GOSI reports 69,241 work injuries in 2014

RIYADH: The General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) has reported that there were 69,241 work-related accidents in 2014, with expatriates making up 65,509 or 94.6 percent and Saudis 3,732.
The accidents were in nine sectors with building and construction at the top with 35,552 or over 51 percent, of which 35,552 involved expatriates and 481 Saudis.
The carpentry sector came second with 12,948 accidents, of which 12,404 involved expatriates and 544 Saudis. The industrial sector had 11,400 injuries, with 10,158 expatriates and 1,242 Saudis.
At the bottom of the list were the agricultural and fisheries sector, water, electricity and gas, minerals and quarrying at 539,811 and 1,346 respectively.
From 1974 to 2014, SR114 billion were paid out in compensation for such injuries. The Eastern Province had the most accidents with compensation standing at SR53.5 billion or 44.8 percent of the total.
Riyadh followed with SR21.9 billion or 15.8 percent. There was SR8.2 billion or 7.2 percent in compensation paid to Saudis.
There were 803,000 injuries recorded over the past 10 years involving business directors, technicians, specialists and those in the engineering profession.
GOSI revealed that 38,937 people retired because of their injuries last year, an increase of 2,359 from the previous year. A total of 83.8 percent were partially incapacitated and 10.1 percent totally incapacitated for non-work reasons.