In 2019, there were 458 work-related, non-fatal injuries in New Zealand. This is an increase from 2009, in which there were 372 non-fatal injuries in New Zealand which were work-related. In New Zealand, the Health and Safety at Work Act (HWS) is in place to ensure that businesses are responsible for their workers' safety.
Number of work-related serious non-fatal injuries in New Zealand from 2009 to 2018
Source: Stats NZ and licensed by Stats NZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
The source describes serious non-fatal injuries as those in which 'a patient admitted to hospital is determined to have a probability of death of 6.9 percent'.
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Statistics New Zealand. (November 8, 2019). Number of work-related serious non-fatal injuries in New Zealand from 2009 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1073675/new-zealand-work-related-serious-non-fatal-injuries/
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Statistics New Zealand. (2019). Number of work-related serious non-fatal injuries in New Zealand from 2009 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1073675/new-zealand-work-related-serious-non-fatal-injuries/
Statistics New Zealand. "Number of Work-related Serious Non-fatal Injuries in New Zealand from 2009 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1073675/new-zealand-work-related-serious-non-fatal-injuries/
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Number of work-related serious non-fatal injuries in New Zealand from 2009 to 2018 [Graph], Statistics New Zealand, November 8, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1073675/new-zealand-work-related-serious-non-fatal-injuries/