New report reveals $4.4 billion annual toll from workplace harm

The total cost of fatalities, serious injuries and health effects totalled $4,391m in 2022.

This inaugural State of a Thriving Nation report makes confronting reading, bringing together a range of data, literature reviews and interviews with Forum members to outline the true cost and value of health, safety and wellbeing in New Zealand.

For the first time we now have a wider understanding of New Zealand’s performance, in the context of the current economic cycle and international comparisons.

Download our media release.