posted on 2020-12-02, 02:37authored byTing Xia, Ross Iles, Sharon Newnam, Dan I. Lubman, Alex CollieAlex Collie
This report, the second from the National Transport and Logistics Industry
Health and Wellbeing Study, presents findings from analysis of national
workers’ compensation claims data in order to:
1. Describe the geographic distribution of work‑related injury and disease in
Australian truck drivers.
2. Describe the nature, extent and impact of work‑related injury and
disease in Australian truck drivers by age, socioeconomic status and
employer size.
3. Compare rates of compensated work‑related fatality in truck drivers to
other workers in Australia