Belarus

Organization responsible for the statistics

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Objectives and users

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Types of occupational accidents covered

Commuting accidents or occupational diseases are excluded.

Concepts and definitions

Occupational accident:

an unexpected and unplanned occurrence, including acts of violence, arising out of or in connection with work which results in one or more workers incurring a personal injury, disease or death; as occupational accidents are to be considered travel, transport or road traffic accidents in which workers are injured and which arise out of or in the course of work, i.e. while engaged in an economic activity, or at work, or carrying on the business of the employer;

Occupational injury:

any personal injury, disease or death resulting from an occupational accident; an occupational injury is therefore distinct from an occupational disease, which is a disease contracted as a result of an exposure over a period of time to risk factors arising from work activity;

Minimum period of absence from work: one workday.

Maximum period for death to be considered a fatal occupational injury: within the same reference year as the accident.

Types of information compiled

(a) personal characteristics of workers injured: sex, age (18 years and over, under 18 years);

(b) amount of worktime lost;

(c) characteristics of accidents: every three years, type of accident and cause of accident;

(d) characteristics of injuries: none;

(e) characteristics of employers or workplaces: economic activity.

Measurement of worktime lost

Classifications

(a) fatal or non-fatal accidents;

(b) extent of disability:

(c) economic activity:

(d) occupation:

(e) type of injury:

(f) cause of accident:

(g) duration of absence from work:

(h) characteristics of workers:

(i) characteristics of accidents:

(j) characteristics of employers or workplaces:

Reference period

Estimates

Average number of days of temporary incapacity per worker injured:

number of workdays not worked through temporary incapacity to work / number of workers injured.

Rates of injury (for all occupational injuries and for fatal injuries):

number of occupational injuries leading to absence from work for at least one day or to death / average annual employment.

Historical background of the series

Documentation

Series available:

• number of occupational injuries leading to absence from work for at least one day or death:
  • total and rate per 1,000 workers;
• number of occupational injuries leading to death:
  • total and rate per 1,000 workers;
• expenditure on health and safety;
• number of occupational injuries, of which fatal injuries, by sex and economic activity;
• percentage distribution of occupational injuries, of which fatal injuries:
  • for men and for women, by economic activity;
  • for each economic activity, by sex.

Bibliographic references:

Ministry of Statistics and Analysis: National Economy of the Republic of Belarus (annual).

Idem: Women and Men of the Republic of Belarus (1999).

Basic methodological information is published along with the data.

All the data are published. They are not available in electronic form.

Data published by ILO:

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International standards

Method of data collection

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Data collected:

1. average number of workers on the payroll during the year, of whom: women, young persons up to 18 years of age;
2. total number of workdays of absence as a result of temporary incapacity for work (excluding maternity leave), of which, for: women, young persons up to 18 years of age;
3. total number of persons injured in occupational accidents with one or more days of incapacity for work and fatally injured, of whom: women, young persons up to 18 years of age;
4. total number of persons fatally injured, of whom: women, young persons up to 18 years of age;
5. total number of workdays of incapacity for work for persons with temporary incapacity of one or more workdays (including fatal injuries), whose temporary incapacity ended during the reference year, of whom: women, young persons up to 18 years of age;
6. total number of persons injured, with partial incapacity for work and transferred from their main job to another for one or more workdays, of whom: women, young persons up to 18 years of age;
7. material consequences of occupational accidents, of which losses resulting from accidents that occurred during the reference year (these include: amount of additional payments to raise remuneration to the former level, in the event that the injured person is transferred to another job; payments to victims on the basis of medical reports; cost of damaged equipment, instruments, raw materials, semi-finished or finished products; cost of buildings and structures destroyed; expenses for investigation of accidents (surveyors' reports, technical evaluations, laboratory research, etc.); amount of fines imposed on employer; payments to victims and the families of deceased workers in accordance with the Rules regarding compensation for injury to the life and health of citizens (Decree No. 172 of 9 November 1994 and Decree No. 619 of 18 November 1995) for training for new occupation, replacement of lost earnings, payment of additional injury-incurred expenses, provision of special transport, high calory diet, rest-home or convalescent expenses, funeral expenses, payment of moral damages, etc. and additional payments in accordance with collective agreements).

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