2024 health care statistics
Occupations
| Top three occupations with Total injuries | Total | Percentage |
| Assisting occupations in support of health services | 1141 | 35.52% |
| Nurse supervisors and registered nurses | 575 | 17.90% |
| Other technical occupations in health care (except dental) | 375 | 11.67% |
| Top three occupations with Time Loss injury and fatality | Total | Percentage |
| Assisting occupations in support of health services | 741 | 42.37% |
| Nurse supervisors and registered nurses | 217 | 12.41% |
| Other technical occupations in health care (except dental) | 203 | 11.61% |
Causes
| Top five causes for injury | Claims total | Percentage |
| Bodily reaction and exertion | 1354 | 42.15% |
| Contact with objects and equipment | 662 | 20.61% |
| Falls | 429 | 13.36% |
| Exposure to harmful substances or environments | 382 | 11.89% |
| Assaults, violent acts, attacks, harassment | 337 | 10.49% |
| Top five causes for Time Loss injury and fatality | Claims total | Percentage |
| Bodily reaction and exertion | 889 | 50.83% |
| Falls | 286 | 16.35% |
| Contact with objects and equipment | 200 | 11.44% |
| Exposure to harmful substances or environments | 192 | 10.98% |
| Assaults, violent acts, attacks, harassment | 163 | 9.32% |
Body parts
| Top three injured body parts | Claims total | Percentage |
| Back | 631 | 19.65% |
| Hand | 537 | 16.72% |
| Multi | 375 | 11.67% |
| Top three body parts with Time Loss injury and fatality | Claims total | Percentage |
| Back | 417 | 23.84% |
| Leg | 228 | 13.04% |
| Shoulder | 227 | 12.98% |
| Most common causes | Claim per cent | Comment |
| Bodily reaction and exertion is the most common cause of injury. | 38.18% | of these injuries are to back. The most common of these injuries are due to other overexertion such as health care patient or resident of health care facility. |
| Bodily reaction and exertion is the most common cause of injury. | 20.46% | of these injuries are to shoulder. The most common of these injuries are due to other overexertion such as health care patient or resident of health care facility. |
| Bodily reaction and exertion is the most common cause of injury. | 11.15% | of these injuries are to leg. The most common of these injuries are due to bending, climbing, crawling, reaching, twisting such as bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker. |
| Contact with objects and equipment is the other major cause of injury. | 62.69% | of these injuries are to hand. The most common of these injuries are due to struck by swinging or slipping object such as needles and syringes. |
| Contact with objects and equipment is the other major cause of injury. | 7.10% | of these injuries are to leg. The most common of these injuries are due to struck by swinging or slipping object such as needles and syringes. |
| Contact with objects and equipment is the other major cause of injury. | 6.80% | of these injuries are to head. The most common of these injuries are due to struck against stationary object such as shelving. |
