data about claims lodged between 1st July 2002
and 30 June 2012. The data has been extracted on 31 August 2012 to allow for late
reporting of claims.
To ensure consistency, the data is based on standardised claims reported to
WorkSafe Victoria. These exclude:
• Journey to and from work claims (now the responsibility of the TAC)
• Non-fatal claims with up to 10 days compensation and payments below the medical
and like threshold ($612 in 2011/12).
The effect of the definition is to exclude claims that would not be compensable under
the current legislation, permitting a rational comparison of historical years. All claims
have been adjusted to this basis. Please note that reported claims may vary for
retrospective financial years due to additional information becoming available.
The majority of the tables in the Statistical Summary are based on report year, which
refers to the year that the injury was reported to WorkSafe Victoria. Care should be
taken in the analysis of this data, as claims continue to be reported from injuries
sustained in all years of the Scheme. A table by injury year and report year is also
provided.
Not all injuries relating to Victorian workers are included. In particular, injuries arising
from self-employed workers, self-insurer employers (which comprise approx 10% of
workforce) and employees of the Australian Government (covered by ComCare) are
not included. All registered self-insurers at 30 June 2012 have had all prior claim
details excluded from this report.
Summary Table: Demographics in Victoria 2010/11
Number of Employees
2.85 million
Insured Employers
207,001
Insured Workplaces
255,170
Self Insurers
38
Self Employed Persons 305,128*
Note: The Self Employed figure is extracted from the ABS quarterly data (August 2012).
This figure is captured where the status of employment is defined as the following:
- employer, - own account worker,- contributing family worker and - unpaid voluntary worker
Report Year and Injury Year
The table below shows claims reported for report year and injury year. All claim numbers are
based on are standardised claims (see criteria). Care should be taken when comparing claim
numbers with the most recent year, as they have not had the same development time as
earlier years.
Report year
Injury Year 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 All
1985-86 22 21 11 9 13 16 14 10 7 2 125 1986-87 25 16 13 11 14 13 20 5 7 3 127 1987-88 40 25 14 6 10 9 12 14 9 8 147 1988-89 38 22 20 13 20 13 16 20 8 7 177 1989-90 57 39 20 15 12 17 25 18 20 13 236 1990-91 46 43 24 12 23 17 37 24 24 16 266 1991-92 58 33 26 19 22 20 22 36 23 17 276 1992-93 72 41 26 25 28 27 23 42 24 22 330 1993-94 82 57 41 23 27 25 26 26 21 19 347 1994-95 101 75 48 21 31 26 37 27 31 24 421 1995-96 140 85 48 37 29 32 29 25 29 32 486 1996-97 155 105 59 31 30 32 64 58 44 41 619 1997-98 215 131 86 79 65 60 70 71 40 44 861 1998-99 245 178 112 86 81 82 68 69 69 48 1038 1999-00 409 261 184 111 103 82 97 84 83 78 1492 2000-01 933 454 225 166 125 108 121 119 70 63 2384 2001-02 6902 898 328 199 155 136 128 97 90 72 9005 2002-03 22605 6474 665 334 192 159 157 113 86 73 30858 2003-04 0 23183 6091 666 280 198 168 136 95 78 30895 2004-05 0 0 22391 5681 592 289 195 185 134 102 29569 2005-06 0 0 0 23091 4562 589 307 192 173 135 29049 2006-07 0 0 0 0 22575 4681 571 315 204 169 28515 2007-08 0 0 0 0 0 22494 4969 622 308 213 28606 2008-09 0 0 0 0 0 0 21609 4608 650 301 27168 2009-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22149 4777 599 27525 2010-11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22710 4751 27461 2011-12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22331 22331 All 32145 32141 30432 30635 28989 29125 28785 29065 29736 29261 300314
Age Group by Gender
The table below shows claims reported for report year by age group, based on the age of the
worker at the time of affliction. All claim numbers are based on standardised claims (see criteria).
Care should be taken when comparing claim numbers with the most recent year, as they have not
had the same development time as earlier years.
