WORKSITE injuries in both the private and public sectors have dropped significantly, by around 63 per cent, since 2018 – from 1,037 to only 375 – to Q2 2022.
According to official figures, 227 Bahrainis (167 males and 60 females) were injured while 148 non-Bahrainis (138 males and 10 females) were injured this year, with 298 injuries registered in the private sector and 77 in the public sector.
Details were revealed by the Social Insurance Organisation (SIO) in its Q2 2022 report, with the majority of injuries in the public sector registered as work accidents (43 Bahrainis and 10 non-Bahrainis).
Forty-two individuals (25 Bahraini males, six Bahraini females, and 11 expatriate men) slipped or fell, while 41 individuals (16 Bahraini men, one Bahraini woman and 24 expatriate men) were hit by falling objects in the private sector.
Worksite injuries to employees in both the sectors dropped from 1,037 in 2018, to 1,018 in 2019, 870 in 2018, 805 in 2021 and 375 up to Q2 2022.
Of the 375 worksite injuries, the majority (127) were suffered by those aged between 31-40 in both sectors and both genders (69 Bahrainis and 58 expatriates); however, 73 Bahrainis aged between 21-30 also reported injuries.
One Bahraini man in the public sector suffered from stress and fatigue, followed by one Bahraini female who was mentioned in the “death or suffered a disability” category, 43 Bahrainis had worksite accidents, 18 Bahrainis were involved in road accidents and two Bahrainis suffered from an occupational disease.
These numbers are much higher than non-Bahrainis in the public sector who suffered from injuries recorded as five non-Bahraini men and five non-Bahraini women who suffered from worksite accidents and two expatriates (one male and one female) who suffered from road accidents.
In the private sector, 10 Bahrainis had a collision with moving machinery compared with three non-Bahrainis, followed by seven Bahrainis colliding with other objects compared with three non-Bahrainis while four Bahrainis were entrapped in comparison with seven expatriates.
Meanwhile, 17 non-Bahrainis fell from high places in comparison with five Bahrainis, while four Bahrainis were injured by hot objects in comparison to two non-Bahrainis, seven Bahrainis had traffic accidents while three non-Bahrainis were injured in traffic accidents and four Bahrainis were injured through heavy lifting in comparison to two expatriates.
The report also highlighted that eight Bahrainis suffered from tool cuts in comparison to five non-Bahrainis suffering from the same injuries, while five Bahrainis were cut by machinery in comparison to 10 non-Bahrainis.
Finally, two non-Bahrainis suffered from penetration of sharp objects while 60 Bahrainis suffered other injuries in comparison with 47 non-Bahrainis.
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