Central African Rep.

Organization responsible for the statistics

Office Centrafricain de la Sécurité Sociale (OCSS) (Social Security Office of the Central African Republic).

Periodicity

Annual.

Source

Reports of occupational injuries submitted to the OCSS.

Objectives and users

To serve as a source of information for occupational risk prevention programmes in enterprises.

Major users:

Officials responsible for occupational risk prevention.

Coverage

Persons:

Paid employees.

Economic activities:

All economic activities and sectors covered by the OCSS.

Geographic areas:

The whole country, but especially regions where economic activities are covered by the OCSS.

Persons injured in occupational accidents outside the country, as well as those normally residing abroad who are injured in occupational accidents within the country, are not covered.

Establishments:

All types and sizes of establishments.

Types of occupational accidents covered

The statistics relate to compensated injuries due to all types of occupational accidents, including commuting accidents and occupational diseases.

Concepts and definitions

Information not available.

Minimum period of absence from work: none.

Maximum period for death to be considered a fatal occupational injury: none.

Types of information compiled

Information not available.

Measurement of worktime lost

Worktime lost is measured in workdays.

Classifications

Information not available.

Reference period

Year.

An injury is included in the statistics for the period (year) in which a claim regarding the accident was submitted to the relevant authority.

Estimates

Total number.

Historical background of the series

Information not available.

Documentation

Series available:

Information not available.

Bibliographic references:

The data are published in:

Ministère de la Fonction publique, du Travail et de la Formation professionnelle: Bulletin d'informations statistiques du travail.

Division des Statistiques et des Etudes économiques: Annuaire Statistique.

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.

Confidentiality:

Information not available.

International standards

Information not available.

Method of data collection

Legislation:

Ordinance No. 59/60 of 20 April 1959, Article 15 and Act No. 65/66 of June 1965, Articles 22-24.

Notification of all occupational injuries should be submitted within 48 hours of the accident.

Reporting:

The employer reports occupational injuries to the OCSS, which, after processing the file, submits it to the labour inspectorate for review. A standard form is used for reporting the injury.

Data reported:

The standard form furnishes the following information:
  1. information about the injured person;
  2. information about the workplace;
  3. information about the occupational accident;
  4. information about the occupational injury.

Changes planned:

None.