Bolivia

Organization responsible for the statistics

Caja Nacional de Salud, Departamento de Medicina Laboral (National Health Fund, Occupational Medecine Department).

Periodicity

Annual.

Source

Occupational accident reports submitted to the Caja Nacional de Salud.

Coverage

Persons:

Workers covered by the Caja Nacional de Salud.

The Caja Nacional de Salud covers approximately 20 per cent of the working population.

Economic activities:

All economic activities and sectors.

Geographic areas:

The whole country.

Establishments:

All types and sizes of establishments.

Types of occupational accidents covered

The statistics cover compensated injuries resulting from all types of occupational accidents. Commuting accidents and occupational diseases are not included.

Concepts and definitions

Not available.

Minimum period of absence from work: not available.

Maximum period for death to be considered a fatal occupational injury: not available.

Reference period

Year.

Documentation

Bibliographic references:

Provisional data are not published.

Data published by ILO:

The following data are furnished regularly to the ILO for publication in the Yearbook of Labour Statistics, relating to compensated injuries according to major division of economic activity: number of persons fatally injured; number of persons injured with lost workdays; total of these two groups; number of workdays lost by persons injured with lost workdays; rates of fatal injuries. The number of persons at risk (total number of insured workers) is also supplied and stored in the LABORSTA database.

Method of data collection

Legislation:

Not available.

Reporting:

The system of data collection and processing is based on the Formulario único de denuncia de accidentes de trabajo (master occupational accident report form), which has been in force since 1979 and is compulsory for use throughout the country. The data contained in the forms are derived from reports concerning employee injuries filed by enterprise administrators and from medical reports submitted by medical treatment providers. These forms are then processed by two institutions: the Direction General de Hygiene, Seguridad Ocupacional y Bienestar (General Directorate of Health, Occupational Safety and Well-being) of the Labour Ministry, which records, calculates and checks the accuracy of the data reported, and the Caja Nacional de Salud, Departamento de Medicina Laboral, of the social security system, which compiles statistics relating to all reported accidents.

Data reported:

Not available.

Changes planned:

None.