Is the Bahraini government willing to be transparent with workplace accident figures and information?
We have a lot of transparency about this situation because, from my side, I need support from the outside. When there is a fatality the newspapers and other authorities will judge you and this is considered as a pressure from outside for our countries to speed up safety proposals. This is also true for international declarations on human rights. As a country you cannot have support from certain international bodies without complying with their declarations. For this we must have basic foundation or national agenda for safety, this is one major issue, you have to prepare and comply with international laws. If not in 2009, within the next four years we will have it because of the international pressure. What are the work place accident statistics for 2008? I am putting together a full report on all recorded workplace accidents. I will give you this report when it is finished. I can tell you that 37 workers died in accidents last year. If you look at the UK and US we have 10% more constru
