- AusRehab Help Desk
- Workers Compensation
- 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)