Males
Report year Age group 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 Under 20 644 601 582 561 586 605 561 479 503 451 20 - 24 1609 1634 1517 1501 1391 1400 1304 1235 1433 1392 25 - 29 2171 2034 1939 1806 1668 1621 1486 1484 1593 1605 30 - 34 2827 2699 2442 2325 2132 2016 1841 1749 1708 1663 35 - 39 2939 2854 2632 2562 2376 2365 2292 2215 2064 2043 40 - 44 3043 3001 2801 2792 2523 2462 2311 2389 2333 2406 45 - 49 2759 2811 2632 2706 2566 2694 2530 2525 2539 2404 50 - 54 2539 2508 2433 2474 2442 2324 2500 2498 2524 2585 55 - 59 1861 1916 1917 2049 1960 2095 2186 2195 2220 2231 60 - 64 1064 1088 1115 1261 1282 1366 1533 1594 1664 1672 65 + 266 269 271 368 406 518 521 604 630 711 Unknown 3 3 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 All 21725 21418 20286 20405 19335 19466 19065 18967 19213 19166Female
Report year Age group 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 Under 20 214 222 192 214 206 180 197 155 190 177 20 - 24 706 700 676 683 640 544 629 610 644 613 25 - 29 870 927 791 853 759 771 704 774 846 792 30 - 34 1022 1039 952 922 753 749 758 782 818 785 35 - 39 1213 1148 1136 1004 1034 1002 1012 1049 962 910 40 - 44 1591 1612 1544 1492 1293 1295 1285 1269 1324 1236 45 - 49 1917 1924 1789 1857 1684 1657 1646 1606 1660 1649 50 - 54 1680 1784 1687 1694 1678 1709 1654 1837 1876 1760 55 - 59 914 1003 997 1062 1109 1161 1200 1305 1393 1338 60 - 64 246 300 305 379 415 483 519 577 668 668 65 + 44 61 74 68 82 106 114 134 139 167 Unknown 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 0 3 0 All 10420 10723 10146 10230 9654 9659 9720 10098 10523 10095Mechanism of Injury/Disease
The table below shows claims reported for report year by mechanism of injury or disease.
The mechanism of injury or disease is intended to identify the action, exposure or event
which was the direct cause of the most serious injury or disease. In July 1998 and April
2002 new classification codes were introduced to determine mechanism of
injury/diseases. Since these changes, the trend in claim numbers has changed. Care
should be taken when comparing claim numbers with the most recent year, as they have
not had the same development time as earlier years.
Report year
Mechanism of Injury/Disease 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Falls from a height 1695 1594 1544 1443 1228 1389 1406 1462 1554 1438
Falls on the same level 2946 3005 2919 2965 2780 2930 2895 2963 2826 2843
Stepping, kneeling or sitting
on objects 1026 1089 1150 1314 1330 1058 1019 1160 1385 1563
Hitting Objects 1542 1459 1349 1497 1455 1404 1251 1164 1200 1132
Being hit by a moving object 4091 3948 3793 4060 4010 3962 3948 3686 3721 3820
Sound and Pressure 928 821 766 1147 1178 1439 1765 1748 1692 1682
Muscular stress while lifting 6264 6332 5924 5702 4990 4752 4801 4723 4813 4731
Muscular stress while
handling objects 4693 4598 4112 4481 4176 4591 4253 4457 4421 4453
Muscular stress with no
objects being handled 1535 1605 1447 1428 1329 1502 1482 1369 1246 1066
Repetitive movement, low
muscle loading 2335 2386 2546 2192 2061 1817 1732 1654 1836 1797
Heat, Radiation and
Electricity 243 218 187 236 238 226 241 217 225 228
Chemicals and Substances 430 403 319 318 270 293 244 237 227 232
Biological 73 74 78 59 73 63 74 85 100 118
Exposure to Mental Stress
Factors 2587 2730 2640 2464 2448 2388 2419 2823 2963 2820
Vehicle Accident 784 717 802 681 720 858 878 890 918 921
Other 973 1162 856 648 703 453 377 427 609 417
Nature of Affliction
The table below shows claims reported for report year by nature of affliction. The nature of
affliction is intended to identify the type of hurt or harm incurred by the worker. In July 1998,
April 2002 and July 2002 new classification codes were introduced to determine nature of
affliction. Since these changes, the trend in claim numbers has changed.
