Injury statistics for work-related claims give information about claims accepted by ACC for work-related injuries.
Key facts
- A total of 209,400 work-related claims were made in 2024 (down 16,600 from 2023).
- In 2024, the incidence rate for work-related injury claims was 80 claims per 1,000 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs). This is the lowest rate since the start of the series in 2002.
- The agriculture, forestry, and fishing; arts and recreation services; and manufacturing industries had the highest incidence rates of work-related injury claims in 2024.
- By body site of injury, the abdomen (including pelvis, kidney, lower back/spine) had the highest number of work-related injury claims in 2024, with 39,700 claims.
- Trades workers had the highest number of claims by occupation in 2024, with 34,400 claims.
- By age group, the oldest workers (aged 75 and over) had the highest incidence rate of claims in 2024, with 131 claims per 1,000 FTEs.
- By region, Gisborne/Hawke's Bay had the highest incidence rate of claims in 2024, with 120 claims per 1,000 FTEs.
This release contains provisional statistics for work-related claims for injuries in the 2024 calendar year. It also includes final statistics for work-related claims for injuries in the 2023 calendar year, which are updated from last year's published 2023 provisional data.
More data
Use Aotearoa Data Explorer to view and download injury claims data.
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Definitions and metadata
Work-related injury claims 2024 - methodology - DataInfo+ provides information on the general methodology used to produce injury statistics - work-related claims.
Work-related injury concepts and definitions - DataInfo+ provides definition of terms and concepts used in injury statistics - work-related claims.
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Next release
Injury statistics - work-related claims: 2025 will be released in September 2026.
