6324.0 - Work-Related Injuries, Australia, JUL 2013 TO JUN 2014 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 19/11/2014   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

The following diagram illustrates the framework for statistics relating to work-related injuries. Persons who worked at some time in the last 12 months were asked whether they experienced a work-related injury or illness in that period.

Work-related injuries and illnesses are broadly defined as any injury or illness or disease which first occurred, in the last 12 months, where a person suffers either physically or mentally from a condition that has arisen out of, or in the course of, employment. The injury or illness is in scope if the respondent first became aware of it in the last 12 months, even though it may have been caused before that. See glossary entry 'work-related injury or illness' and Appendix 1 for more information.

Included are:

  • injuries or illnesses sustained by all categories of employed workers;
  • injuries or illnesses that have been claimed under workers' compensation; and
  • injuries or illnesses that have not been claimed under workers' compensation.

Work-related injuries or illnesses resulting in death are excluded.



WRI 2013–14 Conceptual Framework