Occupational diseases referred to in the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases refer to

Occupational disease refers to the diseases caused by workers in enterprises, institutions and individual economic organizations who are exposed to dust, radioactive substances and other toxic and harmful substances in their professional activities.

Occupational diseases involved in the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases are statutory occupational diseases. Only diseases that have a direct and clear causal relationship with occupational hazards in the working environment and are within the scope of occupational disease classification and catalogue jointly issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, state administration of work safety and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions are legal occupational diseases.

According to China's current economic development level and referring to international practices, there are currently 10 *** 132 species. In China, only patients with statutory occupational diseases can enjoy the corresponding occupational disease treatment. Occupational diseases are generally preventable due to clear pathogenic factors. The key to prevent occupational diseases is to control the occurrence of occupational hazards and reduce the exposure of workers to occupational hazards.

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Common occupational diseases are:

Pneumoconiosis: Pneumoconiosis or pneumoconiosis, also known as pneumoconiosis and trachoma, is a pulmonary fibrosis disease. Patients are usually in dusty places for a long time. Because of inhaling a lot of dust, the alveoli under the surrounding bronchi accumulate dust, and after a period of time, the lungs change and form fibrotic lesions.

Occupational noise deafness: Occupational noise deafness refers to a progressive sensorineural hearing impairment caused by people's long-term exposure to productive noise at work. Occupational noise deafness patients have a great relationship with the time and intensity of exposure to noise, especially the length of service.