Injury Statistics - Work-related Claims: 2006

Highlights

There were 235,200 claims for work-related injuries that occurred in 2006.
Eighty-one claims were lodged for work-related fatalities.
The manufacturing; construction; and agriculture, forestry and fishing industries accounted for 40 percent of all claims.
Workers aged 65 years and over had a higher rate of claims than any other age group.
The total cost of treatment, compensation and rehabilitation for work-related injuries was $225 million, an average of $960 per claim.
The incidence of work-related claims remained relatively stable in the period between 2002 and 2005.

ACC Work-related Claims By age group.

Geoff Bascand		30 October 2007
Government Statistician		ISSN 1176 2160