Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Round 95 % of staff in Saudi Arabia take pleasure in protection of fundamental healthcare providers, based on the Statistics bulletin 2024 of Well being and Security at Office, launched by the Normal Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on Tuesday.
The occupational harm fee amongst staff aged 15 and above reached 245.7 non-fatal accidents and 1.1 deadly accidents per 100,000 staff, excluding street visitors accidents.
The survey confirmed that 39 % of staff obtained 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 supplied by their employers. The findings revealed that 5.4 % of staff 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 situation was stress, affecting 2.1 % of staff, adopted by eye and imaginative and prescient issues at 2 %. In the meantime, 79.5 % of staff reported not experiencing any work-related well being issues throughout the identical interval.
GASTAT famous that the estimates are based mostly on self-reported information collected by way of family discipline visits performed as a part of the 2024 Nationwide Well being Survey, apart from occupational harm charges, which had been calculated utilizing registry information from the Nationwide Council for Occupational Security and Well being, mixed with GASTAT’s 2024 inhabitants estimates.