The findings presented in this report stem from descriptive analyses of six existing Safe Work Australia data sources and one data source held by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). All data sources are survey data. All seven data sources are briefly described in Table 1. Descriptions of each data source and profiles of respondents are provided in Appendix A. Table 1: Data sources used in this report No. Data source Sample population Design Comments 1 ABS Work-related 28 554 workers in Personal interviews Weighted against injuries survey, scope for the Labour by either telephone or population Force Survey and at selected dwellings. benchmarks state, – Work-related injuries Information was age, sex, household topic. collected using composition. Computer Assisted Interviewing. 2 CEOs and 962 CEOs and CATI, samples drawn Data weighted by Supervisors supervisors (153 from work health and business size within Telephone Survey construction workers) safety/work cover state/territory. 2000 across Australia authorities and Dun and Bradstreet list of employers 3 National Hazard 4500 workers aged CATI, random digit Unweighted Exposure Worker 18–64 years (655 dialling, oversampling Surveillance Survey construction workers) of priority industries (NHEWS) 2008 across Australia 4 Motivations, 762 workers over 18 CATI, random digit Unweighted Attitudes, years old working in dialling, quotas set by Perceptions and one of the five priority industry, age groups Skills Survey 2009 industries (176 and state/territory construction workers) across Australia 5 Work Health and 1311 workers over 18 CATI, dual frame Data weighted by Safety Perceptions years of age (90 (mobile and landline) state/territory, sex, Survey of Workers construction workers) sample from age and occupation. 2012 across Australia SampleWorx 6 Work Health and 1052 employers (87 Paper based, drawn Data weighted by Safety Perceptions construction from a random business size, Survey of Employers employers) across sample of 10 000 industry and 2013 Australia businesses from the state/territory. ABS Australian Business Register Work Health and 1504 employers (118 Paper based, drawn Data weighted by 7 Safety Cost of construction from a random industry, business Compliance employers) across sample of 10 000 size and (Regulatory Burden) Australia businesses from the state/territory and Survey 2013 ABS Australian accounted for low Business Register response rates. (this is a different sample from the one above) 3. Main findings Work-related injuries
The findings presented in this report stem from descriptive analyses of six existing Safe Work Australia data sources and one data source held by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). All data sources are survey data. All seven data sources are briefly described in Table 1. Descriptions of each data source and profiles of respondents are provided in Appendix A. Table 1: Data sources used in this report No. Data source Sample population Design Comments 1 ABS Work-related injuries survey, 28 554 workers in scope for the Labour Force Survey and Work-related injuries topic. Personal interviews by either telephone or at selected dwellings. Information was collected using Computer Assisted Interviewing. Weighted against population benchmarks – state, age, sex, household composition. 2 CEOs and Supervisors Telephone Survey 2000 962 CEOs and supervisors (153 construction workers) across Australia CATI, samples drawn from work health and safety/work cover authorities and Dun and Bradstreet list of employers Data weighted by business size within state/territory. 3 National Hazard Exposure Worker Surveillance Survey (NHEWS) 2008 4500 workers aged 18–64 years (655 construction workers) across Australia CATI, random digit dialling, oversampling of priority industries Unweighted 4 Motivations, Attitudes, Perceptions and Skills Survey 2009 762 workers over 18 years old working in one of the five priority industries (176 construction workers) across Australia CATI, random digit dialling, quotas set by industry, age groups and state/territory Unweighted 5 Work Health and Safety Perceptions Survey of Workers 2012 1311 workers over 18 years of age (90 construction workers) across Australia CATI, dual frame (mobile and landline) sample from SampleWorx Data weighted by state/territory, sex, age and occupation. 6 Work Health and Safety Perceptions Survey of Employers 2013 1052 employers (87 construction employers) across Australia Paper based, drawn from a random sample of 10 000 businesses from the ABS Australian Business Register Data weighted by business size, industry and state/territory. 7 Work Health and Safety Cost of Compliance (Regulatory Burden) Survey 2013 1504 employers (118 construction employers) across Australia Paper based, drawn from a random sample of 10 000 businesses from the ABS Australian Business Register (this is a different sample from the one above) Data weighted by industry, business size and state/territory and accounted for low response rates. 3. Main findings Work-related injuries