Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Round 95 p.c of employees in Saudi Arabia get pleasure from protection of fundamental healthcare companies, in accordance with the Statistics bulletin 2024 of Well being and Security at Office, launched by the Normal Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on Tuesday.
The occupational damage 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 p.c of employees obtained coaching on occupational well being and security procedures, whereas 40.4 p.c had entry to a devoted well being and security administration workplace at their office, and 32.2 p.c underwent periodic medical examinations supplied by their employers. The findings revealed that 5.4 p.c of employees function harmful equipment, 2.1 p.c deal with chemical compounds, and one p.c are uncovered to heavy metals.
Over the previous 12 months, the commonest work-related well being challenge was stress, affecting 2.1 p.c of employees, adopted by eye and imaginative and prescient issues at 2 p.c. In the meantime, 79.5 p.c 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 knowledge collected via family discipline visits carried out as a part of the 2024 Nationwide Well being Survey, aside from occupational damage charges, which have been calculated utilizing registry knowledge from the Nationwide Council for Occupational Security and Well being, mixed with GASTAT’s 2024 inhabitants estimates.
