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The Analysis of the Health Status of the Occupational Population of a Cement Enterprise in Dali

  

  1. Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Dali Prefecture, Dali, Yunnan 671000, China
  • Received:2014-01-03 Online:2014-08-15 Published:2014-08-15

Abstract:

Objective: To evaluate the health status of the workers of a cement company in Dali so as to find the occupational
contraindication and diseases. Methods: Analysis of the occupational physical examination data about 1 219 workers(n=1 219)of a cement enterprise in Dali in 2012. Results: There were 19 workers with suspected occupational diseases and 25 with occupational contraindication. Clinic indexes showed 587 workers had 951 abnormal items, which accounted for 48.15%. Among all abnormal items about circulation system, 224 items were about hypertension with the highest percentage(18.38%), 157 items about hyperlipidemia with the second highest percentage(12.88%), followed by fatty liver, liver function, routine blood test, electrocardiogram and liver hemangioma. The difference was statistically significant(χ2 =519,P<0.01)Among 587 workers with abnormal items, were 467 male
(51.43%)and 120 female(38.59%). Statistical analysis showed the difference was statistically significant(χ2 =15.31,P<0.01). Conclusion: The health status of workers in the cement company could not be neglected and the corresponding measures should be taken. The government department of work safety must strengthen the supervision of occupational health in enterprises and urge them to improve the occupational health status.

Key words: health examination, cement enterprise, analysis

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