Malta scores high in European OHSA statistics

Malta has showed marked progress in the level of occupational health and safety (OHS) between 2007 to 2013. This emanates from the European Commission’s 2013 Labour Force Survey (ad-hoc module) presented yesterday in Luxembourg.

In 2013 only about 1.5% of employed persons reported an accident at work compared to about 3.5% in 2007. This is a decrease of 2% which is remarkably better than most countries often percieved as having higher standards of OHS than Malta.

There was also a decrease in the number of employed persons reporting a work-related health problem in 2013 when compared to 2007. In this area, Malta also ranked 5th amongst 33 countries.

The survey also took into consideration time pressure or overload of work. Malta ranked 3rd amongst 28 countries and also registered a marked decrease over the six years in review – from nearly 25% to about 13%).