Report year Nature of Affliction 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 Fractures 2241 2301 2302 2275 2377 2422 2308 2354 2386 2399 Dislocations 250 227 242 215 209 220 235 199 238 238 Musculoskeletal Disorders 18661 18583 17388 17169 15668 15915 15518 15527 15873 15569 Concussion 196 168 170 186 178 200 196 227 205 218 Internal injury 24 20 22 17 25 13 14 13 7 12 Open Wound 2157 2253 2107 2073 2044 2048 2037 1894 2061 1943 Superficial injury 208 169 195 171 128 135 155 124 161 118 Contusion/Crushing 2180 2065 2105 2513 2311 1944 1861 1939 2012 1970 Foreign Body 69 74 54 53 45 68 68 61 45 67 Burns 230 212 182 217 245 230 219 186 180 232 Poisonings 102 87 67 75 81 59 34 51 48 53 Exposure 76 58 49 60 60 61 60 56 53 43 Multiple Injuries 146 128 139 101 103 96 132 133 109 153 Other Injuries 156 186 161 95 225 223 213 60 54 187 Deafness 793 685 703 1119 1155 1404 1719 1733 1659 1648 Skin Diseases 193 220 166 173 150 177 149 128 144 140 Digestive System 1083 1143 1098 1005 974 907 858 903 796 813
Infections and Parasites 53 71 54 48 50 50 34 42 37 28
Respiratory System 158 190 127 122 94 110 109 113 134 101 Circulatory System 239 189 160 156 158 155 128 131 148 134 Neoplasm (Cancer) 16 23 16 26 15 19 17 15 24 21 Mental Disorders 2763 2903 2770 2603 2558 2507 2590 3012 3136 3034 Other diseases 121 129 120 126 111 124 83 106 133 103 Unknown 30 57 35 37 25 38 48 58 93 37 All 32145 32141 30432 30635 28989 29125 28785 29065 29736 29261
Bodily Location
The table below shows claims reported for report year by body location. The bodily location
is intended to identify the part of the body affected by the most serious injury or disease.
Report year Bodily Location 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 Cranium 196 190 167 210 179 147 150 158 181 156 Eye 199 192 170 153 165 177 156 162 154 172 Ear 848 734 746 1155 1194 1440 1745 1768 1689 1693 Face 507 508 440 496 498 473 476 443 395 411 Head N.E.C 286 258 240 251 270 295 271 291 257 260 Neck 1348 1216 1173 1112 1014 1009 947 972 976 929 Back 7670 7749 7005 6980 6175 5957 5746 5761 5796 5517 Chest 366 359 331 343 350 324 321 321 292 277 Abdominal Region 1159 1239 1196 1118 1035 973 941 968 874 878 Pelvic Region 45 59 37 38 40 29 37 29 44 24 Shoulder 3110 3167 3089 3114 2922 3050 2984 3089 3209 3277 Upper Arm 319 294 286 232 222 219 241 270 273 239 Elbow 924 938 876 896 795 781 776 796 823 858 Forearm 599 607 579 514 512 537 488 413 386 370 Wrist 1361 1359 1376 1334 1185 1281 1246 1198 1254 1228
Hand & Fingers 3302 3447 3156 3292 3219 3307 3203 2915 3196 3145
Upper Limbs N.E.C 192 181 215 158 137 137 72 114 179 187
Hip 182 238 169 195 202 208 238 206 239 218
Upper Leg 253 217 202 246 230 224 225 196 209 202
Knee 2614 2606 2686 2802 2508 2641 2548 2594 2701 2691
Ankle 998 938 986 1008 988 957 975 1003 1011 987
Foot & Toes 878 833 862 760 865 860 809 758 790 790
Lower Limbs N.E.C 626 564 542 546 565 581 563 577 590 579
Circulatory System 73 66 48 59 50 53 43 26 46 41 Respiratory System 137 171 109 117 73 84 65 92 101 78 Other Systemic Locations 72 70 41 43 42 44 33 40 22 26 Psychological system 2767 2906 2775 2609 2564 2508 2592 3013 3138 3035 Multiple Locations 1114 1035 930 854 990 829 894 892 911 993 All 32145 32141 30432 30635 28989 29125 28785 29065 29736 29261
Agency of Injury or Disease
The table below shows claims reported for most recent five report years by agency of injury or
disease. The agency of injury or disease is intended to identify the object, substance or
circumstance that was principally involved in, or most closely associated with, the point at which
things started to go wrong and which ultimately led to the most serious injury or disease. All
claim numbers are based on standardised claims (see criteria). Care should be taken when
comparing claim numbers with the most recent year, as they have not had the same
development time as earlier years.
