Top 5 injuries in small businesses

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Workers in small businesses are not immune to risk of injury or illness.

Between 2017-18 and 2021-22p*

The top 5 injuries and illnesses recorded for serious claims from small businesses were:

• Traumatic joint/ligament and muscle/tendon injury (33%)
• Wounds, lacerations, amputations and internal organ damage (24%)
• Fractures (16%)
• Musculoskeletal and connective tissue diseases (13%)
• Mental health conditions (5%)

Between 2017-18 and 2021-22p*

Small businesses showed higher claims than medium to large businesses for:

• Wounds, lacerations, amputations and internal organ damage
• Fractures