Country Report

JORDAN

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Occupational Safety and HealthName : Hasan Mousa Almarayeh
Senior Engineer
Position : Air Quality Monitoring
Division HeadAqaba Special Economic Zone Authority(ASEZA)
Ben Hayyan Laboratories

JordanPETRA

WADI RUMJORDAN2.Climate
The Climate of the country can be described as a semi arid-arid. Themajor characteristic of the climate is the contrast between a relatively
rainy season from November to April and very dry weather for the rest ofthe year with hot, dry, uniform summers and cool, variable winters during
which practically all of the precipitation occurs, the country has aMediterranean-style climate.

3. People, Culture, and Language
The number of population is around 8 millions. However, we expect
increased number of population growth due to in-political stability in theneighboring countries. The culture can be described as a modern
Arabian and the language is Arabic.

4. Main Commercial Activities

The main activities in Jordan can be summarized as
Phosphate and Potash industry; Tourism; Textile;
Pharmaceutical industries; Cosmetics; IT andcommunication.

Organization Chart

Air Quality DivisionDuties:
 Ambient Air Quality Assessment of Aqaba City
 Measurement of emissions from stack of plants in theindustrial area
 Work Environment Measurements (pollutant ,noise andlight)
 Doing consolations for costumers about analytical resultscompliance with OSH standards.
 Performing the EIA for the projects (pre, during, post)
regarding air quality and noise.
 Cooperate with civil defense if any danger about pollutant
or toxic gases leakage .
 Through internal committee check all safety and healthprocedure at Ben Hayyan lab.

Air quality division role in OSH Air quality division responsible for ambient air quality at Aqaba
city to ensure all pollutant within Jordanian standard limits .
 Periodic check for industrial stack emissions .
 Carried out program for work environment monitoring which
related to pollutant ,noise and light.
 Participate with an internal and external committees responsible
for applying and monitoring of OSH system.
 Cooperate with civil defense in case of emergencies or leakage ofgases at Aqaba city.
 Case study :a. Ammonia gas leakage at industrial area .
b. H2S gas leakage at Aqaba city .

OSH in Jordan
Awareness of the implementation of Occupational Healthand Safety (OSH) in Jordan is still considered low.
Jordan is one of the countries with the highaccident rates as other third countries.
The number and cost of occupational accidents inJordan have been increasing in recent years.
The rising number of accidents reflect poor OSH
awareness from the industry sectors and low of
OSH supervision by government.

Safety and Health related Laws andRegulations• Jordan has comprehensive OSH laws andregulations designed to protect worker safety.
Beside the main labor law, we have three
regulations regarding the OSH:
1. concern about OSH committees (1998)
2. about preventive and medical care forworkers (1998)
3. last one concerning the workplaces

IncidenceChallenges
lake of awareness and knowledge of theimplementation of Occupational Health and Safety.
Lack of OSH Supervision or Inspection fromGovernment and from business owner.
•Many establishments especially SME do not comply

to existing OSH regulations and considered as a cost
and time burden.

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Air, water, and food analysis servicesto Aqaba, Jordan and the region

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