Queensland Workplace Health & Safety Board - Key Statistical Indicators

Workplace Health & Safety Queensland Queensland Workplace Health & Safety Board - Key Statistical Indicators Quarterly Update 1/2013-14 WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 1 of 19

CONTENTS 1. QUEENSLAND PERFORMANCE AGAINST NATIONAL STRATEGY TARGETS...3 2. WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIMS DATA...7 3 WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY QUEENSLAND PERFORMANCE...13 WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 2 of 19

1. Queensland performance against national strategy targets Injury and musculoskeletal target According to the latest Comparative Performance Monitoring Report (CPM) Queensland s performance reversed the improvement over the last two years and ended below the target of 40 percent reduction by 2012. The Queensland injury rate improved by 20.5 per cent over the course of the Strategy. Serious injuries are those with a duration greater than five days, in the most recent CPM (15th edition) report Queensland recorded a slight increase in these claims. This increase in the last year of the strategy reduced Queensland s improvement against the base period by 0.6 per cent. Figure 1 - Queensland incidence rate of serious injuries against the national strategy target. Rate per 1,000 workers 18.0 16.0 14.0 12.0 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 Base period 2002 03 2003 04 2004 05 2005 06 2006 07 2007 08 2008 09 2009 10 2010 11 2011 12p Qld Actual Target Reduction required to meet target Queensland s improvement of 20.5 per cent for 2011-12 makes it the sixth most improved jurisdiction out of the ten being measured across Australia. Only South Australia met their required rate of improvement recording a 43.7 per cent reduction over the course of the strategy. WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 3 of 19

Figure 2 - Queensland s performance against other jurisdictions Rate per 1,000 workers 20.0 18.0 16.0 14.0 12.0 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 Base period 2002 03 2003 04 2004 05 2005 06 2006 07 2007 08 2008 09 2009 10 2010 11 2011 12 p SA NSW NT Vic Aus Gov Qld Tas WA ACT Source: Comparative Performance Monitoring Report 15th Edition, Indicator 2. The industry that had the highest average rate of serious non fatal injuries between 2005-06 and 2011-12 was Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing closely followed by Manufacturing. On average, for all industries between 2005-06 and 2011-12 the rate of serious non fatal injuries decreased by 17.1 per cent (from 15.7 per 1,000 to 13.0 per 1,000). This decrease was largely driven by the Government administration and Defence (-53%); Manufacturing (-36%); and Construction (-26%) industries. Notably, the industry that recorded the highest injury rate in the seven year period was Manufacturing, with 35.4 per 1,000 workers in 2006-07. Meanwhile, the Finance and Insurance Services industry recorded the lowest injury rate of 1.9 per 1,000 workers in 2011-12. The industries which recorded an increase in incidence rate between 2005-06 and 2011-12 were: Property and Business services (31%); Electricity, Gas and Water Supply (17%); Personal and Other Services (13%); Education (2%); and Retail Trade (1%). WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 4 of 19

