United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- 69% of construction companies in the Dubai Municipality lack understanding of the importance of health and safety (source)
- 74% of workers in Dubai believe their training is outdated when they do receive it (source)
- 71% of workers have no way of reporting accidents in Dubai (source)
- Only 18% of construction companies in the Dubai Municipality conduct regular health and safety training (source)
- 38% of construction deaths in Dubai occurred because of poor supervision, with a further 25% due to lack of training (source)
- More than a quarter (27%) of people in Abu Dhabi said they had been involved in a road accident when using their phone (source)
- 59% of employees in Dubai are never issued safety and health certificates (source)
- 25% of UAE companies do not provide PPE to their employees (source)
Saudi Arabia
- 48% of occupational injuries in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia happened in the construction industry in 2011 (source)
Kuwait
- 33.2% of construction injuries in Kuwait were as a result of falls from height in 2007 (source)
International
- Construction fatalities have declined since 2009’s ‘Code of Construction Safety Practice’ was released (source)
As is evident from the statistics above, there is still a lot of work to be done to bring the Middle East up to date with general health and safety standards. Until companies begin to prioritise health and safety training for their employees, figures like these will continue to be a trend.