Work injury statistics
Find statistics on ACC claims for injuries that happened at work.
- Work-related injury claims and costs by year
- New work-related claims by industry and by region
- Caveats to this data
2026 ytd injury cost
$567,720,887
The costs of all active claims
New claims
82,530
in 2026 ytd
Active claims
158,535
in 2026 ytd
Work-related injury claims and costs by year
| Year | New claims | Active claims | Cost of active claims |
| 2017 | 204,888 | 286,602 | $722,901,689 |
| 2018 | 211,371 | 296,332 | $780,106,567 |
| 2019 | 209,938 | 300,295 | $821,813,098 |
| 2020 | 190,074 | 280,932 | $866,264,499 |
| 2021 | 196,746 | 287,899 | $915,517,585 |
| 2022 | 194,450 | 283,292 | $961,751,899 |
| 2023 | 195,455 | 292,400 | $1,116,470,226 |
| 2024 | 180,089 | 284,240 | $1,260,700,128 |
| 2025 | 169,364 | 271,126 | $1,254,610,727 |
| 2026 YTD | 82,530 | 158,535 | $567,720,887 |
Find out about the work we're involved in to prevent injuries in the workplace:
- Claims are included where the 'at work indicator' is equal to 'Y' or the claim is funded by the work account.
- New claims are counted where a claim is lodged with ACC within the specified period. A claim may be lodged immediately following an accident or at any later stage.
- Active claims are counted where the claim received at least one payment within the specified period. A claim was not necessarily lodged or had the accident occur within this period.
- A claim may be active in more than one calendar year and will be counted once in each relevant year in which at least one payment was made.
- Active costs are the GST exclusive cost of payments made for claims that were active in the specified period.
- The cost of public hospital services during the acute stage of an injury is covered under the Public Health Acute Services (PHAS) regulations. These services are bulk-funded and not attributed to individual claims, so cannot be included in these data.
- The calendar year in which the service was paid may differ to the calendar year in which the service was provided.
- Industry is the classification unit of the employer the claim is attributed to. Note that this is the business activity of the employer.
- Some industries have higher proportions of accredited employer claims than other. Caution should be taken comparing between industries when accredited employer claims are excluded.
- If the employer ID is unknown, then the industry has been listed as 'Unknown.
- Region is the location of the accident and may not be where the claimant resided or sought treatment.
- All included claims are accepted for cover
- Data are displayed in calendar years. i.e. 1 January to 31 December
- Claims managed by an accredited employer have been excluded.
- Results are based on data available at the time of extraction and may vary if rerun later.