________________VIETNAM

OSH Statistics

1. Statistics and reported cases in occupational injuries and diseases in Vietnama.


Total occupational injuries and disease (1996-2000)

Year

Serious Occupational Accidents (OA)

Occupational diseases (OD)

Number of serious occupational accidents

Number of fatal victim

Number of serious injury victim

New cases in the year

Total Number Occupational diseases gathering previous years

1996

249 

285

1530

787

8836

1997

320

402

1870

1063

9899

1998

312

362

2552

865

10764

1999

335

399

2611

1378

12142

2000

368

403

1020

1081

13223

(Source:  Department of Labour Protection MOLISA)  and Department of Medicine Preventive (MOH)

 

*  Fatal Occupational  accients break down by age (1996- 1999)

Year

Rate of Fatal Occupational  accients break down by age

< 18

from 18 to 30

from 31 to 45

> 46

1995

15

37.5

43.5

4

1997

17.8

36.3

38.5

7.4

1998

25.1

35.5

32.6

6.8

1999

23.4

34.9

35.7

6

 

*  Fatal Occupational  accients break down by  occupational age  (1996- 1999)

Year

 Rate of fatal Occupational  accients break down by  occupational age

< 1 year

1 to 5 years

6 to 10 years

11 to 20 years

> 20 year

1995

19.9

30.1

19.4

24.7

5.9

1996

22.1

32.5

17.2

14.7

13.5

1997

17.2

36

17.6

23.4

5.8

1998

15.1

37.9

15.1

17.5

14.4

1999

7.6

43

9

36.6

6.8

 

* Occupational accidents in electricity (1996-2000)   

Year

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Fatal accidents occupational frequency per 100,000 employees

12

33

8

12

6

Accidents occupational frequency per 100,000 employees

98

118

86

47

47

Fatal accidents occupational frequency per one billion KWh product

0.47

4.05

2.6

1.3

1.17

Accidents occupational frequency per one billion KWh product

3.7

4.05

2.6

1.3

1.17

 (Source: Report of Vietnam Electricity Co operation - 2001)

 

* Occupational accidents in coal  exploitation (1996-2000)   

                       Year

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Total of labor force

73.287

69.849

75.971

82.075

78.000

Total of clean coal production (Billion tone)

9.6

11.3

11.3

10.3

11.3

Fatal accidents occupational frequency per 100,000 employees

31

43

14

48

30

Accidents occupational frequency per 100,000 employees

24

27

10

38

21

(Source:  Department of Labour Inspection - 2001)

Occupational accidents are classified into 3 categories

-

Fatal occupational accidents: the victims die at the place where the accident occurs, die on the way to hospital, die while being given emergency first aid, die in the period of treatment, die because of recurrence of the wound caused by the occupational accidents;

-

Serious occupational accidents: victims having at least one of the injuries referred to in Appendix 1 (see below)

-

Light occupational accidents: all other accidents, which do not fall into the above-mentioned categories.

 

b. Number of occupational injury and diseases cases, which received  compensation. (1996-2000)

Year

New cases in the year

Total number gathering previous years

1996

893

13308

1997

1252

14560

1998

1810

16370

1999

1682

18052

As per 7th Of July 2000

1798

19850

(Source: Social Security Office- 2000)