Bureau of National statistics
Agency for Strategic planning and reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
    Key indicators
    7.5%
    The injury rate in the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2024 compared to the previous year decreased by 7.5% and amounted to 2471 accidents.
    288
    At the same time 288 people suffered from group accidents, 529 from occupational diseases, 26 from poisoning.
    Dynamics
    Number of victims of work-related accidents, including fatalities
    people
    Number of victims with disability for 1 working day or more, including those with a fatal outcome
    2022 2023 2024
    Total 2 449 2 670 2 471
    2 084 2 244 2 100
    Large and medium enterprises
    365 426 371
    Small businesses

    The lowest injury rate was recorded in the Zhetisu region (20 people), the cite of Shymkent (30 people) and the Soltustik Kazakhstan region (38 people).

    In the reportinq year, the most common occupational diseases were: dorsalqia – nonspecific back pain (274 people), pneumoconiosis caused by dust containing silicon (129 people).

    The larqest number of victims of accidents are skilled workers aqed 30 to 45 years who work in the first shift.

    Methodological explanations

    The spreadsheets show includes data submitted by all legal entities of all forms of ownership and in which an accident or occupational disease is registered.

    The unit of measurement is the case of an occupational injury, that is, data on one person who was injured during one accident at work.

    Glossary

    Accident at work - the impact on the employee of a production factor in the performance of labor (service) duties or tasks of the employer, as a result of which an injury, a sudden deterioration in health or poisoning of the employee occurred, which led him to temporary or permanent disability, occupational disease, or death.

    The number of victims with loss of ability to work and death - victims are taken into account in case of accidents that occurred on the territory of the enterprise when the victim was performing work duties, as well as when going to work or from work on the transport provided by the enterprise.

    Occupational disease - a chronic or acute disease caused by exposure of an employee to harmful production factors in connection with the performance of his labor (service) duties.

    The material consequences of accidents at work are determined by the amount of compensation for damage to the injured employee, which is calculated as a percentage of his earnings in accordance with the degree of loss of his professional ability to work. Persons entitled to compensation for damages in the event of the death of the breadwinner shall be compensated for damages in the amount of the average monthly earnings of the breadwinner minus the share attributable to himself and able-bodied persons who are dependent on him, but who are not entitled to compensation for damages.


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    Department of Population Statistics
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