A report on :Capacity building of workers in NCOHS
and KRG MOLSA on accident andoccupational disease reporting andrecording
Presentation by:

KRG MOLSA teamJuly 2017Tokyo, Japan

Outline :- Introduction to Kurdistan Region- health and safety performance- Why is health and safety so important ?
- Health and safety applies to whom?
- Spreading health and safety awareness- what we need to improve- What people can expect from us- Chart of HS statistics- the types of accidents that could occur- Obstacles

The map of Kurdistan region of Iraq

Kurdistan Flag

Kurdistan Presidency

President Barzani

The Parliament of Kurdistan Region

KRG council of ministers

KRG Ministry of Labor

Kurdistan Cities(Erbil, Sulaymaniya, Duhok, Kerkuk)

What do you know about Halabja?
• Halabja is a city that resembles Hiroshima as both has been
victim of wars that resulted in large number of casualties.
Chemical weapon has been used against this city by
Saddam’s regime in 1988 and this has caused the death of
more than 5,000 innocent people in a matter of minutes.
This incident has raised interest in Health and safety because
we can see the effect of this atrocity against the nature ofthis city and on the water and soil of Halabja.

Health and safety performance in Kurdistan regional government has
good standard if we compared it to what Kurdish people been throughin the past 100 years in wars, invasions, assimilations by country's
surrounded Kurdistan region had torn Kurdistan apart , but Kurdish
people have decided to build their own country from scratch. They startbuild it from 1991 after the uprising; They forced Iraqi army out whichwas led by former dictator (saddam Hussain) and this is where I get tomy point(to be continued from next page)Because Kurdistan has been through all this ups and downs,
invaders had prevented people from moving forward. They always
brought destruction to the region. People lived with basic stuff,
there were no industries, no manufacturers, basically industrial
sector of the Kurdish people were under sanctions and production
was almost zero.
After 2003 rebuilding started. New companies from all around theworld started to move to Kurdistan.
We people of Kurdistan would welcome other people who want tohelp and rebuild, train and so in almost all sectors all this history
lessons and explanations brings me to this point that we need to
improve our skills in many sectors. Thing have changed, people
have moved forward specially on Health and Safety issues

• Health and safety is important because it affects families• communities and countries in general by implementing HS rules both will benefit
from it• By ignoring it both will sufferHow?
• By implementing and taking into account HS rules and regulations employees canplan ahead for future as we all work for in our life to be safe and sound and its also
true for employer• By ignoring it will be disasters for all
How ?
• We will focus on personal injuries, person will go through personal pain plus
absence from work being kept in hospital bed, the person will go throughpsychological emotion and if its for long time injury disruption of future, plan person
might have planned beforehand like marriage or have his/her own company, and soon.
• Economic-wise employer must pay sick pay for employee that are laying in hospital
bed and have short staff at work. Government spends more money on hospital on
the case that shouldn’t have happened in first place.

• In general, health and safety laws apply to allbusinesses. As an employer, or a self-employedperson, you are responsible for health andsafety in your business. Health and safety laws
are there to protect you, your employees andthe public from workplace dangers.

• Because this sector is new in our region, it needs some timeto people to get used to it in order to get our point to ouraudience like office worker doctors, line assemblies,
construction workers and all hand working people here.
What we need to do?

• Publishing leaflets, flyers with adequate information about
the importance of health and safety and handing it to them
• Holding seminars, broadcasting programs on TV and radiostations in order to make business owners, companies,managers, employers and employees understand theimportance of health and safety at work
• Going out to workers to introduce ourselves, tell them weare here for them• We should encourage people to report all events
regardless of whether or not they lead to injury or
equipment/property damage. This is to expand our poolof data to enable identifications of potential trends,
leading to improve in safety because this is what we
think is our weakness. In many places we have heard
from here and there that accidents occurred, but
recording it not being done in a proper way or somecompanies barely know about accident recording so welose these information which can be used as data towork on in the future.

• Health and safety team has agreed to take a walk about
and this is positive sign to identify problems and pointout where it needs improvement and record whether
they kept their site clean and accident-free, or whether
they should be rewarded• Take direct action like putting a fine, closing down sites,or even imprisonment who doesn't apply health andsafety regulations at work in to account• Visit sites and introduce ourselves to let them know thatthey are being watched by health and safety committee• We will improve our health and safety performance
We will do this by:• Strengthening our health and safety team,• Forming committee structure and safety management
system• Aligning our cooperation priorities with principle ofstrong staff engagement in helping KRG• Continue to take sensible proportion at associated with
our work activities

What people can expect from us:• Be polite and considerate• Give our name when we speak to you• Either wear name badge or give you business card orshow you warrant when we meet
• We also aim to reply to all enquires or complaint or let
you know what we are doing about them within certaintime

Chart of the occupaional diseases and or accidents

3,910
3,610
3,310
3,010
2,710
2,410
2,110
1,810
1,510
1,210
910
610
310
10
Number of visits
Accidents
Death rate

3081
1969
895

679

30 69

2018

13

2014
1969
30
69

2015
3081
20
5

2016
895
186

2017
679
138

Fracture other than thumb and toe
Any injuries likely to lead to permanent eyesight loss or
reduction of sight
Any crush injuries to lead or torso causing damage tobrain or any other internal organs
Serious burns which covers more than 10% of body
Cause to significant damage of eye sight or respiratory
system or vital organs

• Poor communication between employees, employer
and health and safety office• Not enough trained HS staff• Not enough training courses for HS staff• There is no website to collect, save and publish
accidents’ data and statics about health and safety• There is not tough fine and punishment for those who
don’t apply HS regulations

Thank you !

Any questions ?