Country name: Jordan
My name: Murad . Z . Al- Rawashdeh
Facility name : Vocational Training Corporation Occupational Safety and Health InstituteOccupation : EngineerPosition : Lecturer
Work experience : 7 years

Section[2]Contents ( country overview)
The presentation should include the detailed
analysis of following topics

[2-1] Occurrence status of industrial/occupational accidents andoccupational diseases( including statistics)
At the level of training institutes in the Vocational Training
Corporation, and through our follow-up in the safety institutes, many
accidents occur within these institutes due to lack of training and lackoccupational safety and .of culture and awareness in the field ofhealth.
Table No. (1) shows some accidents and work injuries that occurred insome institutes of the Vocational Training Corporation / North Region .
Hazard classification

Description of theaccident

The result of theaccident

The site of injury to thebody

Other Risks (Slippage)

hot water spill

burns

burns

mechanical hazards

sharp parts of themachines

Woundshands

construction risk

Falling off the ladderfractures

Right handchemical hazards

car battery explosion

Entry of chemicals intothe eyes

the eyes

Material Transfer

Moving the chair thewrong way

fractures

footfallDisorganization of theworkspace

fracturesfoot[2-2] Data collection methods for statistics

Statistical data is collected at the public sector level through the safety
supervisors inside each facility, and collected on a computerized or
paper statistical system in order to inform the direct official andperform a risk assessment for the facility at the end of each year.
At the level of the private sector, information is also collected by safety
supervisors, and these numbers are reported to the Ministry of Laborand the Social Security Corporation from time to time.

[2-3] Safety and health related laws and regulations

In Jordan, the OSHA system is applied in occupational safety andhealth, and it is applied through three main parties:
2- employer
1- Commitment toimplementing
legislation, themost important of
which is providing
an occupationalsafety and healthsupervisor
2- Providing a safe
workingenvironment
3- Continuous
financial and moral
motivation for
employees

1- Country
1- Legislation of occupationalsafety and health laws
2- Establishment of bodies
concerned with occupationalsafety and health in many
ministries and institutions
3- Requiring employers inestablishments with more than
20 workers to provide an
occupational safety and healthsupervisor inside the facility.
4- Training, awareness andcontinuous education in the fieldof occupational safety and health3- Employees
1- Commitment tothe application oflaws andregulations
within the work
environment
2- Commitment tosafe work
behaviors
3- Reporting therisks that exist
within the work
environment theconcerned
authorities[2-4] labor inspection system

In Jordan, according to the regulations of the Jordanian Labor Law,
there are many types of inspection, and the implementation of eachtype depends on the situation.

generalinspection

Periodictechnical
inspection

Inspection forthe purpose ofinvestigationintermittnt
inspection

Inspection for
specific
purposes[2-5] Workers accident compensation insurance

Workers who are exposed inside the facilities to work injuries or
occupational diseases are compensated by the country provided thatthe facility is subject to the Social Security Institution, andcompensation is made after the final medical committee report.

[2-6] Safety equipment and facilities

According to the legislation of the Jordanian Labor Law, noestablishment obtains a work permit except by providing all
occupational safety and health equipment such as (personal protectiveequipment, fire protection equipment, first aid equipment, machine
protection equipment such as protective barriers…..etc)

[2-7] Training and education programs

The areas of training and learning in the field of occupational safety
and health in facilities include many training programs such as:
1- The supervisor of occupational safety and health on continuous
training of employees on how and the importance of using personal
protective equipment and the use of fire protection equipment andthe use of first aid equipment, as well as training them on machines
and the most important risks that may result from them and how toavoid them.
2- Training by the employer by raising the efficiency of employees tolearn new skills, and involving employees in educational programs andseminars in the field of occupational safety and health.

[2-8] OSH activities of industrial/occupational health and safety
organizations other than government
In Jordan, there are many organizations and private academies thatare interested in the field of occupational safety and health. Theseorganizations train many working and non-working people on local
and international occupational safety and health courses.

