Guyana

Organization responsible for the statistics

National Insurance Scheme.

Source

Reports of occupational injuries submitted to the National Insurance Scheme.

Coverage

Persons:

All persons employed.

Economic activities:

All economic activities and sectors.

Geographic areas:

Whole country.

Establishments:

All types and sizes of establishments.

Types of occupational accidents covered

Compensated injuries due to all types of occupational accidents, excluding commuting accidents and occupational diseases.

Concepts and definitions

Not available.

Minimum period of absence from work: none.

Maximum period for death to be considered a fatal occupational injury: one year.

Classifications

(a) fatal or non-fatal accidents;

(b) extent of disability:

not available;

(c) economic activity;

(d) occupation:

not available;

(e) type of injury:

burns and scalds, concussions, cuts and lacerations, puncture wounds, paralysis of limbs or parts of the body, fractures, drowning;

(f) cause of accident:

not available;

(g) duration of absence from work:

not available;

(h) characteristics of workers:

sex;

(i) characteristics of accidents:

not available;

(j) characteristics of employers or workplaces:

not available.

Documentation

Bibliographic references:

The statistics are published in:

National Insurance Scheme: Annual Report.

Data published by ILO:

The following data are furnished to the ILO for publication in the Yearbook of Labour Statistics, relating to compensated injuries according to major division of economic activity: number of persons fatally injured, number of persons injured with lost worktime, total of these two groups; number of workdays lost by persons injured with lost worktime.