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Employer cost per construction accident, from a short absence to a fatality
A$97,408 per case (2013 AUD): Employer cost per construction accident, from a short absence to a fatality (Allison, Hon & Xia, 2019; Australia; moderate confidence).
What it is. AUD per incident to the employer, ranging AU$1,200 (short absence) to AU$97,408 (fatality).
Range A$1,200 to A$97,408 (reported min max)
Sample. Built from the Safe Work Australia 2012-13 dataset plus three Tier-two contractor case studies, Australia. Employer-borne: AU$1,200 (58.82%) for a short absence, AU$6,211 for a long absence, AU$50,175 for full incapacity, AU$97,408 for a fatality (2.23% of that accident's total cost).
What it is not. Not independent - it re-cuts the same Safe Work Australia data and is checked against only three case studies, with no averaged employer cost per accident. Severity-specific, so the high end is a fatality and not a typical incident. Penalties are separate and can reach AU$17.0m (Category 1, Commonwealth) or AU$20m (industrial manslaughter, NSW). Price year taken from the source's data year; not yet confirmed against the source's tables.
Where it came from
- Allison, Hon & Xia (2019), Construction accidents in Australia: Evaluating the true costs · free copytables 6 and 7 · source record