Challenges and optimization strategies for comprehensive occupational hazard risk assessment in employers
10.20001/j.issn.2095-2619.20250416
- VernacularTitle:用人单位职业病危害综合风险评估问题与优化建议
- Author:
Shaojun WU
1
;
Xiaoqi XU
;
Qinwen XU
;
Lei WU
;
Yu XIANG
Author Information
1. Center for Disease Prevention and Control of Wuhan East Lake High-tech Development Zone, Wuhan, Hubei 430075, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Occupational health;
Occupational hazards;
Supervision;
Risk assessment;
Recommendations
- From:
China Occupational Medicine
2025;52(2):207-211
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Comprehensive occupational hazard risk assessment in employers is a core component of the pilot program for occupational health classification supervision and law enforcement. The quality and effectiveness of classification-based supervision are directly affected by both the assessment process and its outcomes. However, several issues have emerged since the implementation of the pilot program on the comprehensive risk assessment, including an excessive number of self-assessment items, lack of implementation basis for certain self-assessment items, misinterpretation for certain self-assessment items, inconsistencies between evaluation criteria and existing standards, incomplete implementation of some items, omission of comprehensive risk assessment elements, unclear definitions of key industries and key occupational hazards, and inconvenient assessment procedures on comprehensive risk assessment. To enhance the applicability, accuracy, and objectivity of the comprehensive risk assessments conducted by employers, it is recommended to optimize self-assessment items, standardize risk assessment content, tailor comprehensive risk assessments to actual workplace conditions, refine the identification of key industries and key occupational hazards, improve comprehensive risk assessment methodologies, and establish clear grading rules for the comprehensive risk assessment.