Report Year
Agency of Injury/Disease 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Cutting, slicing, sawing machinery 494 539 458 510 443
Power presses 15 8 8 6 5
Garbage compactors 8 10 16 11 9
Other crushing, pressing, rolling machinery 313 265 362 381 358
Conveyor belts and escalators 62 47 49 47 50
Lifts, dumbwaiters 24 26 19 16 19
Power hoists 15 8 24 15 10
Cranes 53 52 44 33 39
Forklift trucks 249 197 187 210 184
Other conveyors and lifting plant 72 50 59 45 79
Other machinery and fixed plant 604 521 482 460 380
Total - Machinery and Fixed Plant 1909 1723 1708 1734 1576
Excavators, backhoes, other digging plant 35 22 23 17 25
Front-end loader, log-hand, loading plant 12 17 21 16 13
Tractors, agricultural or otherwise 30 21 26 23 18
Trailers, caravans 102 106 110 83 105
Other mobile plant 503 480 416 483 468
Trucks, semi-trailers, lorries 390 268 319 298 288
Buses, trolleybuses, minibuses 39 40 33 38 23
Cars, station wagons, vans, utilities 467 505 462 470 484
Motorcycles, side cars, scooters, trail bikes 55 62 53 46 67
Other road transport 34 18 28 20 25
Trains 26 35 23 40 55
Other rail transport 35 29 23 22 36
Other transport 182 171 163 164 190
Total - Mobile Plant and Transport 1910 1774 1700 1720 1797
Abrasive, planing, cutting powered tools 57 53 36 30 27
Electric drills 98 80 77 74 63
Other powered workshop and worksite equipment 74 94 92 77 59
Chainsaws 27 26 22 21 29
Other powered equipment, tools and appliances 1362 1436 1378 1255 1292
Total - Powered Equipment, Tools and Appliances 1618 1689 1605 1457 1470
Handsaws 11 11 6 7 1
Shovels, spades, lawn edgers 77 55 53 61 56
Hammers, mallets 119 99 102 89 108
Manual lifting equipment 255 165 63 64 60
Other unpowered tools 551 487 419 445 425
Other unpowered equipment 4028 3791 3486 3605 3730
Crates, cartons ,boxes, cases, drums, kegs ,barrels 1453 1337 1450 1264 1221
Ladders, mobile ramps and stairways 465 490 491 545 498
Scaffolding 85 75 87 90 95
Hypodermic syringes 12 15 10 14 14
Clothing and footwear 128 117 93 89 106
Total - Unpowered Tools, appliances 7184 6642 6260 6273 6314
Steps and stairways 810 736 857 834 850
Other environmental agencies 3142 3183 3174 3037 3456
Total - Environmental Agencies 3952 3919 4031 3871 4306
Animals 458 467 461 414 447
Human and biological factors 3800 3750 4131 4493 4104
Occupation Groups
The table below shows claims reported for report year by occupation codes or groups. The
occupation code is intended to identify the workers employed role at the time of the injury. All
claim numbers are based on standardised claims (see criteria).
Report year
Occupation 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Accountants, Auditors & Financial
Advisors 91 94 79 60 66 65 81 77 86 67
Ambulance Officers & Fire Fighters 303 324 353 469 414 471 543 553 513 543
Architects,Surveyors,Building
Engineers 120 152 142 123 132 143 156 181 150 148
Arts, Film, Media Professionals 125 126 119 110 124 129 130 112 129 100
Assemblers,Packers & Fillers 1802 1681 1604 1621 1322 1349 1351 1242 1219 1104
Car,Truck,Tram,Train Drivers 2328 2313 2184 2161 2050 2097 1987 2137 2051 2070
Carpenters/Wood Tradespersons 828 906 888 825 762 805 801 835 873 848
Cleaners,Housekeepers,Laundry
Workers 1032 1051 1018 1055 949 973 903 894 917 911
Clerks, Keyboard Operators &
Receptionists 1349 1297 1198 1180 1078 1135 1244 1279 1267 1209
Concreters 198 171 197 152 164 218 202 170 182 183
Electrical & Elecronic Tradespersons 485 455 509 493 487 512 546 602 536 501
Farmers and Farm Labourers 550 514 454 476 447 488 502 421 382 456
Fixed Machine/Plant Operators 2020 1977 1843 1721 1595 1512 1587 1551 1381 1373
