What is an occupational disease and what are the principles of occupational disease prevention and control?

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. The laws of all countries have provisions for the prevention of occupational diseases. Generally speaking, all diseases that meet the legal requirements can be called occupational diseases.

The prevention and control of occupational diseases adhere to the principle of giving priority to prevention and combining prevention with control, and implement the principle of classified management and comprehensive management. The policy of "prevention first, combining prevention with treatment" is based on the characteristics that occupational diseases can be prevented but difficult to treat. Therefore, the prevention and treatment of occupational diseases must start from the source of the disease and implement early prevention. "Prevention first" is the basis and premise of doing a good job in occupational disease prevention and control, that is, we should "take precautions" and "nip in the bud", and change the work mode of occupational disease prevention and control from the traditional post-event treatment to the management mode of prevention first, focusing on prevention, rather than passively dealing with the aftermath after the occurrence of occupational diseases, and eliminating occupational disease hazards in the bud. This requires the joint efforts of relevant government departments, employers and workers to strictly implement the occupational disease prevention measures stipulated in the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases to prevent the occurrence of occupational diseases.

The basic management principle of occupational disease prevention and control is "classified management and comprehensive management". Because there are many factors leading to occupational hazards, and the degree of occupational hazards is not exactly the same, it is necessary to carry out classified management according to different hazard categories and occupational diseases in the prevention and management of occupational diseases.

Supervise and inspect the legitimate rights and interests. All departments should strengthen communication, coordination and cooperation, form a unified and powerful supervision chain, realize all-round comprehensive management, and achieve the best governance effect.