Serious claims incidence rates

This measure shows the incidence rate of the number of accepted serious workers’ compensation claims lodged in each financial year per 1,000 employees.

Serious claims refer to work-related injury or disease claims that result in a week or more absence from work.

Workers’ compensation data provides an indicator for measuring work health and safety performance. While there are some limitations, including that the data only cover those eligible for workers’ compensation and under-report the incidence of disease, the data still provides a good indication of work health and safety trends.

Safety performance and work-related injuries and illness impacts workers, their families and community wellbeing.

In 2020-21 (the most recent reporting year), the incident rate was 10.1 compensation claims per 1,000 employees. This compares to a national rate of 10.5.

Over time, results for the ACT have been stable.