1. chemical factors: waste may contain harmful chemicals, such as heavy metals and organic compounds. Long-term exposure to these chemicals may lead to skin diseases, respiratory diseases, liver diseases and so on.
2. Physical factors: There may be sharp corners and heavy objects in the waste. In the process of waste disposal, operators may be cut, stabbed and bruised due to accidents.
3. Biological factors: Waste may contain biological pollutants, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites. In the process of waste treatment, operators may be infected by these pollutants.
4. Psychological factors: collecting waste products may require long-term contact with waste products and garbage, and the working environment is harsh. Working in such an environment for a long time may affect the mental health of operators, such as anxiety and depression.
5. Environmental factors: There may be dust, odor, noise and other environmental problems in the garbage disposal site. Long-term exposure to these environments may lead to respiratory diseases and nervous system diseases of operators.
In order to reduce the occupational hazards during waste collection, operators should pay attention to the following points:
1. Wear protective equipment: Wear gloves, masks, goggles and other protective equipment when disposing of waste products to reduce the harm of chemical, biological and physical factors to the body.
2. Strengthen labor protection: reasonably arrange work intensity and working hours, avoid long-term continuous operation, and reduce psychological and physical burdens.
3. Improve occupational health awareness: understand the possible occupational hazards in garbage collection and enhance self-protection awareness.
4. Strengthen training and education: regularly provide occupational health training and education to garbage collection workers to improve their knowledge and skills of occupational disease prevention.
To sum up, the health and safety management measures of garbage collection industry include regularly detecting and evaluating occupational hazards, providing employees with necessary protective equipment and training, establishing a perfect occupational health monitoring system, standardizing garbage collection, classification and treatment processes, strengthening occupational health education and publicity, implementing regular physical examination system, establishing a perfect accident emergency plan and rescue mechanism, strengthening safety management during garbage recovery, and ensuring employees' health and safety at work.
Legal basis:
Measures of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on the Administration of Recycling of Renewable Resources
Article 5
The state encourages harmless recycling and treatment of renewable resources, and encourages scientific research, technological development and popularization of recycling and treatment of renewable resources.