Question On Notice No. 551 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 10 August 2022 by Mr P.J. Rundle
Question Directed to the: Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Education and Training
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
For the past four financial years up to July 31, 2022 please detail the following:
(a) Total number of violent incidents reported to the Department of Education;
(b) Teacher claims on workers compensation as a result of violent incidents;
(c) Total dollar value of workers compensation claims against the Department of Education;
(d) A breakdown of the categories of workers compensation claims and the dollar value of each category; and
(e) The number of workers compensation claims that are unresolved more than 12 months since the first claim?
Answered on 20 September 2022
Answer
(a) Violent incidents involving one or more members of staff:
|
Financial Year
|
Count
|
|
2018-19
|
2,437
|
|
2019-20
|
2,344
|
|
2020-21
|
2,421
|
|
2021-22
|
2,400
|
Note:
· The above data captures schools and residential colleges.
· These figures include both offsite and onsite incidents.
· A single incident can involve both physical contact and physical threatening behaviour (non-contact).
· Data is for full financial years and does not include claims lodged for incidents that occurred in July 2022 as they would fall in the 2022-23 financial year. Workers have 12 months to lodge a claim from the date of the incident. The data for 2021-22 includes claims that were lodged in July for incidents that occurred in the 2021-22 financial year.
(b)
|
Claim Financial Year
|
Number
|
|
2018-19
|
116
|
|
2019-20
|
101
|
|
2020-21
|
105
|
|
2021-22
|
105
|
(c)
|
Financial Year
|
Total Value
|
|
2018-19
|
41,516,104
|
|
2019-20
|
38,395,151
|
|
2020-21
|
41,414,744
|
|
2021-22
|
15,095,645
|
Note:
These are the total dollar value incurred as of 31 July 2022. Costs of claims continue to develop until claims are finalised.
(d)
|
|
2018-19
|
2019-20
|
2020-21
|
2021-22
|
|
Being Hit by Moving Objects
|
8,532,878
|
7,122,819
|
9,071,448
|
3,274,996
|
|
Biological Factors
|
6,338
|
607,330
|
85,193
|
1,760
|
|
Body Stressing
|
12,445,414
|
10,712,692
|
12,409,036
|
4,175,222
|
|
Chemicals and Other Substances
|
298,704
|
22,588
|
107,626
|
46,523
|
|
Falls, Slips and Trips of a Person
|
13,313,023
|
13,426,964
|
12,075,026
|
5,676,863
|
|
Heat, Radiation and Electricity
|
20,415
|
287,065
|
42,283
|
46,592
|
|
Hitting Objects with a Part of the Body
|
987,975
|
819,538
|
727,426
|
266,440
|
|
Mental Stress
|
5,386,167
|
4,883,414
|
6,714,034
|
1,565,431
|
|
Sound and Pressure
|
497,590
|
325,782
|
102,467
|
39,942
|
|
Other and Unspecified Mechanism of Injury
|
27,600
|
186,959
|
80,206
|
1,875
|
(e)
|
Claim Financial Year
|
Claims Longer than 1 year
|
|
2018-19
|
366
|
|
2019-20
|
386
|
|
2020-21
|
470
|
|
2021-22
|
6
|
Note:
The above number of workers’ compensation claims that are (or were) unresolved for more than 12 months since the first claim.