Survey Of Occupational Diseases Such As Shoe Enterprises

Occupational Diseases

In this regard, from now on, the municipal and district level two health administrative departments will use 1 months to carry out special rectification of hazardous chemicals occupational hazards to enterprises in the city.

On the morning of 13 th, reporters followed the law enforcement officers of the Municipal Health Bureau to a shoe factory in Jimo. When they entered the workshop, they smelled a pungent smell, and the workers in the workshop were busy working.

"There are chemicals on the side. Workers should better protect them."

City Health Bureau law enforcement officers said, like these chemical raw materials, containing benzene and other substances, and if the work environment ventilation is not good, for a long time is easy to cause benzene poisoning.

Subsequently, reporters followed the law enforcement officers to the nearby three shoe factories, found that there are also some individual staff safety awareness is weak, do not take protective measures.

"Last year, 86 new occupational diseases were reported in this city."

City Health Bureau responsible person said that in 2008 the city's new occupational disease compared with 2007 decreased by 15.7%, no major or acute occupational poisoning incidents.

"Although occupational diseases decreased last year, the situation of occupational diseases is still not optimistic."

The official told reporters that more than 3000 enterprises (excluding individual businesses) had occupational hazards in the city, and nearly 300 thousand people were exposed to occupational hazards, of which temporary workers and migrant workers accounted for a large proportion.

According to introducing, because some enterprises do not pay attention to occupational disease prevention and control, employment is not standardized, protective measures and facilities are not in place, resulting in workers' health rights and interests can not be effectively protected.

In particular, some small businesses or small workshops engaged in painting, polishing, welding, mining, dredging and other operations, due to backward technology, poor equipment, inadequate protective measures, plus workers mobility, training can not keep up, self-protection awareness is not enough, there are occupational hazards.

In this regard, the Municipal Health Bureau decided to start from now on. The municipal and district level two health administrative departments will use 1 months to carry out special rectification of hazardous chemicals occupational hazards for the city's enterprises, focusing on chemical, textile, building materials, metallurgy, plastic manufacturing, metal products, printing, paper making and other industries, and workers who are exposed to acute and chronic occupational poisoning hazards.

Editor in chief: Xu Qiyun