What does the Occupational Disease Prevention Law mean, and so on?

Occupational diseases mentioned in the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases refer to diseases caused by workers of enterprises, institutions and individual economic organizations who are exposed to dust, radioactive substances and other toxic and harmful factors in their professional activities.

Occupational diseases include:

Pneumoconiosis: Pneumoconiosis is a lung disease caused by long-term inhalation of dust. Pneumoconiosis is an occupational disease, which mainly occurs in miners, construction workers, ceramic workers, stone workers, coal workers and other occupational groups who have been exposed to dust for a long time. Long-term inhalation of dust will damage the cilia of the lungs, lead to lung inflammation and fibrosis, and finally lead to lung dysfunction and dyspnea.

Toxic hepatitis: Toxic hepatitis is a kind of liver disease caused by long-term exposure to toxic chemicals. Toxic hepatitis is an occupational disease, which mainly occurs in occupational groups exposed to toxic chemicals, such as chemical workers, printing and dyeing workers, pesticide production workers and so on.

Occupational dermatosis: Occupational dermatosis is caused by occupational factors such as long-term exposure to chemicals, radiation or mechanical stimulation. Occupational dermatosis is an occupational disease, which mainly occurs in occupational groups exposed to harmful substances, such as chemical workers, printing and dyeing workers, medical workers and so on.

Occupational disease prevention measures:

1. Understand the hazards of occupational diseases: improve employees' self-protection awareness of occupational diseases, enhance employees' initiative in preventing occupational diseases, and achieve early detection and early treatment.

2. Improve the environment: Harmful factors in the working environment, such as noise, dust, toxic and harmful gases and high temperature, will directly affect the health of employees, so measures should be taken to improve the working environment, such as strengthening ventilation and reducing harmful substances such as static electricity and floating dust.

3. Improve protective measures: In the process of work, we should do all kinds of protective work, such as wearing masks, earplugs, protective clothing, goggles, etc. , to prevent the invasion of harmful substances.

4. Strengthen occupational health examination: Carry out occupational health examination regularly to find the early symptoms of occupational diseases in time so as to take timely treatment measures.

5. Carry out occupational disease education: enterprises should strengthen occupational disease knowledge propaganda and financial investment in occupational disease prevention, establish occupational health technical service network, master occupational disease prevention technology, and carry out occupational disease prevention technical training and occupational health education.