Prevention of Occupational Disease starts with wearing masks

From April 25th to May 1st, it was the "Occupational Disease Prevention Law" publicity week. On April 28th, the Taizhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Hailing District Health Bureau, the Bureau of Prevention and Control, and the Bureau of Work Safety and other departments engaged in occupational disease prevention and control professionals , To some urban enterprises to promote occupational disease prevention and control knowledge. During the preaching process, the staff found that the workers knew little about the prevention and treatment of occupational diseases and that prevention of occupational diseases started with wearing masks.

In the afternoon of the same day, at a shipyard in the urban area, the occupational disease prevention and control personnel conducted a small race to properly wear dust masks. From the workers at the scene, 5 people were randomly called out and each had a dust mask. Some workers do not know the correct use of the nose clips. Some workers cannot prevent the side flaps from leaking, and some even wear masks on their faces. Many workers do not wear masks completely correctly.

Zhou Jing, Chief of Occupational Health Division of Haizhou District, Taizhou City, introduced that dust masks are “weapons” that effectively prevent welding fumes from entering the lungs. Correctly wearing dust masks is the key to effective protection.

First of all, according to the mask on the package, wear a mask in the correct direction; then use two fingers to pinch the nose clip, so that the nose side does not leak; Finally, the headband should be adjusted so that both sides do not leak gas.

"Wearing two breaths after wearing, if there is airflow in the nose, it means that the nose clips are not fixed; if there is airflow on both sides, it means that the headband is too loose." Zhou Jing reminded people who are exposed to chemical substances that can cause occupational diseases. Protect during the process.

Such as wearing the necessary protective clothing, wearing gas masks, and other special provisions of chemical substances, but also according to the specific provisions to take the necessary protection.

Persons working in a noisy environment must have good hearing protection before entering the workplace. According to the noise level, you can choose to wear earplugs, soundproof earmuffs or soundproof caps.

According to Zhang Ping, deputy section chief of the Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention of Taizhou City, although only a handful of people have been diagnosed with occupational diseases, every year in the city people are diagnosed with occupational diseases. Among these, three occupational diseases are the most common.

An occupational disease is pneumoconiosis, which generally accounts for more than half of all diagnosed people. The most common is the welder’s pneumoconiosis. The patient population is mainly welders; followed by silicosis, which is mainly foundry workers in the machinery factory; and other common occupational skin diseases, which are occupational chemical, physical, Skin diseases caused by biological and other factors, including dermatitis, acne, burns, melanosis, etc., are mainly caused by people working in the chemical industry, especially those exposed to volatile chemicals.

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