The construction, recreational and asbestos management industries were the focus of the proactive compliance program for Workplace Health and Safety Queensland’s (WHSQ), which recently announced it will focus on additional industries in 2025.
There has been a 56 per cent increase in workers’ compensation claims for assaults and exposure to workplace violence since 2017-18, according to a recent Safe Work Australia report. It found that there were 53,139 accepted workers’ compensation claims for being assaulted and 12,721 accepted claims for exposure to workplace or occupational violence over the past 10 years.