Occupation Health Status of Workers
Exposed to Dust and Industrial Noise in a
City along Lancang River
Duan Rufei
Baoshan Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, Yunnan, China
Background:
With the economical development of
west Yunnan along lancang river, More and
more industries were introduced.
Background:
Workers exposed to dust and industrial
noise can cause silicosis and occupational
noise-induced deafness.
Background:
To find occupational contraindication and
suspected occupational disease as early as
possible is significantly for occupation
health surveillance .
Aims:
To understand health status of workers
exposed to dust and industrial noise in
Baoshan city, supply references to
industries in Lancang river areas for
occupation health surveillance.
Method:
The total of 1203 workers with silicious
dust, cement dust ,tobacco dust and noise
occupational hazardous factors were
randomly sampled in Baoshan city.
Occupation health examination was
conducted to subjects.
Method:
High kilo-voltage chest radiograph was
used as a screening measurement for
silicosis. Diagnosis of silicosis was
undertaken using occupation health
surveillance standard (GBZ188-2014).
Method:
Pure tone audiometry test was used as a
screening measurement for hearing loss.
Diagnosis of hearing loss was undertaken
using occupation health surveillance
standard (GBZ188-2014).
Results:
items
cases
Average height
166.9±6.8
Average weight
63.7±10.7
High kilo-voltage
chest radiograph
Pneumoconiosis
in different
industries
Wear dust mask
percent ( % (
suspected silicosis
2
0.2
Suspected silicosis
at gradeⅠ
1
0.1
Suspected silicosis
at grade Ⅱ
3
0.25
normal
1197
99.5
Cement industry
0
0.0
Non-coal industry
6
100.0
Tobacco processing
0
0.0
974
81.0
Results:
Hearing test
cases
percent ( % (
Noise occupational contraindication
18
1.5
Average binaural high frequency hearing
threshord≧40dB
12
1.0
25dB﹤average binaural high frequency
hearing threshord﹤40dB
12
1.0
Normal hearing
1151
95.7
Noise protecting earplug
612
50.9
Results:
Variables
Working age
( 0=<1year (
1=1~5years
2=>5yaers (
Workshop
( 0=noise<85db (
1=noise>85db (
Blood pressure
(0=normal (
1=high blood pressure)
Electrocardiogram
(0=normal (
1=abnormal)
β
SE
P value
OR
95%CI
0.664
0.263
0.012
1.943
1.160-3.252
1.470
0.432
0.001
4.350
1.867-10.136
0.734
0.431
0.685
0.538
0.284
0.423
2.084
1.539
0.544-7.981
1.215-3.740
Conclusion:
1.Workers in highlighted occupational disease
prevention area in Baoshan have a high prevalence
of occupational contraindication and hearing loss.
Conclusion:
2.Noise was the main occupational
hazardous factors in this area.
Conclusion:
3. Enterprises and companies should enhance
protection measurement and improve the working
environment, especially to protect workers from
noise more than 85 dB and working more than 5
years.
Conclusion:
4. As the core of occupational disease protection,
Enterprises should enhance occupational health
education and health promotion. Especially pay
attention to workers at earlier working year.