H&S Enforcement and Injury Index

The H&S Enforcement and Injury Index carries 10 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages; the 6 published figures given by jurisdiction run from 3.10 to 41 percent, read 12 October 2026.

3.1 to 41 % Range by jurisdiction 6 published figures, not one market: read the rows
6 Published figures from 2 source pages, read 19 Oct 2026
2 of 8 Sources read that publish one 25% publish a figure at all
  1. Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release72 %
  2. Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release41 %
  3. Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release27 %
  4. Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release18 %
  5. Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release17 %
  6. Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release15 %
  7. Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release14.9 %
  8. US Bureau of Labor Statistics: injuries, illnesses and fatalities4 %
  9. Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release3.5 %
  10. US Bureau of Labor Statistics: injuries, illnesses and fatalities3.1 %
Every published figure, highest first.
Table view
RowValue
Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release72 %
Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release41 %
Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release27 %
Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release18 %
Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release17 %
Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release15 %
Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release14.9 %
US Bureau of Labor Statistics: injuries, illnesses and fatalities4 %
Safe Work Australia: key WHS statistics, latest release3.5 %
US Bureau of Labor Statistics: injuries, illnesses and fatalities3.1 %
  1. 24 to 15
  2. 315 to 26
  3. 126 to 38
  4. 138 to 49
  5. 49 to 61
  6. 161 to 72
Where the 10 published figures fall, %, in six equal bands from the lowest to the highest.
Bands
BucketValue
4 to 152 figures
15 to 263 figures
26 to 381 figure
38 to 491 figure
49 to 610 figures
61 to 721 figure

2 of the 8 named sources read in full publish a figure; 6 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

By jurisdiction and industry

BreakdownMedianRangeSources
jurisdictionUnited States3.55%3.55 to 3.55%1
jurisdictionAustralia14.95%14.95 to 14.95%1
industryTransport, postal and warehousing27%27 to 27%1
industryConstruction18%18 to 18%1
industryAgriculture, forestry and fishing17%17 to 17%1
industryAdministrative and support services72%72 to 72%1

Every figure, with its source

One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.

The sentence each figure was read from (10)

Read in full, publishes no figure

6 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.

Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).

2 of the 8 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 6 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 3 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.

The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 6 figures, never sentences; 108 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.

The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one series per industry per year: enforcement notices served, prosecutions concluded, the regulation most cited, and the injury and ill-health rates from the national statistics release, with the fine distribution where the register publishes it; the derivation nobody publishes is the JOIN - enforcement volume per REGULATION mapped onto the statutory-assessment table, so a hazard row carries how often failing it is actually enforced, and the per-industry rate that turns 'you must assess' into 'here is what happens when you do not'; changed-since on every statistical release

108 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.

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The H&S Enforcement and Injury Index carries 10 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages; the 6 published figures given by jurisdiction run from 3.10 to 41 percent, read 12 October 2026.

2 of the 8 named sources read in full publish a figure; 6 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

H&S Enforcement and Injury Index, jurisdiction United States: median 3.55 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

H&S Enforcement and Injury Index, jurisdiction Australia: median 14.95 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

H&S Enforcement and Injury Index, industry Transport, postal and warehousing: median 27 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

H&S Enforcement and Injury Index, industry Construction: median 18 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

H&S Enforcement and Injury Index, industry Agriculture, forestry and fishing: median 17 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

H&S Enforcement and Injury Index, industry Administrative and support services: median 72 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

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3.10 to 41 percent

6 of 10 published figures (jurisdiction), H&S Enforcement and Injury Index, across 2 sources, read 12 October 2026

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