Table 1 - Queensland serious non fatal injury rates by Industry (per 1,000 workers) Industry 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 proj Accommodation, cafes and restaurants 13.6 13.3 13.7 13.4 11.7 10.9 12.3 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 33.6 29.8 32.8 30.5 28.3 26.6 25.7 Communication services 7.7 8.3 7.8 4.2 4.5 3.9 4.6 Construction 25.1 23.8 26.0 26.1 20.7 18.0 18.6 Cultural and recreational services 9.1 9.0 8.9 9.6 9.8 8.4 7.8 Education 8.2 9.2 8.1 8.4 9.2 10.3 8.4 Electricity, gas and water supply 3.5 7.0 6.5 4.8 4.9 5.5 4.1 Finance and insurance 2.7 2.5 3.1 3.0 2.3 2.6 1.9 Government administration and defence 13.3 12.6 12.9 7.8 6.8 6.7 6.2 Health and community services 15.2 15.0 16.2 16.4 16.0 14.4 14.4 Manufacturing 35.4 35.4 33.4 29.2 24.6 23.2 22.5 Personal and other services 14.0 15.7 16.5 16.7 15.9 15.3 15.8 Property and business services 9.5 9.2 9.8 9.2 12.1 11.7 12.4 Retail trade 9.1 9.4 10.0 10.0 9.6 9.0 9.2 Transport and storage 26.5 26.3 26.0 22.3 20.3 18.6 19.8 Wholesale trade 19.5 20.7 21.9 20.8 15.0 17.4 16.3 Total 15.7 15.9 16.3 15.0 13.8 13.1 13.0 Source: Safe Work Australia, National Dataset, October 2013 Fatality target In the latest Comparative Performance Monitoring Report (CPM15), the number of compensated fatalities from injury and musculoskeletal disorders in Queensland almost halved in 2009-10 (32 fatalities) when compared to the previous years. Further, this is the third successive year that Queensland has recorded lower numbers of compensated fatalities from injury and musculoskeletal disorders than New South Wales. Table 2 - Queensland fatalities for injury and musculoskeletal disorders against other jurisdictions 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 proj New South Wales 46 52 38 45 44 Queensland 69 59 32 39 39 Victoria 50 39 37 27 32 Western Australia 20 22 14 24 11 South Australia 12 9 13 10 3 Tasmania 8 5 5 4 5 Northern Territory 9 6 5 3 4 Australian Total 224 198 156 154 146 WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 5 of 19

The CPM Report does not provide a jurisdictional break-down of the progress against the National Strategy fatality target, so it is not possible to compare Queensland s fatality rate against other jurisdictions as done for the National Strategy injury target. However, the CPM Report does provide the number of accepted compensated work-related fatality claims by jurisdiction, dividing this by the number of employees covered by workers compensation scheme, Queensland s fatality rate can be approximated. Using this methodology, Queensland s incident rate improved by 26 per cent over the period from 2005-06 to 2011-12. This is a significant change in the trend of compensated fatalities in Queensland, where between 2004-05 to 2007-08 the fatal incident rate increased by 54 per cent. Figure 3 - Queensland s incidence rate of fatalities against the national strategy target. Claim rate per 100,000 workers 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 Base period 2002 03 2003 04 2004 05 2005 06 2006 07 2007 08 2008 09 2009 10 2010 11 2011 12p Qld Actual Target Reduction required to meet target The industry with the highest number of work-related fatalities between 2007-08 and 2011-12, was the Transport & Storage (70 fatalities) industry, followed by the Construction (45 fatalities), the Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (28 fatalities) industry and Manufacturing (23 fatalities). WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 6 of 19

Table 3 - Queensland fatalities broken down by Industry. Industry Sector 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 proj Total Accommodation, cafes and restaurants 0 0 1 1 0 2 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 4 7 3 8 6 28 Communication services 1 1 0 0 0 2 Construction 10 11 6 7 11 45 Cultural and recreational services 0 0 0 0 2 2 Education 1 0 0 0 2 3 Electricity, gas and water supply 1 0 0 0 0 1 Government administration and defence 0 0 0 0 0 0 Finance and insurance 1 0 1 1 0 3 Health and community services 0 0 0 1 0 1 Manufacturing 4 8 5 2 4 23 Personal and other services 3 5 0 3 1 12 Property and business services 4 3 1 2 4 14 Retail trade 2 4 1 4 0 11 Transport and storage 35 14 8 6 7 70 Wholesale trade 1 6 3 3 1 14 Total a 69 59 32 39 39 238 a Includes Mining Figure 4 - Queensland fatalities broken down by high-risk industry sector. Number of fatalities 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2007 08 2008 09 2009 10 2010 11 2011 12 proj Agriculture, forestry and fishing Construction Manufacturing Transport and storage WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 7 of 19

