Low back pain, back pain, neck pain
This is the most common symptom of office workers after working for a long time
Can these be counted as occupational diseases?
Let the experts give you the answers today!
Recently, "Li Live Broadcasting , Famous Doctor Consultation" specially invited Zhang Rong and Wei Chunlong, vice presidents of Nanjing Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Institute, to answer questions online to interpret the prevention and treatment of occupational diseases for you.
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Is low back and neck pain an occupational disease?
According to the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases, occupational diseases refer to diseases caused by the exposure of workers of enterprises, public institutions, individual economic organizations and other employers to dust, radioactive substances and other toxic and harmful substances in their occupational activities. At present, low back pain, back pain, neck pain and other diseases caused by work cannot be regarded as occupational diseases, but it is indeed a work-related disease, and employers should take relevant measures to actively prevent it.
The number of new occupational disease cases has dropped sharply in recent years!
According to the national Classification and Catalogue of Occupational Diseases, the mainland statutory occupational diseases are divided into 10 categories and 132 species, including occupational pneumoconiosis and other respiratory diseases, occupational skin diseases, occupational eye diseases, occupational chemical poisoning, etc. With the continuous advancement of occupational disease prevention and treatment, the number of newly reported occupational disease cases nationwide decreased from 27,420 in 2012 to 15,407 in 2021, a decrease of 43.8%. Occupational pneumoconiosis ranks first among new occupational diseases and is the focus of occupational disease prevention and treatment.
How are occupational diseases diagnosed?
Once the employee suspects that he has an occupational disease, he or she may bring relevant materials such as occupational history and exposure history to the occupational disease diagnosis institution at the place where the employer is located, where he or she is registered or where he or she habitually resides, to apply for diagnosis. At present, Nanjing Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Institute is the only medical institution in Nanjing that carries out occupational disease diagnosis on the record, and workers in need can apply.
Workers with occupational diseases need to be treated in designated occupational disease medical institutions, nanjing currently has 11 designated occupational disease medical institutions, if you want to go to other hospitals, you need to go through referral procedures in designated medical institutions. At the same time, patients who are treated at designated points for occupational diseases can enjoy the 30 yuan one-day meal subsidy given by the work injury insurance fund.
If the employee is diagnosed with an occupational disease and the employer pays the work injury insurance normally, the treatment fee shall be paid by the work injury insurance fund, and if the employer does not participate in the work injury insurance in accordance with the law, its medical and living security shall be borne by the employer.
How to prevent occupational diseases?
The prevention and treatment of occupational diseases should follow the principle of three levels of prevention: primary prevention, also known as etiological prevention, by improving the working conditions in the workplace to achieve the purpose of controlling the level of occupational disease hazard factors, fundamentally eliminate or minimize the harm of occupational diseases. Secondary prevention, early detection and diagnosis of health damage caused by occupational disease hazards, early treatment and intervention to avoid the occurrence of occupational diseases. Tertiary prevention refers to the measures to give active treatment and promote rehabilitation after illness, and try to ensure that the quality of life of workers is not too affected.
How often are occupational health checks checked?
Workers who are directly or indirectly exposed to occupational disease hazards are required to undergo occupational health examinations, which are recommended not less than once a year. The employing unit shall organize the employee to conduct occupational health examinations before, during and after leaving the post, and the cost of occupational health examinations shall be borne by the employer.
Occupational health examination is different from ordinary physical examination, and the main differences are the following points:
1
Objects are different
General medical examinations are for all populations, while occupational health examinations are for workers exposed to occupational disease hazards.
2
The purpose is different
Health examinations are carried out to detect their own diseases, while occupational health examinations are carried out to check whether workers meet the requirements of the post and detect occupational damage early.
3
Different forms of organization
The general medical examination can be made by the individual to go to the medical institution to make an appointment, while the occupational health examination must be applied for by the employer.
4
The reference standards are different
The reference standard for general physical examination is the clinical diagnosis and treatment specification, while the occupational health examination needs to be based on the occupational health monitoring technical specification in addition to the clinical diagnosis and treatment specification.
5
Instrumentation is different
The general physical examination is based on the existing equipment of each medical institution, while the occupational health examination needs to be configured according to different toxic and harmful factors.
6
The conclusion is different
The general physical examination concludes of a healthy, sub-healthy or diseased state and gives medical advice. The occupational health examination is to give conclusions around the target disease, in addition to giving treatment suggestions, but also to put forward whether the worker meets the corresponding job conditions, whether it is necessary to further diagnose the occupational disease.
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Edited by Zhu Dan Peach
Jiangsu News
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