The State of Safety and Health at Work in Georgia — annual review
GILS's annual review, published every 28 April on the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. First edition: 28 April 2027. This page sets out its format, indicators and production.
Last updated: 3 October 2026
Purpose
Every strong national OSH system has a fixed annual publication: HSE's statistics in Great Britain, DGUV's accident report in Germany, EU-OSHA's Barometer updates. Georgia has none. The State of Safety and Health at Work in Georgia will be that publication: one report a year, same structure every year, every figure sourced, released on 28 April so that it enters the World Day coverage, with a DOI through the Georgian Medical Journal so that it can be cited.
Structure of each edition
| Section | Content | Source base |
|---|---|---|
| 1. The year in figures | Deaths, injuries, rates, construction share, inspections, suspensions — the Barometer indicators with year-on-year change | ILOSTAT; Labour Inspection Service; Parliament |
| 2. Where people died | Sector, region and cause as far as published; multi-casualty events | Labour Inspection Service; press reports |
| 3. Georgia and the region | Fatal injury rates: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye, EU-27 | ILOSTAT; Eurostat |
| 4. The law and the institutions | Changes in legislation, ratifications, EU directives transposed, inspectorate capacity | Matsne; ILO NORMLEX; ETF–Eurofound |
| 5. The invisible burden | Occupational disease, long working hours, psychosocial risk — what WHO and the ILO estimate and what Georgia does not record | WHO/ILO Joint Estimates; WHO GHO |
| 6. Health workers | The year's evidence on infection, violence and burn-out; from 2028, the GILS survey results | WHO and ILO; GILS 2027 survey |
| 7. Sector focus | One sector in depth each year (2027: construction) | GILS sector pages |
| 8. Ten recommendations | Evidence-based, each tied to an instrument (ILO convention, EU directive, WHO guidance) | GILS |
| Annex | The Barometer dataset and the accidents dataset, updated | GILS open data |
Production calendar
| When | Step |
|---|---|
| January–February | Collect the previous year's figures as published (ILOSTAT, inspection report, Parliament); update the Barometer and the accidents dataset |
| March | Draft; review by the GILS Advisory Board and partners (PHIG, DTMU, ASF, Ergonomics Association of Georgia) for accuracy — no editorial control |
| Mid-April | Editor's approval; DOI assigned through GMJ; PDF and web versions prepared in English, Georgian version to follow |
| 28 April | Publication on labour.edu.ge and in GMJ News; courtesy copies to the Labour Inspection Service and the social partners |
| May | Corrections window; replies published under the right-of-reply policy |
Editions
| Edition | Status |
|---|---|
| 2027 — first edition (data for 2026; sector focus: construction) | In preparation; due 28 April 2027 |
| 2028 — second edition (data for 2027; sector focus: health care, with the GILS survey) | Planned |
Public health perspective (WHO)
WHO's Global Plan of Action asks countries to report on workers' health with national indicators; the ILO's Convention No. 187 asks for a periodically reviewed national profile. The annual review serves both: it is Georgia's only regular, public account of safety and health at work, labour side and health side together. Workers' health: the public health perspective.
Sources
- ILO. World Day for Safety and Health at Work. www.ilo.org
- EU-OSHA. OSH Barometer. osha.europa.eu
- ILOSTAT. Safety and health at work. ilostat.ilo.org
- GILS. Georgia OSH Barometer. osh
Figures are from the GILS Evidence Register and the official sources shown. GILS is independent of government, trade unions, employers' organisations and the ILO.
In this section
← OSH hubTwo perspectives: ILO and WHO · National OSH Profile · Normative instruments · International standards · Law and institutions · Accidents and deaths · Occupational diseases · Chemical hazards · Noise, vibration and radiation · Ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders · Psychosocial risks at work · Construction · Mining · Agriculture · Heat and climate · Health workers · Infection and sharps · Violence · Health workers: burn-out · Women at work · Young and older workers · Workplace action and training · OSH organisations and networks · Georgia OSH Barometer · Risk Assessment Checklist · Annual review (28 April)
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