[Analysis on occupational health surveillance to workers exposed to toxic environment in Ningbo]

Objective: To analyze the occupational health surveillance data of toxic and harmful workers in Ningbo, and provide scientific basis for making protective measures. Methods: To export the occupational health surveillance data of toxic and harmful workers reported by occupational health examination institutions in Ningbo during the January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2017 from the China Information System for Disease Control and Prevention, and analyze the trend of the suspected occupational disease and occupational contraindication detection rate, and compare the the health status of workers in different industry nature, economic type, enterprise scale and occupational hazards. Results: From 2011 to 2017, the number of occupational health surveillance of toxic and harmful workers in Ningbo was increasing year by year. The detection rates of suspected occupational diseases and occupational contraindications generally showed a downward trend (P<0.05) . In 2017, the distribution of occupational health care for toxic and harmful workers in Ningbo was mainly based on manufacturing (187 681/220 895, 84.96%) , private economic enterprises (103 960/220 895, 47.06%) and small enterprises (100 357/220 895, 45.43%) , Workers exposed to chemical poisons had the largest number of physical examinations (101 813/220 895, 46.09%) . The highest detection rates of suspected occupational diseases were mining industry (2/1225, 0.16%) , collective economic enterprises (4/2622, 0.15%) and small enterprises (88/100 357, 0.09%) . The highest detection rates of occupational contraindications were rental and business services (16/1 320, 1.21%) , private economic enterprises (1 190/103 960, 1.14%) and small enterprises (995/100 357, 0.99%) . In addition, workers exposed to dust had the highest detection rate of suspected occupational diseases (57/46 740, 0.12%) and workers exposed to physical factors had the highest detection rate of occupational contraindications (1207/69 567, 1.74%) . There were significant differences between the detection rate of suspected occupational disease and occupational contraindication in different industries, economic types, enterprise scale and occupational hazards (P<0.05) . Conclusion: The occupational health surveillance of toxic and harmful workers in Ningbo has been strengthened year by year, attention should be paid to small, private enterprises, and strengthen the supervision of occupational health and further standardize the work of occupational health examination so as to effectively protect the health of the occupational population.