New occupational diseases in Yunnan Province are almost all pneumoconiosis

In order to popularize occupational disease prevention and control knowledge and raise workers’ awareness of occupational disease prevention and control, on April 28th, the 2014 “Yunnan Province Occupational Disease Prevention Law” publicity week was jointly organized by the Yunnan Provincial Department of Health, the Provincial Work Safety Bureau and the Kunming Health Bureau. The activity was held in Anning Kunming Steel Co., Ltd., and the workers and citizens were distributed on-site to publicize the prevention and control materials for occupational diseases, and the employees and citizens were consulted.

Each year from April 25 to May 1 is the National Occupational Disease Prevention Law Propaganda Week. The theme of this year's publicity week is "Preventing Occupational Diseases and Occupational Health." Hu Yaozhong, Director of the Department of Health Supervision of the Department of Health, said that in 2013, the province reported 5 cases of 438 new cases of acute and chronic occupational diseases, including 424 cases of pneumoconiosis, accounting for 96.8%; Occupational poisoning and other occupational diseases in 14 cases, accounting for 3.2%; compared to 2012 The increase was 16.8%. “The increase was mainly due to pneumoconiosis cases. Pneumoconiosis was the main occupational disease. The top five regions were Zhaotong City, Qujing City, Chuxiong City, Kunming City and Yuxi City, accounting for 87.5%; It accounts for 86.79% in the coal and non-ferrous metals industries."

In the publicity week of yesterday afternoon, experts from the health and disease control departments came to Kunming Steel Anning Co., Ltd. to disseminate information on prevention and control of occupational disease to the front-line employees of the company and to guide enterprises in the prevention and treatment of occupational diseases. According to Zhan Daoping, Minister of Safety and Environmental Energy of the company, there are more than 8,600 employees in Kunming Iron and Steel Company, mainly engaged in iron and steel making and steelmaking. The whole process of iron and steel production is involved. The company has always attached importance to occupational disease prevention and control, regardless of the prevention and control of the production environment. The provision of personal protective equipment and publicity and education have been further strengthened to reduce the occurrence of occupational diseases. “We will at least give workers one physical examination every year. From the monitoring situation in recent years, the passing rate is 100%, and there is no case of occupational disease.”

73 institutions are required to rectify

Hu Yaozhong stated that in 2013, the health departments at all levels in the province carried out work in accordance with the newly revised Occupational Disease Prevention Law, focusing on occupational disease sentinel surveillance, occupational disease health inspection, occupational disease diagnosis, and treatment. Up to now, there are 85 occupational health checkup agencies in the province, and there are 8 occupational disease diagnostic agencies in the administrative district of Kunming, which is the largest state (city) in the province.

In order to standardize occupational health service work, health inspection agencies at all levels in the province examined a total of 72 occupational health inspection agencies (excluding 12 newly approved ones), the occupational health inspection agency inspection coverage rate was 100%, and 20 occupational disease diagnostic agencies were inspected. Occupational disease diagnostic agency inspection coverage rate is 100%. The inspection focuses on the implementation of laws and regulations, system construction, work procedures, occupational disease reports, archives, and governance. Hu Yaozhong said, “Overall, the occupational disease health inspection and occupational disease diagnosis agencies in our province are basically able to carry out work according to relevant laws, regulations and standards. However, some problems were found during inspections, and 55 occupational health inspection institutions and 18 occupational disease diagnoses were found. The agency issued sanitation supervision opinions and put forward suggestions for rectification."

Eight years of occupational health inspection for 980,000 people

Hu Yaozhong said that from 2006 to 2013, the province carried out more than 980,000 person-time occupational health examinations. The top five states (cities) were Qujing, Kunming, Honghe, Wenshan, and Zhaotong, which accounted for about 85.8 of the total number of physical examinations in the province. %; The top five industries are coal, chemical, non-ferrous metals, metallurgy and light industry, accounting for 85.88% of the total number of physical examinations in the province. In 2013, the number of occupational health examinations in the province was more than 340,000. The inspection rate was 94.9%, an increase of 42.8% over 2012.

Since 2009, the National Health and Family Planning Commission has successively established 120 monitoring posts throughout the country to organize the monitoring of key occupational diseases such as pneumoconiosis. The first batch of Dongchuan and Gejiu in our province was listed as a monitoring point for occupational disease caused by lead poisoning. In 2013, Dongchuan and Gejiu used 2 sentinels to monitor 38 companies, including 11 in Dongchuan District and 27 in Gejiu City. They completed 3,116 physical examinations and conducted monitoring of occupational hazards in the workplace.

This year will speed up the construction of occupational disease diagnosis institutions

Speaking of the focus of occupational disease prevention and occupational health supervision this year, Hu Yaozhong stated that this year mainly targets employers and workers exposed to occupational disease hazards, and focuses on the legal knowledge and popular science knowledge of occupational disease prevention for the responsible persons and workers of small, medium and micro employers. Propaganda education. As soon as possible according to the requirements of the establishment of diagnostic appraisal agencies, the establishment of an expert database, expert training and government affairs open. Provincial and state (city) level health administrative departments shall promptly publish relevant information on occupational disease diagnosis agencies and appraisal offices to the public.

This year we must supervise enterprises to strictly comply with the requirements of the Occupational Disease Prevention Law to improve the environmental conditions of work and do a good job in the prevention of occupational diseases. According to the principle of key industry focus prevention and key population protection, intervention measures are proposed for industries, types of jobs, and jobs where heavier lead hazards, and timely, feasible and effective rectification proposals are proposed for workplaces where the company is exposed to serious lead hazards. Excessive workers propose effective measures.

This year will also focus on accelerating the construction of occupational disease diagnostic institutions and occupational health inspection institutions, making use of existing health resources, and striving to quickly realize that there is an occupational disease prevention institution at the provincial level, occupational disease diagnosis institutions in each state (city), and occupations in each county. Health inspection agency planning goals.

How to prevent pneumoconiosis?

Pneumoconiosis is a systemic disease that is dominated by diffuse fibrosis in the lungs caused by the inhalation of productive dust during the production process. There will be chest tightness, chest pain, difficulty breathing, cough, hemoptysis, general weakness, and even severe cases can lose their ability to work. Pneumoconiosis often occurs in workplaces with high dust concentrations and poor labor protection conditions, such as coal mines and cement plants. According to "Pneumoconiosis Diagnostic Criteria," pneumoconiosis is divided into Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase III.

In the dust working environment, the following protective measures can be taken: improving the working environment and process, reducing dust concentration in the workplace, using dust masks or masks, early detection, timely diagnosis and treatment. Prevent tuberculosis, bronchitis, pneumonia, emphysema and other complications.

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