ISSUE 9

|

  18th Sept 2014
Latest HSE Statistics YTD 18th Sept 2014
  2013 2014
Workplace fatalities
1 4
Non-work related fatalities
5 3
Non-accidental deaths (NADs)
6 10
Lost Time Injuries (LTIs)
34 43
All injuries (excluding first aid cases)
139 127
Motor Vehicle Incidents (MVIs)
102 73
Roll over - MVIs
28 18
Serious MVIs
N/A N/A
Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF)
0.27 0.34
Life Saving Rules Violations
YTD
Journey management
Speeding/GSM
Seatbelts
Overriding safety device
Working at heights
Permit
Confined space
Lock out tag out
Drugs and alcohol
Gas testing
Vehicle Class A/B Defect
YTD 18th Sept 2014
Class A
243
Class B
3245
HSE TIP
 

Important News


   
 

Our contemporary lifestyle, including overindulging in what and how much we eat, sitting behind a desk for long periods, watching TV instead of exercising, continues to take a toll on our health. 
Reports suggest that employers generally are not helping situation and hence contribute to the trend:

  • Some employers demonstrate little enthusiasm to invest a Rial today on wellness programmes and preventive care which could save hundreds of Rials tomorrow in healthcare fees or staff absenteeism.

   

This in part due to the misplaced belief that the employee will have left the business a long time before serious diseases like cancer and heart disease develop.
Oman, and for that matter all of Gulf States, are witnessing a dramatic and worrying rise in obesity and diet-related diseases.  In the past three decades, the percentage of those with obesity in the world has doubled and Oman has not been immune.

 

What You Need to Know

 
 
HSE Advice Note :

:

:

 
ISSUE 9

|

  18th Sept 2014
         

 

 

For more information or back issues, please access www.pdo.co.om/hseforcontractors or email Nasra Maamery(MSE51)