Current status of occupational health and related countermeasures in Guangzhou, China
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2016.02.021
- VernacularTitle:广州市职业卫生现状与对策
- Author:
Wenfeng ZENG
1
;
Shihua WU
;
Zhi WANG
;
Yimin LIU
Author Information
1. 510620,广州市职业病防治院
- Keywords:
Occupational health;
Current status;
Countermeasure
- From:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
2016;34(2):148-150
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the current status of occupational health and related countermeasures in Guangzhou,China.Methods Related data were collected from occupational poisoning accident investigation,diagnosis and identification of occupational diseases,and the occupational disease hazard reporting system,and the statistical data of occupational health in Guangzhou were analyzed retrospectively.Results The number of enterprises reporting for occupational disease hazards in Guangzhou was 20 890,and the total number of workers was 1 457 583.The number of workers exposed to occupational hazards was 284 233,and the cumulative number of workers with occupational diseases was 1 502.There were many risk factors for occupational diseases in enterprises,and there were a large number of workers with occupational diseases,as well as newly diagnosed cases.From 2001 to 2014,the total number of cases of occupational diseases was 958.Conclusion The situation for the prevention and control of occupational diseases is grim in Guangzhou.Occupational health supervision and law enforcement should be enhanced,the three-level supervision system should be established and perfected,and the occupational health supervision system with a combination of "prevention,treatment,and protection" should be established and promoted,so as to gradually establish a technical service support system for occupational health.
