Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Round 95 % of employees in Saudi Arabia get pleasure from protection of fundamental healthcare companies, in response to the Statistics bulletin 2024 of Well being and Security at Office, launched by the Basic Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on Tuesday.
The occupational harm fee amongst employees aged 15 and above reached 245.7 non-fatal accidents and 1.1 deadly accidents per 100,000 employees, excluding street site visitors accidents.
The survey confirmed that 39 % of employees acquired coaching on occupational well being and security procedures, whereas 40.4 % had entry to a devoted well being and security administration workplace at their office, and 32.2 % underwent periodic medical examinations offered by their employers. The findings revealed that 5.4 % of employees function harmful equipment, 2.1 % deal with chemical substances, and one % are uncovered to heavy metals.
Over the previous 12 months, the commonest work-related well being concern was stress, affecting 2.1 % of employees, adopted by eye and imaginative and prescient issues at 2 %. In the meantime, 79.5 % of employees reported not experiencing any work-related well being issues throughout the identical interval.
GASTAT famous that the estimates are primarily based on self-reported information collected via family subject visits performed as a part of the 2024 Nationwide Well being Survey, apart from occupational harm charges, which have been calculated utilizing registry information from the Nationwide Council for Occupational Security and Well being, mixed with GASTAT’s 2024 inhabitants estimates.