2. Queensland Workplace Health & Safety Internal Monitoring Measures 1,2,3,6 WHSQ Internal Monitoring Fatal Claims Measure The rate of accepted fatal claims per 100,000 employees is relatively volatile, but on yearon-year terms decreased sharply in both 2008-09 and 2009-10, before climbing again in the period immediately following. The fatal claim rate has been consistently below the base period from 2009-10 to 2012-13. While the claim rate for 2012-13 showed a decrease of 39 per cent from a year earlier, claims lodged in 2012-13 have yet to fully develop. 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Table 4 Accepted fatal claims Base 2012-13 Period a Employees ( 000) 1,487.7 1,925.8 1,930.8 1,973.0 2,016.5 2,021.7 No. Claims 46 65 35 43 49 30 Rate (per 100,000 employees) 3.1 3.4 1.8 2.2 2.4 1.5 Annual rate % change -21% b -46% 20% 11% Rate % change from base period 10% -41% -29% -21% a base period includes 2001-02 to 2003-04. b percentage change between 2007-08 and 2008-09. Figure 5 - Accepted fatal claim rate, base period (2001-02 to 2003-04) to 2012-13 4.0 Accepted fatal claim rate (per 100,000 employees) 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 3.1 3.4 1.8 2.2 2.4 1.5 0.0 Base Period 2008 09 2009 10 2010 11 2011 12 2012 13 Please note: The accepted fatal claim rate for 2012-13 is subject to further development WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 8 of 19

WHSQ Internal Monitoring Non-Fatal Claims Measure From 2008-09 to 2011-12, the non-fatal claim rate (per 1,000 employees) declined steadily. While the non-fatal claim rate showed a 24 per cent decrease in 2012-13, claims accepted in 2012-13 have yet to fully develop. Based on the recent trend of the non-fatal claim rate, it is likely that CPM 15 will show an overall improvement in the Injury and musculoskeletal target for Queensland of around 20-22 percent for 2011-12. 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Table 5 Accepted non- fatal claims Base 2012-13 Period a Employees ( 000) 1,487.7 1,925.8 1,930.8 1,973.0 2,016.5 2,021.7 No. Claims 25,440 31,341 29,766 29,344 29,312 22,277 Rate (per 1,000 employees) 17.1 16.3 15.4 14.9 14.5 11.0 Annual rate % change -4% a -5% -4% -2% Rate % change from base period -5% -10% -13% -15% a base period includes 2001-02 to 2003-04 b percentage change between 2007-08 and 2008-09 Figure 6 - Accepted non-fatal claim rate, base period (2001-02 to 2003-04) to 2012-13 Accepted non fatal claim rate (per 1,000 employees) m 18.0 17.0 16.0 15.0 14.0 13.0 12.0 11.0 10.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 17.1 16.3 15.4 14.9 14.5 11.0 Base Period 2008 09 2009 10 2010 11 2011 12 2012 13 Please note: The accepted non-fatal claim rate for 2012-13 is subject to further development WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 9 of 19

3. Workers compensation claims data All workers compensation claims 2,4,6 Accepted claims 2,3,4,6 Table 6 - Accepted Claims (On Duty and at Place of Work) by Severity 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 % of Total Accept ed Claims Fatal 52 50 80 65 35 43 49 30 0.1% Total non-fatal 72,422 82,610 87,173 85,688 80,930 80,647 78,795 61,017 99.8% Permanent impairment 5,650 5,876 6,008 5,748 5,305 4,994 3,843 1,142 6% Serious temporary Injury ( 5 working days duration) 23,063 24,564 25,513 25,593 24,461 24,350 25,469 21,135 30.8% Short-term temporary injury (< 5 working days duration) 43,709 52,170 55,652 54,347 51,164 51,303 49,483 38,740 62.9% Asbestosis/ Mesothelioma Claims 118 94 87 69 74 100 120 88 0.1% Total 72,592 82,754 87,340 85,822 81,039 80,790 78,964 61,135 100%* Rate (per 1,000 workers) 42.4 45.7 46.8 44.6 42.0 40.9 39.2 30.2 Annual % Change -1% a 8% 2% -5% -6% -2% -4% -4% Source: Queensland Employee Injury Database. Data current as at June quarter 2013 Includes on duty, on break at place of work & employees only. Claims are subject to development. a % change between 2004-05 & 2005-06 *Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding The total number of accepted claims decreased over the last five financial years after an historical high in 2007-08. However, asbestosis or mesothelioma claims have increased from 2008-09 to 2011-12. Claims for 2012-13 are yet to fully develop. The jump in claims from 2005-06 to 2006-07 was due to the introduction of the fax fee by WorkCover Queensland, the initiative was designed to reduce the under-reporting of claims and also to improve intervention timeframes. WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 10 of 19