Food Workers 828 742 638 621 666 610 618 557 450 387 Gardeners, Nurserypersons 318 314 248 308 271 288 289 297 331 337 Health Professionals 222 242 241 253 279 308 255 268 273 292 Hospitality Workers 1165 1140 980 1009 987 1015 955 967 975 996 Inspectors 150 116 132 168 136 121 120 118 144 123 Managers 1998 1965 1879 1651 1739 1815 1856 2038 1991 2059
Metal Worker Tradespersons 1271 1268 1229 1320 1168 1216 1358 1251 1139 1174
Mobile Plant Professionals 674 637 571 582 506 537 562 572 558 575
Motor Vehicle Tradespersons 684 677 616 629 558 561 514 587 516 544
Nursing Professionals/Personal Care
Workers 2471 2602 2306 2328 2136 2117 2212 2296 2185 2020 Other Labourers 2650 2392 2068 1646 1468 1545 1706 1754 2655 2504 Other Occupations 557 556 634 621 650 768 713 695 826 886 Other Professionals 516 569 593 675 628 462 580 539 450 492 Other Tradespersons 1043 1533 1451 1907 2064 1990 1018 648 891 1025 Painters 155 170 135 123 120 120 136 92 92 109
Plasterers & Tilers 175 166 148 164 143 128 128 139 155 155
Plumbers 304 331 307 364 338 332 380 441 477 426
Police,Security and Prison Officers 1200 1225 1193 1268 1194 1033 1011 1172 1080 1053
Printers & Signwriter Workers 238 191 223 208 186 156 152 151 147 137
Professional Office Workers 363 329 359 287 318 301 339 339 405 356
Roof Tilers & Bricklayers 128 142 120 101 114 104 121 119 117 116
Salespersons 934 886 947 928 756 742 788 910 909 873
Science Professionals 79 95 85 76 77 60 93 111 156 134
Social Welfare & Psychologists 309 272 288 540 550 515 575 553 577 689
Sports Persons & Coaches 273 268 268 258 252 258 261 211 273 241
Storepersons 893 1011 990 946 897 823 869 870 961 850
Teachers & Lecturers 1316 1241 1195 1208 1198 1303 1143 1316 1317 1195
Industry Division
The table below shows claims reported for report year by ANZSIC industry division. The
industry division is intended to identify the predominant activity of each workplace. This
classification is determined at the time the workplace registered for WorkSafe and is used to
determine their premium liability.
Report year
Industry Division 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Agriculture, Forestry and
Fishing 772 690 581 631 603 621 635 564 540 595
Mining 92 97 82 88 130 137 135 124 140 184
Manufacturing 7985 7700 7150 7068 6616 6579 6197 5871 5947 5540
Electricity, Gas, Water and
Waste Services 401 370 375 365 354 326 349 339 315 334
Construction 2935 2891 2968 2930 2987 3086 3338 3273 3593 3594
Wholesale Trade 2013 2151 2015 2085 1978 1923 1908 1906 2019 1946
Retail Trade 1567 1564 1532 1532 1433 1456 1477 1620 1530 1605
Accommodation and Food
Services 973 969 867 904 843 847 862 850 862 872
Transport, Postal and
Warehousing 2352 2366 2172 2270 2261 2317 2141 2216 2174 2264
Information Media and
Telecommunications 344 258 283 283 294 267 199 207 196 204
Financial and Insurance
Services 215 207 176 186 200 188 243 192 236 176
Rental, Hiring and Real
Estate Services 273 307 273 271 262 254 259 259 302 326
Professional, Scientific and
Technical Services 840 810 704 780 753 744 782 792 802 824
Administrative and Support
Services 617 658 624 656 806 935 966 990 1130 1132
Public Administration and
Safety 1973 2060 2039 2290 2115 2028 2079 2272 2147 2186
Education and Training 1970 1945 1865 1823 1862 1892 1767 1937 1976 1817
Health Care and Social
Assistance 3946 4103 3854 4131 3934 3892 3893 4046 4162 4047
Arts and Recreation Services 870 835 777 784 790 872 815 797 889 823
Other Services 796 842 739 731 713 718 716 769 757 779
Unknown 1211 1318 1356 827 55 43 24 41 19 13
All 32145 32141 30432 30635 28989 29125 28785 29065 29736 29261
Industry Sub Division/Division
The table below shows claims reported for report year by industry division and sub division.
The data is summarised by industry sub divisions in normal format and industry divisions in
bold font.
