AMMAN — According to an analytical report on workplace
injuries issued by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),
safety and health conditions in various facilities were found to be below
desired standards, as per Al-Ghad. The report highlighted a 13.1 percent
increase in approved workplace injuries within the
Social Security Corporation (SSC) for the year 2022 compared to 2021, totaling 23,070 accidents across
various sectors. These injuries were notably severe, with the institution recording
a workplace injury approximately every 30 minutes across all sectors.
اضافة اعلان
Director General of SSC, Dr. Mohammad Tarawneh affirmed
the SSC’s commitment to building genuine partnerships based on monitoring,
collaboration, and coordination with all relevant parties in occupational
safety. He further emphasized that His Majesty King Abdullah’s directives
regarding the necessity of
providing job stability, a sound and safe working
environment, and suitable job opportunities were fundamental pillars guiding
the institution's strategy for prevention and reduction of work accidents and Injuries
for 2023-2027.
In reference to the report, Tarawneh explained that SSC
had established goals and initiatives within its strategy to prevent and reduce
workplace injuries. The institution had improved its services in this area by
enhancing the reporting mechanism for workplace accidents and by developing the
foundation and mechanism for treating the injured through contracts with
medical treatment entities. These efforts were aligned with the institution's
approach to facilitating procedures and ensuring higher quality standards.
Furthermore, Tarawneh reviewed various indicators and
data concerning workplace injuries for 2022, revealing an increase in the
number of recorded incidents by the institution to 23,070 accidents across
various sectors. He provided further details, stating that 16,161 work injuries
occurred in the
private economic sectors in 2022. Among these, the health and
social work sector recorded the highest number of injuries at 4,654, accounting
for 28.8 percent of the total, followed by the manufacturing sector with 4,393
injuries at 27.2 percent, and the wholesale and retail trade sector with 2,421
injuries at 15 percent.
Tarawneh elaborated that the total number of fatalities
from injuries in the private economic sectors reached 78 deaths during 2022,
with 44 deaths resulting from road accidents, accounting for 56.4 percent.
Falls accounted for nine deaths, constituting 11.5 percent of the total. The
manufacturing sector recorded 21 fatal injuries, representing 26.9 percent,
followed by the wholesale and retail trade sector with 20 deaths at 25.6
percent. The sectors with the highest rates of fatal injuries were the mining and
quarrying sector, transport, storage and communication sector, agriculture,
forestry, and fishing sector, with rates of 24.9, 23.3, and 16.4 deaths per
100,000 insured individuals, respectively.
Injuries resulting in a disability of 30 percent or
more for 2022 totaled 17 injuries due to falls, Tarawneh explained, followed by
road accidents with 16 injuries out of the total injuries in the private
economic sectors. The number of injuries resulting in a disability of less than
30 percent amounted to 1,588 injuries caused by falls, followed by injuries due
to manual work tools with 485 injuries.
Regarding the injuries recorded in 2022 by age group in
the
private economic sectors, Tarawneh mentioned that the number of injuries
sustained by individuals under the age of 30 was 6,896, accounting for 42.67
percent of the total. The highest rate of injury occurrence was in the age
group under 20, with 26.9 injuries per 1,000 insured individuals, followed by
the age group 20-24 years with a rate of 25.8 work injuries per 1,000 insured
individuals.
As for the occupation of the injured individuals in the
private economic sectors during 2022, he indicated that work injuries among
factory operators and assembly workers recorded the highest proportion at 12.85
percent, with 2,079 injuries. This was followed by technicians and assistant
specialists at 12.67 percent, with 2,048 injuries out of the total injuries.
Fatal injuries among factory operators and assembly workers accounted for the
highest proportion at 15.4 percent, totaling 12 deaths out of the total fatal
injuries.
According to the size of the workforce, Tarawneh stated
that injuries varied during 2022. Work injuries in establishments with a
workforce of 1,000 or more constituted the highest proportion, with 4,270
injuries accounting for 26.5 percent of the total injuries. Meanwhile, the rate
of injury occurrence in establishments with a workforce size ranging from 500
to 999 was highest, reaching 36.5 injuries per 1,000 insured individuals.
Establishments with a workforce size of five to nine employees had the highest
proportion of fatal injuries, totaling 13 deaths and accounting for 16.7
percent of the total fatal injuries in the private economic sectors, which
amounted to 79 deaths.
Moreover, in terms of the nationality of those injured
in the private economic sectors in 2022, Tarawneh elaborated that the number of
work injuries among insured Jordanians reached 14,030 injuries, constituting
86.8 percent of the total injuries. On the other hand, the number of work
injuries among non-Jordanians was 2,131, accounting for 13.2 percent.
Regarding the gender of the injured individuals in the
private economic sectors in 2022, he provided details stating that among
insured females, there were 3,895 injuries, accounting for 24.1 percent of the
total injuries. Meanwhile, among insured males, there were 12,266 injuries,
constituting 75.9 percent. In terms of fatal injuries, there were four female
fatalities, accounting for 5.1 percent of the total fatal injuries, and 74 male
fatalities, accounting for 94.9 percent.
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