Rafael Consunji (Doha / QA), Ayman El-Menyar (Doha / QA), Nazia Hirani (Doha / QA), Aisha Abeid (Doha / QA), Hassan Al-Thani (Doha / QA), Muhammad Hardan (Doha / QA), Sailesh Chauhan (Doha / QA), Hasan Kasem (Doha / QA), Ruben Peralta (Doha / QA)
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Introduction:
Worker safety is recognized as a public health priority in Qatar but national data is historically incomplete. This paper shall describe the findings from the initial 1-year of collection, through the Work-related injury Unified Registry for Qatar (WURQ), of data on work-related injuries and deaths in Qatar for the year 2020.
Methods:
The WURQ was queried for all work-related injuries [WRIs] from 1 January to 31 December 2020. This data was classified by date of injury, age, sex, nationality, mechanism of injury, severity of injury, location of medical consultation and clinical outcome.
Results: There were 50 deaths caused by work-related injuries in 2020 [2.3 occupational fatalities per 100,000 workers]. Sixty percent of WRI deaths were in the pre-hospital setting with the 64% of fatal injuries occurring at the worksite and 22% due to falls. Five hundred six workers sustained severe WRIs [23.3 severe occupational injuries per 100,000 workers], a 57% reduction from 2008. A total of 37,601 workers sustained mild to moderate WRIs [1,728.9 mild to moderate occupational injuries per 100,000 workers].
The severe WRIs were most commonly due to falls from height [45%] and falling heavy objects [16%].
Conclusion:
WURQ has described WRIs in Qatar for 2020. Work related injury and fatality rates are lower than or comparable with those from other high-income countries. This registry can be used to inform worksite inspections, investigations, worker safety education, environmental improvements and injury prevention programs to make Qatar safer for all its workers.
References:
Consunji R, Mehmood A, Hirani N, El-Menyar, Abeid AA, Hyder AA, Mollazehi M, Al-Thani H & Peralta R. Epidemiologic and temporal trends of work-related injuries in expatriate workers in a high-income rapidly developing country: evidence for preventive programs. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Prevention of Accidents at Work, Prague, Czech Republic. Oct 2017
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