Shandong: More than 1,000 new cases of occupational diseases occur each year

On June 30, in the media communication meeting of the Shandong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kong Fanling, director of the Occupational and Environmental Health Monitoring and Evaluation Institute of the Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, revealed that in the past ten years, the number of new occupational diseases in our province has exceeded 1,000 cases each year. .

The occupational disease hazards in China are mainly manifested in the large number of occupational diseases patients, high incidence rate, large economic losses, bad influence, and occupational health problems have become public health problems and social problems that seriously affect social stability. The National Health and Family Planning Commission released a notice on June 30 that in 2013, a total of 26,393 cases of occupational diseases were reported in China. From the industry distribution perspective, the number of occupational diseases in the coal, non-ferrous metals, machinery, and construction industries is relatively large, accounting for 73.53% of the total number of reports. Among various occupational diseases, pneumoconiosis accounted for 87.72% of the total number of reported occupational diseases in 2013.

“The most difficult task in the prevention and control of occupational disease prevention is to raise the awareness of safety protection among all groups.” said Shao Shaofeng, deputy director of the Occupational and Environmental Health Monitoring and Evaluation Institute of the Provincial Disease Control Center who has participated in health education activities for many times. The status of occupational health in workplaces and mines is worrying. Some employees in the front line of the company and a large number of rural migrant workers do not understand various occupational hazards and work environment is poor. Many SMEs do not provide workers with occupational health protection measures that meet the regulations. There have been serious occupational diseases. It is imminent to strengthen professional protection and improve the health of workers.

“To curb the high incidence of occupational diseases, the most important task is to allow employees to have a sense of occupational hazard protection. When enterprises carry out occupational hazard protection, employees can actively cooperate. When enterprises violate the law and regulations, employees of the company to the safety production supervision department in a timely manner "Reporter." Zhou Jingyang, deputy director of the provincial disease control center, believes that only through the work of the disease control department, the impact is small. It is critical for the community to form a joint force and give full play to the role of employees in the enterprise.

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