General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) issued today the results of the 2025 Health and Safety at Workplace Statistics bulletin. According to the results, the risk awareness index among workers aged 18 years and above reached 76.7%, while the rate of occupational injuries among workers aged 15 years and above recorded 245 non-fatal injuries and 1.3 fatal injuries per 100,000 workers, excluding road traffic accident injuries.
The results showed that 51.8% of workers reported that their employers had taken preventive measures, 46.6% indicated the presence of at least one initiative to facilitate daily work tasks, and 34.5% reported the availability of at least one employer-provided resource related to their personal health.
The bulletin revealed that standing for long periods of at least 4 hours daily is the most common risk in the work environment, at 25.3%, followed by fatigue or working beyond capacity, at 16.7%. Regarding work-related health issues over the past 12 months, results showed that work-related stress ranked first at 6%, followed by eye and vision problems at 3%.
Source: Riyadh Daily