University of Gujrat Faculty of Sciences, Department of Environmental Sciences, Gujrat, Pakistan.
King Abdul-Aziz University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Arh Hig Rada Toksikol. 2021 Mar 30;72(1):42-52. doi: 10.2478/aiht-2021-72-3377. Print 2021 Mar 1.
This is a retrospective analysis of annual reports on occupational injuries issued by the national social insurance agency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for the years 2004 through 2016. For each criterion we calculated an index based on the equation x100, where is the number of occupational injuries by a specific criterion in a specific year , and is the number of injuries in the corresponding criterion in the reference year, i.e. 2004. We also calculated the number of injuries to number of workers ratio ( ) for different occupations and economic sectors to get a clearer idea of the injury trends per worker. In terms of occupational injury rates (with respect to 2004), we observed increases in construction, financing & real estate (economic sectors), among engineers and technicians (occupations), in infections and secondary contusions (injury type), for upper and lower limbs (affected body parts), over falls and "other" causes. Most injuries occurred on Fridays, which is a weekend day in Saudi Arabia. We also observed increased recovery without disability (injury status). However, if we look at the number of occupational injuries per worker, we can see a decreasing trend over time for all occupations and economic sectors, most likely thanks to improved labour law and safety at work practices for insured workers. Our findings are similar to reports from other Persian Gulf countries and reflect current labour health and safety issues in the area.
这是对沙特阿拉伯王国（KSA）国家社会保险机构 2004 年至 2016 年发布的年度职业伤害报告的回顾性分析。对于每个标准，我们根据公式计算了一个指数，其中 是特定年份特定标准下的职业伤害数量， 是参考年（即 2004 年）相应标准下的伤害数量。我们还计算了不同职业和经济部门的伤害与工人人数之比（ ），以便更清楚地了解每个工人的伤害趋势。就职业伤害率（相对于 2004 年）而言，我们观察到建筑、金融和房地产（经济部门）、工程师和技术人员（职业）、感染和继发性挫伤（伤害类型）、上肢和下肢（受伤部位）的比例上升，与跌倒和“其他”原因有关。大多数伤害发生在星期五，这是沙特阿拉伯的周末。我们还观察到未致残康复（伤害状况）的增加。然而，如果我们看每个工人的职业伤害数量，我们可以看到所有职业和经济部门的趋势随时间呈下降趋势，这很可能要归功于为参保工人改进的劳动法和工作场所安全措施。我们的发现与其他波斯湾国家的报告相似，反映了该地区当前的劳工健康和安全问题。
