Application of four qualitative occupational health risk assessment methods for cement dust hazard assessment
10.3969/j.issn.1006-2483.2024.05.017
- VernacularTitle:4种定性职业健康风险评估方法在水泥粉尘危害评估中的应用研究
- Author:
Yun WANG
1
;
Li ZHANG
1
;
Wenting HU
2
;
Zhipeng WANG
1
;
Dong LUO
1
;
Zhongquan PENG
1
Author Information
1. Chongqing Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases , Chongqing 400060, China
2. Chongqing Huineng Biaopu Technology Co. , Ltd , Chongqing 401121 , China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cement dust;
Occupational health;
Qualitative risk assessment
- From:
Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
2024;35(5):72-76
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To compare the application of four domestic and foreign qualitative occupational health risk assessment methods for cement dust hazard assessment and explore their applicability, and to find out a method suitable for qualitative occupational health risk assessment of cement dust. Methods The Risk Assessment Method for Occupational Accidents and Diseases of Romania (Romania method)，the Australian Occupational Health and Safety Risk Assessment Method (Australia method)，MES method, and the qualitative method of International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM) were used to assess the occupational health risk of cement dust exposure posts in seven enterprises of Chongqing. The assessment results were analyzed and compared with Spearman correlation analysis, Mann-Whitney U test and weighted Kappa consistency test after standardizing by risk ratio (RR). Results The RRs of the four methods were all positively correlated with cement dust exposure concentration (the correlation coefficients were all greater than 0.6). The Romania method, the Australia method and the qualitative method of ICMM could identify a risk difference between the key posts and non-key posts. The qualitative method of ICMM was difficult to identify high-risk posts that require priority intervention. The Romania method and Australia method had strong consistency (Kappa=0.608, P＜0.01), but only the Australia method could identify high-risk posts of cement dust. Conclusion In general, the Australia method is relatively better at identifying the risk differences of cement dust hazard in different posts and is more suitable for occupational health risk assessment of cement dust with more accurate assessment results.