Report year
Industry Subdivision 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Agriculture 581 536 443 501 472 465 485 415 429 473
Aquaculture 7 6 8 8 2 5 1 1 3 4
Forestry and Logging 37 34 26 22 13 19 25 21 24 11
Fishing, Hunting and
Trapping 19 15 11 10 13 16 10 13 8 11
Agriculture, Forestry and
Fishing Support Services 128 99 93 90 103 116 114 114 76 96
Total - Agriculture,
Forestry and Fishing 772 690 581 631 603 621 635 564 540 595
Coal Mining 40 33 22 9 28 26 25 28 28 34
Oil and Gas Extraction 0 1 4 2 6 2 4 3 5 1
Metal Ore Mining 14 14 8 12 26 42 36 21 45 48
Non-Metallic Mineral Mining
and Quarrying 30 42 41 47 57 49 43 50 39 73
Exploration and Other Mining
Support Services 8 7 7 18 13 18 27 22 23 28
Total - Mining 92 97 82 88 130 137 135 124 140 184
Food Product Manufacturing 1697 1526 1392 1420 1432 1375 1368 1310 1376 1305
Beverage and Tobacco
Product Manufacturing 86 76 71 109 110 78 107 90 108 83
Textile, Leather, Clothing and
Footwear Manufacturing 685 583 478 369 291 328 311 280 245 218
Wood Product Manufacturing 505 502 448 457 383 404 374 387 446 385
Pulp, Paper and Converted
Paper Product Manufacturing 189 213 190 219 184 166 171 200 214 201
Printing (including the Reproduction of Recorded
Media) 272 256 279 259 227 219 210 177 209 175
Petroleum and Coal Product
Manufacturing 24 30 21 10 23 21 35 27 24 21
Basic Chemical and Chemical
Product Manufacturing 314 310 276 299 303 303 292 238 255 228
Polymer Product and Rubber
Product Manufacturing 660 707 575 550 566 566 552 523 441 400
Non-Metallic Mineral
Product Manufacturing 384 347 313 307 309 330 297 302 281 281
Primary Metal and Metal
Product Manufacturing 220 178 169 174 160 158 131 111 125 118
Fabricated Metal Product
Manufacturing 813 877 841 867 791 786 772 734 795 721
Transport Equipment
Manufacturing 994 969 1023 977 808 855 632 629 615 607
Machinery and Equipment
Manufacturing 793 761 747 735 713 687 657 612 546 543
Furniture and Other
Manufacturing 349 365 327 316 316 303 288 251 267 254
Industry Sub Division/Division Cont.
Electricity Supply 131 96 113 115 63 63 78 78 78 82
Gas Supply 12 4 6 4 1 8 4 6 3 4
Water Supply, Sewerage and
Drainage Services 86 81 61 63 63 65 76 75 65 54
Waste Collection, Treatment
and Disposal Services 172 189 195 183 227 190 191 180 169 194
Total - Electricity, Gas,
Water & Waste Services 401 370 375 365 354 326 349 339 315 334
Building Construction 699 727 716 685 615 649 730 627 702 639
Heavy and Civil Engineering
Construction 624 549 621 629 737 749 718 731 777 871
Construction Services 1612 1615 1631 1616 1635 1688 1890 1915 2114 2084
Total - Construction 2935 2891 2968 2930 2987 3086 3338 3273 3593 3594
Basic Material Wholesaling 449 466 386 470 442 403 410 384 423 430
Machinery and Equipment
Wholesaling 528 581 526 540 508 506 485 523 513 532
Motor Vehicle and Motor
Vehicle Parts Wholesaling 173 174 176 182 134 134 170 195 226 194
Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco
Product Wholesaling 365 411 414 413 394 386 381 344 404 357
Other Goods Wholesaling 405 441 445 433 443 433 410 401 401 391
Commission-Based
Wholesaling 93 78 68 47 57 61 52 59 52 42
Total - Wholesale Trade 2013 2151 2015 2085 1978 1923 1908 1906 2019 1946
Motor Vehicle and Motor
Vehicle Parts Retailing 301 359 331 323 268 274 244 249 240 260
Fuel Retailing 52 62 43 38 44 46 38 41 31 32
Food Retailing 296 261 254 296 263 302 330 390 329 320
Other Store-Based Retailing 914 877 892 861 852 826 861 935 928 985
Non-Store Retailing and Retail Commission-Based Buying
and/or Selling 4 5 12 14 6 8 4 5 2 8
Total - Retail Trade 1567 1564 1532 1532 1433 1456 1477 1620 1530 1605
Accommodation 210 224 187 189 181 183 188 197 218 200
Food and Beverage Services 763 745 680 715 662 664 674 653 644 672
Total - Accomodation &
Industry Sub Division/Division Cont.
