whose injuries resulted from work activity or exposures, and injuries occurred in an incident that took place in Australian territories or territorial waters. The report includes all persons killed: while working including unpaid volunteers and family workers, persons undertaking work experience and defence force personnel killed within Australian territories or territorial waters or travelling for work (worker fatalities), or as a result of someone else’s work activity (bystander fatalities). The collection specifically excludes those who died: of iatrogenic injuries those where the worker died due to medical — intervention due to natural causes such as heart attacks and strokes, except where a work-related injury was the direct cause of the heart attack or stroke as a result of diseases, such as cancers due to injuries sustained working overseas (defence personnel and civilians), or by self-inflicted injuries (suicide). People who died of injuries caused by someone else’s work activity while themselves at work are classified as a worker rather than as a bystander. Changes from previous publications may also be evident due to the availability of additional information from finalised coroners reports and additional workers’ compensation claims.
whose injuries resulted from work activity or exposures, and injuries occurred in an incident that took place in Australian territories or territorial waters. The report includes all persons killed: while working including unpaid volunteers and family workers, persons undertaking work experience and defence force personnel killed within Australian territories or territorial waters or travelling for work (worker fatalities), or as a result of someone else’s work activity (bystander fatalities). The collection specifically excludes those who died: of iatrogenic injuries — those where the worker died due to medical intervention due to natural causes such as heart attacks and strokes, except where a work-related injury was the direct cause of the heart attack or stroke as a result of diseases, such as cancers due to injuries sustained working overseas (defence personnel and civilians), or by self-inflicted injuries (suicide). People who died of injuries caused by someone else’s work activity while themselves at work are classified as a worker rather than as a bystander. Changes from previous publications may also be evident due to the availability of additional information from finalised coroners reports and additional workers’ compensation claims.
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