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Injuries resulting in more than a week away from work

The information in this report comes from our System for Work-related Injury Forecasting and Targeting (SWIFT). It includes ACC data on approved work-related injury claims that resulted in more than a week away from work (WAFW). Note: Reporting is paused while we update our system. Information may be requested under the Official Information Act during this pause: www.worksafe.govt.nz/contact-us/oia-request/

Last updated 24 Sep 2023

Injuries resulting in more than a week away from work from Jan 2020 to Jan 2021

  • All Injuries resulting in more than a week away from work
Limits of the data
  • The number of injuries have been randomly adjusted up or down to numbers divisible by three, known as random rounding to base 3 (RR3). This is done as a confidentiality measure to disguise small counts and protect the privacy of individuals. Note that as a result some small counts may be rounded to zero, but RR3 will have minimal effect on figures once they have been summarised by users. 
  • For more information on RR3 see the Stats NZ website: Safeguarding confidentiality. 
  • For access to unit record work-related claims data for research purposes, please contact either the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) or Statistics New Zealand (Stats NZ).
  • Data from the last six months will likely be lower than the final injury and claim counts. When estimating injury trends, we recommend applying a six-month lag to WAFW claims, and a three-month lag to fatal counts. 
  • While this draws on ACC data, differences in counting criteria mean it may not match ACC counts, and should not be considered official ACC data.
  • A single injury may have several accident types. We use the Type of Occurrence Classification System (TOOCS). Accident type corresponds to the accident mechanism.
  • Averages have been rounded to 1 decimal place. A value of ‘0’ indicates a value that has been rounded to ‘0.0’.
  • The industry variable uses the Australia and New Zealand Standard Industry Classification (2006) system, but alters the reporting levels of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing industry to provide more detail.
  • Employment data for injury rates are based on Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED). There is an 18 month lag on this data. We assume that employment this year is unchanged from last year in order to estimate injury rates for this year.