1 . Preliminary data for 2011 -12 show 27 % of serious claims had compensation 12 or more weeks off work . e period 2007-08 to 2010-11 all jurisdictions except Western Australia, Tasmania and tralian Capital Territory recorded decreases in incidence rates of long term claims largest decrease in the Northern Territory (40% ) followed by Victoria (12% ) and land (6%). liminary data for 2011-12 show that incidence rates of long term claims ranged from ms per 1000 employees in the Northern Territory to 4.8 in the Australian Capital Claims per 1000 employees ACT TAS WA SA Old Vic NSW NT Aust 3: Claims involving twelve or more weeks off work : Incidence rates by jurisdiction data were extracted from the National Data Set (NDS ) for Compensation -based The data presented here are restricted to accepted claims for serious injury and Serious claims include fatalities , claims for permanent disability and claims for that involve one or more weeks of time lost from work . Serious claims do not those involving journeys to and from work . The 2011 -12 data are preliminary and to rise . As such they have not been used to determine the percentage change er time . More information on this industry can be found at swa.gov.au. tion on fatalities is extracted from the Traumatic Injury Fatalities database. Annual s reports can be found at swa.gov.au. ttp ://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/swa/about/publications/pages/fs2010healthandcommunity t is one trend that you find interesting in this fact sheet ? line you are a manager in a community services workplace . How do you think hmarks such as these would be useful to manage health and safety in your own place