Road Transport 1251 1198 1149 1119 1098 1167 1102 1142 1093 1121
Rail Transport 83 94 62 56 42 53 61 103 163 142
Water Transport 9 16 16 12 7 16 11 11 16 14
Air and Space Transport 13 34 56 56 44 52 48 55 68 98
Other Transport 17 32 38 16 9 15 7 9 24 15
Postal and Courier Pick-up and Delivery
Services 254 256 280 300 358 312 263 265 233 232
Transport Support Services 423 356 296 391 325 403 377 361 291 326
Warehousing and Storage Services 302 380 275 320 378 299 272 270 286 316
Total - Transport, Postal &
Warehousing 2352 2366 2172 2270 2261 2317 2141 2216 2174 2264
Publishing (except Internet and Music
Publishing) 157 111 121 149 137 119 102 108 95 102
Motion Picture and Sound Recording
Activities 37 27 32 35 33 62 27 21 24 29
Broadcasting (except Internet) 14 14 14 14 17 15 9 9 10 27
Internet Publishing and Broadcasting 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Telecommunications Services 36 39 38 14 15 15 15 15 13 12
Internet Service Providers, Web Search
Portals and Data Processing Services 44 37 46 34 54 33 18 21 25 14
Library and Other Information Services 56 30 32 37 38 23 26 33 29 20
Total - Information, Media and
Telecommunications 344 258 283 283 294 267 199 207 196 204
Finance 48 52 33 43 44 46 53 53 53 48
Insurance and Superannuation Funds 95 87 93 102 97 83 116 83 98 77
Auxiliary Finance and Insurance
Services 72 68 50 41 59 59 74 56 85 51
Total - Finance & Insurance Services 215 207 176 186 200 188 243 192 236 176
Rental and Hiring Services (except Real
Estate) 142 148 126 145 149 158 164 143 159 182
Property Operators and Real Estate
Services 131 159 147 126 113 96 95 116 143 144
Total - Rental, Hiring and Real Estate
Services 273 307 273 271 262 254 259 259 302 326
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (Except Computer System
Design and Related 797 764 638 720 700 696 737 725 741 754
Computer System Design and Related
Services 43 46 66 60 53 48 45 67 61 70
Total - Professional, Scientific &
Industry Sub Division/Division Cont.
Administrative Services 177 221 216 233 355 467 494 463 621 623
Building Cleaning, Pest Control and
Other Support Services 440 437 408 423 451 468 472 527 509 509
Total - Administrative and Support
Services 617 658 624 656 806 935 966 990 1130 1132
Public Administration 572 569 547 648 604 658 724 755 736 738
Public Order, Safety and Regulatory
Services 1401 1491 1492 1642 1511 1370 1355 1517 1411 1448
Total - Public Administration &
Safety 1973 2060 2039 2290 2115 2028 2079 2272 2147 2186
Preschool and School Education 1405 1395 1322 1305 1357 1386 1270 1408 1422 1320
Tertiary Education 387 339 354 291 303 304 301 309 304 290
Adult, Community and Other
Education 178 211 189 227 202 202 196 220 250 207
Total - Education & Training 1970 1945 1865 1823 1862 1892 1767 1937 1976 1817
Hospitals 1400 1497 1392 1475 1414 1404 1282 1351 1423 1321
Medical and Other Health Care
Services 615 629 578 655 609 598 644 711 691 693
Residential Care Services 1158 1218 1169 1231 1144 1129 1154 1157 1157 1117
Social Assistance Services 773 759 715 770 767 761 813 827 891 916
Total - Health Care and Social
Assistance 3946 4103 3854 4131 3934 3892 3893 4046 4162 4047
Heritage Activities 207 185 172 193 199 232 197 221 238 210
Creative and Performing Arts
Activities 109 89 63 64 55 79 73 66 82 56
Sports and Recreation Activities 405 412 412 410 411 439 409 385 424 412
Gambling Activities 149 149 130 117 125 122 136 125 145 145
Total - Arts and Recreation
Services 870 835 777 784 790 872 815 797 889 823
Repair and Maintenance 427 467 398 379 388 373 385 429 393 399
Personal and Other Services 359 371 335 345 318 335 320 334 355 369
Private Households Employing Staff and Undifferentiated Goods- and
Service-Producing Activities 10 4 6 7 7 10 11 6 9 11
Total - Other Services 796 842 739 731 713 718 716 769 757 779
Unknown 1211 1318 1356 827 55 43 24 41 19 13
Back Injury Claims
The table below shows all back injury standardised claims (see criteria). The totals relate to
claims reported from July 2002 to June 2012. This table compares the proportion of back
injuries to other bodily locations. Care should be taken when comparing claim numbers with
the most recent year, as they have not had the same development time as earlier years.
