Syrian Arab Republic

Organization responsible for the statistics

Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour.

Source

Records of work accident compensation.

Coverage

Persons:

Persons insured.

In 1996, 1,496,373 persons were insured.

Economic activities:

All economic activities and sectors.

Geographic areas:

Whole country.

Establishments:

Not available.

Types of occupational accidents covered

Compensated injuries including occupational diseases and commuting accidents.

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.

Classifications

(a) fatal or non-fatal accidents;

(b) extent of disability:

result: healing as a result of medical care only, without absence from work; healing after absence from work; partial or permanent disability; death; cases still under medical;

(c) economic activity:

agriculture, hunting and fishing; manufacturing; electricity, gas and water; building and construction; wholesale and retail trade, vehicle repairs, personal services; transport, communication and storage; financial mediation; services;

(d) occupation:

none;

(e) type of injury:

type of injury: fractures; luxations; commotions and other internal injuries; lacerations; crushings; wounds; burns; acute poisonings; asphyxiations; occupational diseases; mixed injuries;

of occupational disease: occupational poisoning, skin diseases, eye diseases, lung diseases, hearing impairment, physical diseases, diseases of muscles and bones, occupational cancer;

part of body injured: head; eye; neck; trunk; upper limbs; lower limbs; several parts of the body;

(f) cause of accident:

cause of injury: fall; hit by fallen objects; hit while crossing; occupational causes; fatigue or undue force; exposure to or contact with heat; exposure to or contact with electricity; exposure to or contact with harmful material or radiation;

material agency of injury: machines; equipment for transportation and lifting; other equipment; materials, compounds and radiation; environment surrounding the place of work;

(g) duration of absence from work:

1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 4 to 7 days, 8 to 14 days, 15 to 30 days, 1 to 3 months, 3 to 9 months, more than 9 months);

(h) characteristics of workers:

none;

(i) characteristics of accidents:

none;

(j) characteristics of employers or workplaces:

none;

(k) mohafazat (12).

Documentation

Bibliographic references:

The data are published in:

Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour: The Annual Statistical Bulletin.

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): total number of persons injured according to major division of economic activity (including non-fatal cases without absence from work), total number of persons fatally injured and total number persons injured with or without absence from work (total for all activities together).