Figure 7 - Intimated & Accepted Claims Rates (2005-06 to 2012-13) 70.0 60.0 Claim rate (per 1,000 employees) m 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 49.4 42.5 53.7 45.8 54.9 46.9 52.7 44.6 50.4 42.0 51.6 50.5 41.0 39.2 39.4 30.3 10.0 0.0 2005 06 2006 07 2007 08 2008 09 2009 10 2010 11 2011 12 2012 13 Intimated claim rate Accepted claim rate Intimated claims are all claims lodged in the Queensland Workers Compensation scheme. From 2005-06 to 2012-13, the average difference between the intimated and accepted claim rates was 8.8 claims per 1,000 workers. As a result of changes to the workers compensation scheme, the claim rates in Figure 7 are based on employees only. As such, the above figure should not be compared to previous reports. WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 11 of 19

Fatal claims 2,3,4,6 Table 7 - Accepted Fatal Claims by Type 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Commuting 41 37 32 40 37 27 24 19 On break & other 2 3 1 6 1 4 0 0 Working away from normal workplace 2 6 0 3 4 6 6 4 On duty road traffic accidents 21 19 38 24 10 9 11 11 On duty at place of work 28 24 41 37 21 27 32 15 Traumatic injuries 18 17 25 24 14 24 24 13 Diseases 8 6 12 11 7 3 6 1 Other 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 Total 94 89 112 110 73 73 73 49 Rate (per 100,000 workers) 5.5 4.9 6.0 5.7 3.8 3.6 3.4 Annual % Change 3% a -10% 22% -5% -33% -6% -6% Source: Queensland Employee Injury Database. Data current as at June quarter 2013 The method of identification of fatal claims was recently reviewed, this has lead to a decrease in both the number of claims and the reported rate. As such, the above table may not match previous reports. Includes employees only. Excludes fatalities due to asbestosis or mesothelioma Claims are subject to development a % change between 2004-05 and 2005-06 Given the small numbers of accepted fatal claims, it is difficult to determine an overarching trend due to volatility. From 2005-06 to 2012-2013 commuting claims account for the majority of accepted fatal claims, followed by traumatic injuries that occur while on duty, at the workplace. Asbestosis/Mesothelioma claims 2,3,4,6 Table 8 - Accepted Asbestosis/Mesothelioma Claims by Severity 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Fatal 4 34 49 37 20 9 10 16 4 Permanent Impairment 17 13 7 4 1 9 15 18 Temporary Impairment 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Common Law 30 15 6 10 4 6 8 3 Other 36 17 37 35 59 74 81 63 Total 118 94 87 69 74 100 120 88 Source: Queensland Employee Injury Database. Data current as at June quarter 2013 Claims are subject to development Includes employees only. WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 12 of 19

4. Workplace Health & Safety Queensland Performance This section seeks to highlight: the quantity of contacts made to WHSQ and indicators of the quality and timeliness of contact services provided; inspectorate capacity as compared with other WHS regulators; the quantum of inspectorate proactive and reactive activity undertaken; the areas in which inspectorate resources have been allocated; the major campaigns underway within WHSQ; the quantum of notices issued by the inspectorate to bring about compliance; and the extent of the use of sanctions by WHSQ inspectors. A mixture of internal data, derived databases used by inspectors, Infoline contact officers and licensing staff, has been sourced for this report along with data that is reported in Comparative Performance Monitoring Reports produced by Safe Work Australia. WHSQ contact Table 9 - WHSQ contact 2011-12 to 2013-14 YTD Type of contact 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 YTD Incident notifications a 6,537 4,143 623 Complaints a 4,559 5,360 1,862 Number of occupational licensing transactions b 87,769 74,012 15,174 Clients accessing information and advisory services, which is made up of the following four measures: 2,365,802 2,178,209 575,844 Number of telephone enquiries to AAA Centre c 111,247 112,570 25,807 Number of email enquiries to AAA Centre c 6,111 4,755 1,161 Clients accessing information via regional counter visits d 9,052 3,964 548 Visits to website e 2,239,392 2,056,920 548,328 Grade of service (percentage of calls answered in less than 3 minutes by Infoline) c 75% 78% 66% Calls abandoned (percentage of incoming) c 8% 10% 12% Percentage of calls answered without delay c 43% 37% 50% Sources a Source data supplied by BSSU October 2013 (and DG Report Card for previous periods) b Supplied by Licensing Services c Supplied by AAA Centre d Supplied by Regional Directors e Supplied by Awareness and Engagement Unit WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 13 of 19

