Pakistan

Organization responsible for the statistics

Provincial Labour Directorates and Labour Division.

Source

Labour inspectorate records.

Coverage

Determined by the Factories Act 1934.

Persons:

All persons employed in establishments covered by the Factories Act 1934.

Economic activities:

Mining and quarrying and manufacturing.

Geographic areas:

Whole country.

Establishments:

Factories and industrial workshops using power or employing 20 workers or more.

Types of occupational accidents covered

Reported injuries including occupational diseases.

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.

Documentation

Bibliographic references:

The data are published in:

Federal Bureau of Statistics: Pakistan Statistical Yearbook.

Data published by ILO:

The following data are furnished regularly to the ILO for publication in the Yearbook of Labour Statistics, relating to reported injuries (including occupational diseases): number of persons fatally injured, number of persons injured with lost workdays, total of these two groups; rates of fatal injuries. The number of persons at risk (total number of persons employed in establishments covered by the Factories Act 1934) is also supplied and stored in the LABORSTA database.