1. AusRehab Help Desk
  2. Workers Compensation
  3. Key Work Health and Safety Statistics Australia 2024

What is the most common bodily location affected by work-related injury and illness?

Claims are most often made for the upper limbs, lower limbs and trunk.

Serious claims by bodily locations:

  • Upper limbs: 32.6% (45,300)
  • Lower limbs: 22.2% (30,900)
  • Trunk: 19.4% (27,000)
  • Head: 3.6% (5,000)
  • Neck: 1.7% (2,400)