Inspectorate capacity According to the latest Comparative Performance Monitoring Report, for the 2011-12 year (the latest reference year in the report), Queensland, in comparison with the other Australian jurisdictions had the: third highest number of active field inspectors; and the fourth highest number of active field inspectors per 10,000 workers. Table 10 - WHS jurisdictional inspectorate capacity, 2011-12 Jurisdiction NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS NT ACT Number of active field inspectors 315 240 216 103 93 31 12 23 Active Field inspectors per 10,000 employees 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.1 1.7 Source Comparative Performance Monitoring Report 15 th Edition Inspectorate activity Table 11 - WHSQ inspectorate activity, 2011-12 to 2013-14 YTD Rate per '000 Rate per '000 Rate per '000 Type of activity a 2011-12 employing 2012-13 employing 2013-14 YTD employing businesses* b businesses* b businesses* b Total number of workplace visits 31,088 191 30,219 184 6,847 N/A Total number of distinct workplaces visited 14,458 89 14,723 90 3,964 N/A Assessments conducted 22,075 136 23,343 142 5,340 N/A Advisories conducted 4,865 30 3,047 19 623 N/A Investigations conducted 1,017 6 606 4 47 N/A Sources a Source data supplied by BSSU October 2013 (and DG Report Card for previous periods) b Source ABS 8165.0 - Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2007 - June 2011 * Number of businesses employing staff in Qld ABS estimate June 2011 Under the new Workplace Health and Safety Response Assessment Process (WRAP), events received by each region are triaged to determine the regional response. This response can include a determination to close out the event, create and allocate a response assessment, allocate as an investigation, or an escalation through these responses as required. According to the latest available Comparative Monitoring Report, for the 2011-12 year, Queensland compared with other Australian jurisdictions, had the: highest number of proactive workplace visits; and highest number of workshops/presentations/seminars/forums. WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 14 of 19

Table 12 - WHS jurisdictional inspectorate activity, 2011-12 Jurisdiction NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS NT ACT Number of workplace visits: proactive 6,577 21,945 26,091 5,228 9,201 4,442 946 433 Number of workshops/ presentations/seminars/forums : proactive 1,065 u/a 3,179 285 345 172 102 218 Number of workplace visits: reactive 13,652 18,567 2,455 4,446 9,510 3,230 2,889 1,574 Other reactive interventions 26,244 u/a 10,710 17,307 11,869 2,276 u/a 0 Source Comparative Performance Monitoring Report 15 th Edition Inspectorate resource allocation 8 The following tables provide two different ways of illustrating the allocation of inspectorate resource to industry groups. Table 13 illustrates proportion allocation of inspector time within particular business groups. Table 14 illustrates the proportion of the total number of activities that have been undertaken within particular business groups. The presentation of the information using the two tables helps to verify the allocation of resources across the industry groups. The data presented highlights complementary allocation of resources regardless of the data used. Table 13 - WHSQ inspectorate resource allocation by industry, 2011-12 to 2013-14 YTD (per cent of total activities based on time allocation) a Industry Group 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 YTD Construction 47% 39% 40% Transport, postal and warehousing 4% 4% 3% Manufacturing 14% 12% 11% Health care and social assistance 1% 2% 2% Public administration and safety 1% 6% 5% Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2% 3% 4% Education and training 1% 3% 3% Other * 30% 31% 32% Total 100% 100% 100% Source a Source data supplied by BSSU October 2013 * Includes where industry is not recorded, Mining, and other industries such as Accommodation and Food Services, Administrative and Support Services, Arts and Recreation Services and Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Table 14 - WHSQ inspectorate resource allocation by industry, 2011-12 to 2013-14 YTD (per cent of field activities based on activity count) a Industry Group 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 YTD Construction 38% 47% 46% Transport, postal and warehousing 4% 3% 3% WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 15 of 19

