Who is responsible for monitoring the occupational health of workers exposed to occupational hazards?

The employing unit shall carry out occupational health surveillance on the workers who are engaged in the operations exposed to occupational hazards.

1. What are the specific occupational hazards?

That is, occupational hazards, including all kinds of harmful chemical, physical and biological factors existing in occupational activities and other occupational hazards generated in the process of operation.

According to the Classified Catalogue of Occupational Hazards issued by the former National Health and Family Planning Commission and other four ministries and commissions (No.92 of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention [2015]), there are 456 kinds of * *, including 52 kinds of dust, 375 kinds of chemical factors, 2 kinds of physical factors 12, 8 kinds of radioactive factors, 6 kinds of biological factors and 3 kinds of other factors.

2. What should be included in the occupational health monitoring system?

Management requirements such as categories, items, periods, and file management of workers' occupational health examination in this unit should be stipulated, and management requirements for occupational contraindications, suspected occupational diseases and occupational diseases should also be included, and the responsible departments (responsible persons) of workers' occupational health supervision and file management in this unit and their management responsibilities should be clarified.

3. What is the purpose of regular occupational health examination during the working period?

Through regular occupational health examination and screening during the on-the-job period, occupational disease patients and suspected occupational disease patients among on-the-job employees can be found in time, and early diagnosis, early treatment and early departure can be made to prevent late patients from appearing. At the same time, it can also screen chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, improve the health level of workers and prevent work-related injuries or safety accidents caused by workers' health problems.

4. Why do you want to have an occupational health examination when you leave your job?

The purpose is to understand and judge whether the current health status and changes of workers are related to occupational hazards after engaging in harmful operations for a certain period of time, or whether they suffer from occupational diseases now, so as to provide an important basis for the diagnosis of possible occupational diseases in the future, and also provide important clues for determining the responsible unit and claiming compensation after occupational disease diagnosis.