1. An analysis of assessment results of prevention and control of occupational hazards in a city
Lin YANG ; Xipeng SU ; Fei YE ; Wei ZHANG ; Yang XING ; Hui LI ; Zheng JI ; Qian LIU ; Bingbing LIU ; Jie NIU
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2018;36(12):899-903
Objective:
To investigate the current status of prevention and control of occupational hazards in a city in 2017, to understand the capability to prevent and control occupational hazards and the level of occupational health supervision and management, and to propose measures to urge employers to assume the main responsibility for the prevention and control of occupational diseases.
Methods:
An analysis of the main factors influencing the prevention and control of occupational hazards in the city was performed to screen out six semi-quantitative assessment indicators (including the training of the main responsible persons and occupational health management personnel in companies) and four qualitative assessment indicators (including the coverage of supervision and inspection of occupational hazards performed by the district safety supervision department) , which could be used to measure the prevention and control effects of regional occupational hazards. Each indicator was scored. The typical investigation method was used to do data review and on-site inspection of 170 companies, 17 district-level occupational health supervision departments, and 16 sub-district (township) occupational health supervision departments in the city from October to December, 2017. The prevention and control of occupational diseases in each district was scored, and the completion rate and completion situation of each indicator in the city were analyzed.
Results:
The mean score of prevention and control of occupational hazards in the city was 84.9. The scores of two districts were relatively high, being 88.9 and 88.7, respectively; the scores of 9 (52.9%) districts were higher than 85. The pass rate of training for the main responsible persons and occupational health management personnel in companies in the city was 95.9%, the pass rate of occupational health training for workers was 84.7%, the pass rate of occupational health examination for workers was 96.5%, the pass rate for the inspection of occupational hazardous factors in workplaces was 95.3%, the pass rate for notifying occupational hazards in workplaces is 95.9%, and the pass rate for applying the warning signs of occupational hazards in workplaces was 76.5%.
Conclusion
The awareness of the importance of prevention and control of occupational hazards in all districts of the city has been increased, but the effectiveness of occupational health training for workers needs to be strengthened. The supply and demand of occupational health technical services are still not matched, and the ways and methods of occupational health supervision and inspection need to be improved.
2.Analysis of occupational radiation sicknesses diagnosed in China from 2013 to 2017
Xiaoliang LI ; Yinping SU ; Shujie LEI ; Xipeng ZHAO ; Yinghua FU ; Shuxia HAO ; Jianxiang LIU ; Quanfu SUN
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2018;38(10):779-783
Objective To analyze the changes in distribution of occupational radiation cases reported from 2013 to 2017 in China and learn about the occupational health risks of radiation workers.Methods Descriptive analyses were made of regional distribution,disease category distribution,occupation category distribution and exposure mode distribution of these cases,according to the reports (2013-2017) of occupational radiation sickness from " Occupational Health of Radiation Workers Management System".Results There were 54 diagnostic radiology agencies for occupational radiation sickness in China that covered all provinces,autonomous regions and municipalities except Tibet and Production and Construction Corps of Xinjiang.A total of 106 new cases were reported from 2013 to 2017.Most of the cases were radiogenic neoplasm (43.40%),and chronic radiation sickness were from external exposure (16.98%) and radiation cataract (16.04%).Most of the cases (70.75%) were engaged in medical application and a small part of the cases (13.21%) engaged in industry application.Chronic exposure (80.19%) was the most frequent form of exposure mode,but acute exposure (5.66%) was very few.A part of cases (14.15%) were reported without exposure mode.Conclusions The morbidity of occupational radiation sickness declined generally in China and occupational health management of key workers should be strengthened continuously.