Industry Group 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 YTD Manufacturing 14% 11% 9% Health care and social assistance 2% 2% 2% Public administration and safety 7% 2% 1% Agriculture, forestry and fishing 3% 2% 3% Education and training 2% 2% 2% Other * 30% 31% 34% Total 100% 100% 100% Source a Source data supplied by BSSU October 2013 * Includes where industry is not recorded, Mining, and other industries such as Accommodation and Food Services, Administrative and Support Services, Arts and Recreation Services and Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Major WHSQ campaigns 9 The following table highlights the activity within major campaigns underway at 30 September 2013. These campaigns are typically run across all regions. Table 15 - WHSQ inspectorate activity as a direct result of major campaigns conducted a Workplace visits Campaign Type of campaign Campaign timeframe 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 YTD Total visits for campaign Construction housekeeping Construction falls from heights Construction mobile plant Asbestos Registers Service Stations b Quad Bikes b Compliance Compliance Compliance Compliance and Advisory Compliance and Advisory Compliance and Advisory October 2010 June 2014 2,081 1,745 148 3,974 October 2010 June 2014 1,481 1,636 287 3,404 October 2010 June 2014 604 386 37 1,027 January 2012 June 2016 465 1,530 290 2,285 July 2012 June 2014 n/a 230 130 360 July 2012 June 2014 n/a 89 17 106 Source a Source data supplied by BSSU October 2013 b These campaigns were in the planning stage throughout the first half of 2012 calendar year. Workplace assessment site visits did not commence until Aug 2012. Refer to the Campaigns paper for detailed information about the current campaigns underway. WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 16 of 19

Compliance notices WHSQ inspectors issue a range of notices for the legislation under which they have been appointed as inspectors. Table 16 deals with the notices that are issued that require a compliance action by the person on whom the notice has been issued. Table 16 - WHSQ compliance notices by category, 2011-12 to 2013-14 YTD a Notice Type 2011-12 Rate per '000 employing businesses* b 2012-13 Rate per '000 employing businesses* b 2013-14 YTD Rate per '000 employing businesses* b Improvement notices 6,986 43 5,467 33 1,306 N/A Prohibition notices N/A 1,750 11 1,349 8 362 Dangerous goods N/A directives c 167 1 0 0 0 Electrical safety N/A protection notices 80 0 57 0 11 Unsafe equipment N/A notices 0 0 0 0 0 Total 8,983 55 6,873 42 1,679 N/A Source a Source data supplied by BSSU October 2013 (and DG Report Card for previous periods) b Source ABS 8165.0 - Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2007 June 2011 c Dangerous goods directives are no longer issued since 1 January 2012 due to the repeal of the Dangerous Goods Safety Management Act * Number of businesses employing staff in Qld ABS estimate June 2011 Based on the latest CPM Table 17 sets out the number of improvement and prohibition notices issued by WHS jurisdictions in 2011-12. This highlights that WHSQ inspectors issued less improvement notices than other jurisdictions but issued the highest number of prohibition notices. Direct comparisons of notices issued cannot be made due to differences in jurisdictional policy about the number of breaches that can be addressed on a single notice. Table 17 - WHS jurisdictional prohibition and improvement notices issued, 2011-12 Jurisdiction NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS NT ACT Number of improvement notices issued 8,859 17,907 7,030 8,212 2,295 79 68 282 Number of prohibition notices issued 601 645 1,757 401 857 132 72 135 Source Comparative Performance Monitoring Report 15 th Edition Sanctions Infringement notices, prosecutions and enforceable undertakings are the key sanctions available under Queensland WHS legislation. Table 18 highlights the application of infringement notices and enforceable undertakings. WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 17 of 19

