Kazakhstan
Organization responsible for the statistics
National Statistical Agency.
Periodicity
Annual.
Source
Reports of occupational injuries submitted by enterprise and
organizations to the State Labour Inspectorate.
Objectives and users
Major users:
Administrative bodies, the Ministry of Labour and Social
Protection, the Trade Union Federation.
Coverage
Workers:
All employed persons.
In 1997, about 3,406,300 workers were covered by the statistics.
Economic activities:
All economic activities and sectors.
Geographic areas:
The whole country.
Persons working outside the country are not covered by the
statistics. Persons normally resident outside the country but
injured while working in an enterprise or organization in the
country are covered by the statistics.
Establishments:
All types and sizes of establishments.
Types of occupational accidents covered
The statistics cover reported injuries due to all types of
occupational accident. Data on occupational diseases are
compiled and published together with the data on occupational
injuries.
Concepts and definitions
Occupational accident:
an accident occurring at the workplace.
Occupational injury:
an injury sustained by a worker as a result
of an occupational accident.
Worktime lost because of occupational injuries:
the number of
days on which the person injured undergoes treatment in a medical
establishment and for which a medical certificate is issued.
Temporary incapacity to work:
incapacity to work of not more
than three months.
Permanent incapacity to work:
incapacity to work for more than
three months.
Minimum period of absence from work:
one workday.
Maximum period for death to be considered a fatal occupational injury:
determined in each case by a Commission of socio-medical experts.
Types of information compiled
(a) personal characteristics of workers injured:
sex, age;
(b) amount of worktime lost;
(c) characteristics of accidents:
type and cause;
(d) characteristics of injuries;
(e) characteristics of employers or workplaces:
economic activity.
Measurement of worktime lost
Worktime lost is measured in workdays for all occupational
injuries including fatal injuries. Temporary absences for
medical treatment because of an occupational injury are not
counted as worktime lost.
Classifications
(a) fatal or non-fatal accidents:
none;
(b) extent of disability;
(c) economic activity:
according to the Obshchii Klassifikator Ehkonomicheskikh
Deyatelnostej (OKEhD), based on the NACE;
(d) occupation;
(e) type of injury;
(f) cause of accident;
(g) duration of absence from work:
none;
(h) characteristics of workers;
(i) characteristics of accidents:
none;
(j) characteristics of employers or workplaces:
form of ownership.
Reference period
Year.
An injury is included in the statistics for the period (year)
when a report or claim regarding the accident was submitted to
the relevant authority.
Worktime lost is included in the statistics for the period (year)
in which the accident occurred.
Estimates
Totals only.
Historical background of the series
The statistics were first compiled in 1985.
The OKEhD scheme was introduced in 1997.
Documentation
Series available:
The following tables are published:
- total number of workers injured, of whom those fatally
injured;
- amount of worktime lost;
- consequences of injuries;
- number of workers injured, by type and cause of accident;
- number of workers employed in hazardous and harmful working
conditions;
- expenditure on health and safety measures;
- number of workers employed in special working conditions and
subject to compulsory medical examinations;
- number of workers suffering from occupational diseases;
- number of workers registered as disabled for the first time.
Bibliographic references:
The statistics are published in the
periodical press.
All the data are published.
Data published by ILO:
The following data are furnished to the ILO for publication in
the
Yearbook of Labour Statistics,
relating to reported
injuries (including commuting accidents and occupational
diseases) according to economic activity: number of persons
fatally injured, number of persons injured with lost worktime,
total of these two groups; number of workdays lost by persons
injured; rates of fatal injuries. The number of persons at risk
(total number of persons employed) is also furnished and stored
in the LABORSTA data base.
Confidentiality:
There are no restrictions on the publication of the data on
occupational injuries.
International standards
Not available.
Method of data collection
Legislation:
Cabinet of Ministers Order No. 1414 of 15 December 1994
regarding Regulations for the investigation and recording of
accidents and other causes of impairments to workers' health.
All occupational injuries should be reported immediately to the
director of the enterprise.
Reporting:
The injured person or a witness reports the injury to the section
or department head, who in turn notifies a physician, the trade
union committee, the director of the enterprise. The latter
notifies the State Labour Inspectorate.
A standard form is used for the notification.
Data reported:
- information about the worker: name, age, occupation,
consequences of the accident;
- information about the employer or place of work: name of the
enterprise or organization, name of the hierarchically superior
authority, the ministry concerned, place of accident;
- about the occupational accident: brief description of the
accident.
Changes planned:
not available.
Additional information
Under the rules governing compensation by enterprises,
institutions and organizations of all forms of ownership for
injuries or other impairments to health suffered by workers in
the course of their work (Cabinet of Ministers Order No. 201 of
17 March 1993), enterprises, institutions and organizations of
all types of ownership are liable for any injuries suffered by
their workers as a result of an occupational accident occurring
through the fault of the enterprise. A claim for compensation
must be submitted by the injured person or a family member in the
case of death to the enterprise concerned, which is then required
to examine the claim and give a decision within 10 days of its
receipt.