Jordan

Organization responsible for the statistics

Collection: Social Security Corporation.

Compilation: Occupational Safety and Health Institute (OSHI).

Publication: Vocational Training Corporation.

Periodicity

Annual.

Source

Records of claims relating to occupational injuries submitted to the Social Security Corporation.

Objectives and users

To minimize the number and frequency of accidents.

Major users:

Occupational Safety and Health Institute and Ministry of Labour.

Coverage

Persons:

Employees.

653,381 persons were covered in 1996.

Economic activities:

All economic activities and sectors, except the military services.

Geographic areas:

Whole country.

Persons working outside the country or normally resident outside country are not included.

Establishments:

Establishments with five or more employees.

Types of occupational accidents covered

The statistics relate to compensated injuries due to all types of occupational accidents.

Data on occupational diseases are compiled and published along with the data on occupational injuries.

Commuting accidents are included in the statistics.

Concepts and definitions

Not available.

Minimum period of absence from work: one day (eight hours).

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

Types of information compiled

(a) personal characteristics of persons injured: age, sex, occupation;

(b) amount of worktime lost: in workdays;

(d) characteristics of injuries: severity; part of body injured;

(e) characteristics of employers or workplaces: type of workplace.

Measurement of worktime lost

Worktime is measured in workdays, for all occupational injuries, including fatal injuries. It is measured using a standard schedule fixed by the social security law.

Classifications

(a) fatal or non-fatal accidents;

(b) extent of disability:

as a percentage;

(c) economic activity:

none;

(d) occupation;

(e) type of injury:

part of body injured: head and ears; face nose and cheeks; eyes; back chest and belly; shoulder and arms; fingers (hand); palm and wrist; legs and thighs; feet and ankles; toes; occupational diseases; fatal injuries; unspecified;

(f) cause of accident:

machinery and equipment; hand tools; walking on things or collision; falling persons; falling things; chemical products; loading and un-loading goods; collapse; explosions and fire breaks; electricity; transportation; other causes;

(g) duration of absence from work;

(h) characteristics of workers;

(i) characteristics of accidents;

(j) characteristics of employers or workplaces.

Crossclassifications:

none.

Reference period

Year.

An injury is included in the statistics for the period (year) in which the accident occurred.

Worktime lost is included in the statistics for each of the periods (years) in which worktime was lost because of the injury.

Estimates

Totals.

Percentage distributions.

Rates of fatal and non-fatal injuries:

Frequency rate = (Number of injuries / (Number of workers x Number of workdays in the year x Number of workhours each day)) x 1,000,000
Severity rate = (Number of lost workdays because of injuries / (Number of workers x Number of workdays in the year x Number of workhours each day)) x 1,000,000

Historical background of the series

The statistics were first compiled in 1987, with the objective of providing data needed for reducing the number of occupational accidents.

Documentation

Series available:

The following tables are published:

Number of injuries, by:

cause;
part of body injured;
economic activity;
consequences of the injury.

Bibliographic references:

The data are published in:

Vocational Training Corporation: Annual Report of the Occupational Safety and Health Institute.

All available data are published. Information can be made available on diskette, on request.

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 (including occupational diseases and commuting accidents) 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 persons insured) is also supplied and stored in the LABORSTA database.

Confidentiality:

There are no restrictions on the publication or release of the data.

International standards

The current international statistical standards and guidelines were taken into consideration when the statistical system was designed.

Method of data collection

Legislation:

Social security law for the compensation of workers.

All occupational injuries, and occupational diseases listed by the Social Security Corporation, should be reported within one week of the accident.

Reporting:

The injury report is submitted by the safety officer in the establishment to the Social Security Corporation. A standard form is used for this purpose.

Data reported:

The following information is reported:

name and address, sex and age of the injured person;
name and address of the employer;
description of the accident;
description of the occupational injury or disease.

Changes planned:

none.