Back Injury Claims by Report Year
Back Injury Claims Other Claims Total
Back Injury Claims No. % No. % No.
2002/03 7670 24 24475 76 32145 2003/04 7749 24 24392 76 32141 2004/05 7005 23 23427 77 30432 2005/06 6980 23 23655 77 30635 2006/07 6175 21 22814 79 28989 2007/08 5957 20 23168 80 29125 2008/09 5746 20 23039 80 28785 2009/10 5761 20 23304 80 29065 2010/11 5796 19 23940 81 29736 2011/12 5517 19 23744 81 29261
Mental Injury Claims
The table below shows all mental injury standardised claims (see criteria). The totals relate
to claims reported from July 2002 to June 2012. This table compares the proportion of
mental injuries to other nature of affliction injuries. With the introduction of new mechanism
and nature of affliction codes in July 1998 and July 2000, claim numbers have allowed a
more accurate reflection of this type of injury, therefore should not be compared to the prior
series. Care should be taken when comparing claim numbers with the most recent year, as
they have not had the same development time as earlier years.
Mental Injury Claims by Report Year
Mental Injury Claims Other Claims Total
Mental Injury Claims No. % No. % No.
2002/2003 2763 9 29382 91 32145 2003/2004 2903 9 29238 91 32141 2004/2005 2770 9 27662 91 30432 2005/2006 2603 8 28032 92 30635 2006/2007 2558 9 26431 91 28989 2007/2008 2507 9 26618 91 29125 2008/2009 2590 9 26195 91 28785 2009/2010 3012 10 26053 90 29065 2010/2011 3136 11 26600 89 29736 2011/2012 3034 10 26227 90 29261
Manual Handling Injury Claims
The table below shows all manual handling injury standardised claims (see criteria). The totals
relate to claims reported from July 2002 to June 2012. This table compares the proportion of
manual handling injuries to other mechanism of injuries. With the changes to nature of
affliction codes in July 2002, the codes for manual handling have been derived. Care should
be taken when comparing claim numbers with the most recent year, as they have not had the
same development time as earlier years.
Manual Handling Claims by Report Year
Manual Handling Claims Other Claims Total
Manaul Handling Claims No. % No. % No.
2002/2003 14692 46 17453 54 32145 2003/2004 14756 46 17385 54 32141 2004/2005 13934 46 16498 54 30432 2005/2006 13684 45 16951 55 30635 2006/2007 12436 43 16553 57 28989 2007/2008 12543 43 16582 57 29125 2008/2009 12157 42 16628 58 28785 2009/2010 12102 42 16963 58 29065 2010/2011 12221 41 17515 59 29736 2011/2012 11957 41 17304 59 29261
Musculoskeletal Injury Claims
The table below shows all musculoskeletal injury standardised claims (see criteria). The
totals relate to claims reported from July 2002 to June 2012. This table compares the
proportion of musculoskeletal injuries to other nature of afflictions. With the introduction of
new afflictions codes in July 1998, July 2000, and July 2002 claim numbers have allowed
a more accurate reflection of this type of injury, therefore should not be compared to the
prior series. Care should be taken when comparing claim numbers with the most recent
year, as they have not had the same development time as earlier years.
Musculoskeletal Injury Claims by Report Year
Musculoskeletal Claims Other Claims Total
Musculoskeletal Claims No. % No. % No.
2002/2003 18661 58 13484 42 32145 2003/2004 18583 58 13558 42 32141 2004/2005 17388 57 13044 43 30432 2005/2006 17169 56 13466 44 30635 2006/2007 15668 54 13321 46 28989 2007/2008 15915 55 13210 45 29125 2008/2009 15518 54 13267 46 28785