[2-9] OSHMS and Risk Assessment

The safety management system and risk assessment is activated in allfacilities, but there is no commitment in most of them due to the lackof knowledge[2-10] Health promotion and mental health measures/activities

1- In Jordan, health procedures are stressed inside facilities, as theJordanian Ministry of Labor issued a law forcing every facility withmore than 50 workers to provide a doctor or nurse inside the facility,
and the number of doctors and nurses increases with the number ofworkers.
2-Also, Jordan, like the rest of the world, has increased the focus on
health measures due to the Corona pandemic, through continuous
examination of the temperatures of employees inside the facilities andthe use of masks and gloves, and periodic medical examinations.

3-From a psychological point of view, attention is paid in most facilities
to the psychological state of employees and deal with them bothaccording to age, the goal is to improve their psychological state toprevent accidents and increase productivity.

[2-11] Campaign/event/National/Convention/Exhibition

Jordan participates continuously, especially in the International Day ofSafety (28/4) of each year, in local and international conferences andexhibitions with the aim of promoting and developing safety
legislation and system in line with international developments andupdates.
It also carries out continuous awareness and educational campaigns
through social media and various media with the aim of promoting aculture of occupational safety and health for all.

[2-12] Three major initiatives(strategies) by the government on any ofthe above
1-Establishing occupational safety and health institutes affiliated to
the Jordanian Ministry of Labor in Jordan (North, Central and SouthRegions) with the aim of covering all regions of Jordan in matters ofoccupational safety and health and participating in the investigation ofaccidents and conducting environmental measurements for facilities.
2-Establishing a special directorate for occupational safety and healthto follow up on safety issues in labor offices spread across all
governorates of Jordan.
3- Recently, training has been introduced through virtual reality inside
the training and educational centers, especially for dangerous
professions, with the aim of training students in these professions bydefault to avoid the risks that they may face when actually training.

[2-13] Reference (HP related ,source regarding law ,data , etc.)

1-Occupational safety and health books.
2-Legislation of the Jordanian Ministry of Labor in the field ofoccupational safety and health.

3-International legislation in the field of occupational safety andhealthSection [3]Issues and challenges (difficulties) in implementing
OSH in your country what are your priority issues(and strategies if any) in which you want to see
CHANGE (improvement) in relation to OSH?

[3-1] Major issues on occupational safety and health in your country

Through our participation in the investigation of accidents in many
private facilities, it was found that these facilities suffer from many
problems to implement occupational safety and health matters, themost important of which are:1- Failure to provide a safe working environment by the employer.

2- Unsafe work behaviors by employees due to the lack of control
within the facility.
3- The culture of safety is not applied inside the facility.
4- Failure to provide personal protective equipment appropriate to thenature of the work and the resulting risks and failure to provide
machines that provide high safety for workers.

[3-2] Your suggestions , or counter measures for the above problems

1- he country should increase penalties for employers who are notcommitted to providing a safe work environment and not providing
suitable personal protective equipment and machines.
2- Non-compensation of workers because of the injury that resultsfrom their unsafe work behaviour.
3- Activating the concept of a culture of safety among all employees
within the facility, and that safety is a shared responsibility by all.
4- Activating the principle of reward and punishment by the owner ofthe facility for all workers with the aim of increasing competition
among them to maintain safety matters.

[3-3] Expectation for the program and how you want to improve yourfacility after the program
Personally, as a specialist in the field of occupational safety and health, I
have created several electronic programs with the aim of reducing accidents
and injuries within the institutes of the Vocational Training Corporation, themost important of which are:1- Activating the concept of a culture of safety is a shared responsibility foreveryone by creating a program through QR Coad through which anyone
inside the institute can assess safety and report any existing problems.
2- Creating a computerized statistical system and activating it in all institutes
with the aim of knowing every year most of the places where accidents occur
and working on evaluating them and solving existing problems.
3- Make an application through which the existing risks are photographedand sent to the direct official to work on them quickly.
4- The safety institutes in the Vocational Training Corporation, at scheduled
times annually, train part of the employees within the institutes in the fieldof occupational safety and health, so that at the end of the program all theemployees in the institutes have been trained.