There are two reasons for the decrease in infringement notices being issued, firstly under the harmonised laws the number of breaches where infringements notices can be issued against has significantly reduced and also WHSQ is conducting more risk based prosecutions where greater time and resources are required. Table 18 - Infringement notices and undertakings, 2011-12 to 2013-14 YTD Type of Sanction 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 YTD Number of infringement notices a 207 61 19 Total of infringement fines a $190,049 $106,448 $26,672 Total number of electrical safety and WHS undertakings accepted by the Director-General b 6 17 3 Source a Source data supplied by BSSU October 2013 (and DG Report Card for previous periods) b Supplied by Program Co-ordinator, Enforceable Undertakings Program, for last period (and DG Report Card for previous periods) According to the latest Comparative Performance Monitoring Report, for the 2011-12 year, Queensland, in comparison with the other Australian jurisdictions (see Table 19) had the second highest number of finalised legal proceedings. Table 19 - WHS jurisdictional application of sanctions, 2011-12 Jurisdiction NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS NT ACT Legal proceedings finalised 84 116 98 54 37 10 4 2 Successful legal proceedings a 84 100 78 47 36 7 4 1 Number of infringement notices issued 357 n/a 207 n/a n/a 44 0 4 Source Comparative Performance Monitoring Report 15 th Edition a Successful legal proceedings are those which result in a conviction, order or agreement Refer to the Legal Proceedings and Enforceable Undertakings paper for more information about these types of sanctions. WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 18 of 19

1. The Queensland Workplace Health and Safety internal monitoring measures are designed to be lead indicators of what will be reported in the Comparative Performance Monitoring report (CPM) published annually by Safework Australia. These measures are as close to the national strategy targets as is possible using internal WHSQ data and published ABS data. The monitoring measures are based on accepted claims from employees, including all on duty claims and on break claims at the place of work, and are based on permanent impairment claims and temporary impairment claims with 5 working days or more absence. The base period for measurement is 2001-02 to 2003-04. 2. Workers compensation data is sourced from the Queensland Employee Injury Database. Data is current as at the March quarter 2013 and is subject to change with further development. The mining industry is excluded from all data. 3. Accepted claims are those claims for which liability has been accepted by insurers at least once in the claim s history. Some claim types take longer to be accepted, in particular fatalities, diseases and permanent impairment claims. 4. WorkCover Queensland has changed how it processes claims for latent onset diseases. Workers with some terminal latent onset diseases (eg asbestosis, mesothelioma, skin cancers, passive smoking) have the option of receiving a lump sum payment at the time of diagnosis, or a payment to their estate on their death. Workers who accept the lump sum payment upfront are no longer classified as fatalities, even after they have actually died. Dependents normally don t notify WorkCover Queensland when the worker has died. 5. Asbestosis/mesothelioma claims represent the majority of cases affected by this change with only three skin cancer and passive smoking claims so far affected. As a consequence, there is little value in ongoing reporting of fatal asbestosis and mesothelioma claims. Workers diagnosed with asbestosis/mesothelioma will now be treated as a separate category irrespective of whether the worker has died yet or not. 6. The identification of the employment status of compensated workers has improved (ie whether the worker is an employee, self-employed, volunteer, or student on industry placement). This has resulted in small changes to the number of employees used to calculate injury and fatality rates for the monitoring measures. The full-time series has been updated with the revised data to ensure timeseries consistency. 7. Statutory Notices are from the Compliance Investigation System and represent both notices issued as a result of reactive investigations and notices issued as a result of proactive assessments. 8. The resource allocation for the inspectorate (Table 11) has been determined using the time recorded in the Compliance & Investigation System Refresh (CISR) for an inspector to action an event, investigation, assessment or advisory including travel time. The resource allocation for the inspectorate (Table 12) has been determined using the total number of field activities recorded in CISR, to action an event, investigation, assessment or advisory. 9. Major Campaigns listed in this table are those state-wide proactive campaigns that involve the greatest amount of inspectorate resource. 10. Percentage of calls answered without delay - this percentage represents calls answered within 20 seconds. 11. Field Activities is made up of the following activity types - Workplace Consultation, Workplace Observation, Workplace Survey Visit, Group Coaching Delivery, Relationship Management Program Development and Negotiation, Site Monitoring, Site Visit, Site Visit (No Insp Report), and Toolbox Talks. WHS Board Key Statistical Indicators November 2013 Page 19 of 19