The Global Epidemic of Occupational Injuries: Counts, Costs, and Compensation

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For more information on this publication, visit http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD377.html Published by the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif. R® is a registered trademark Limited Print and Electronic Distribution RightsThis document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited. Permission is given to duplicate this document for personal use only, as long as it is unaltered and complete. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial use. For information on reprint and linking permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions.html.The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest.RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. Support RAND Make a tax-deductible charitable contribution at AbstractReliable data on work-related injuries and fatalities are unavailable for most countries around the world. This lack of credible data hampers efforts to improve work-place safety, particularly in developing countries where it is often not even recognized as a public health priority. The first chapter develops annual estimates of the count and the rate of workplace fatalities for 215 countries. The paper finds that, over the past two decades, the global burden has shifted towards the low-income parts of the world and that the official counts in most countries severely underreport their occupational injuries.

Prevalence and determinants of occupational Injuries among welders in small scale metal workshops in Wakiso District, Uganda

“…1 In the recent years, Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) have accounted for three quarters of the global burden of fatal occupational injuries which is not the case in developed countries that have seen a steady decline. 2 In LMICs, standards and practices are below acceptable levels due to the laxity in the enforcement of occupational health and safety regulations. 3 Across the African region, welders continue to content with the effects of occupational injuries and yet there is inadequate literature on the injury burden.…”

Occupational health and safety in the Moroccan construction sites: preliminary diagnosis

“…Then, the previous equation becomes: The Moroccan Haut-Commissariat au plan, on its note on the labor market in Morocco of between 2000 and 2014, confirmed that 9.3% of global total employment are in Construction sector [23]. That means: Then, Fatality rate = 2.69 Â Fatality rate (Global).…”

Work-Related Injuries Reported toWorkers Compensation Fund in Tanzania from 2016 to 2019

“…Every day, thousands of workers die globally, and a hundred thousand suffer permanent disabling injuries, due to work-related accidents [1,2], with low income countries being the most affected [3]. In 2015, it was estimated that, in the Southern Africa region alone, 18,000 workers die from work-related accidents, more than 13 million are injured, and 67,000 contract occupational diseases [4].…”