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. 

There is a companion Media Release published – Injury Statistics – Work-related Claims: 2006.

Injury Statistics – Work-related Claims: 2006 (pdf)