WSIAT Appeal Success Rate Evolution (2016-2025)
Temporal analysis of 98,992 workplace injury appeal decisions
⚠️ Data Quality Note: Success rates calculated from keyword matching (searching for "allowed", "denied" in decision summaries).
Only 6,040 out of 98,992 decisions (6.1%) contain explicit outcome keywords.
Most decisions use nuanced language requiring full-text analysis. Rates shown represent minimum detectable outcomes, not true success rates.
98,992
Total Decisions Analyzed
6,040
With Detectable Outcomes
12.0%
Detected Success Rate*
2020-2021
Peak Detection Years