TABLE 40 WORK OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DIVISION 1983 AND 1984
I,
Number of Confirmed Occupational Diseases*
Compressed Air Illness
Compression Barotrauma
Decompression sickness
TABLE 41
ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND SURVEY WORK OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DIVISION 1984
1983
1984
I.
Field Survey Work
Nature of Survey Work
(A) Atmospheric monitoring :
No. of surveys
No, of samples
taken
II.
Type I
Type II
Dysbaric osteonecrosis
Contact dermatitis
Silicosis
Mercury poisoning
Benzene poisoning
Gas poisoning
Occupational Injuries
No. of occupational injuries reported
No. of accidents requiring notification
under Employees' Compensation Ordinance
1 189
2
609 6
Acetic acid
Acetone
Aluminium
6
10
18
THE
47
295
232
Ammonia
Asbestos
Benzene
Beryllium
Butyl acetate Butyl cellosolve
5
20
35 17
5
12
1
Carbon dioxide
5
Carbon monoxide
12
1
Chlorofor
Chromic acid mist
40
66
233
22
Cyclohexane
Cyclohexanone
Diethyl ether
79 204
71 141
83 491
81 171
Dust
Ethanol
Ethyl acetate Formaldehyde Freon
Gasoline
188
633
1
1
17
25
11
1
4
1
Glycol ethora Нахара
38
1
1
III. Employees' Compensation Case Work
Hydrogen chloride
Hydrogen cyanide
20
Total no. of interviews with injured employees
Cases assessed by Ordinary Assessment Boards#
Cases assessed by Medical Assessment Boards+
Cases assessed by Special Assessment Boards@
175 081
3 831
188 240
Hydrogen sulphide
11
Isophorone
€
16 044
Iso-propyl alcohol Lead
6
18
18 550
1 181
Mercury
€
41
Methylene chloride
10
14
70
Hethyl ethyl ketone
13
21
Cases assessed by Prostheses and Surgical
Appliances Boards@
* Figures for 1983 refer to the number of occupational diseases
notified under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations.
# Nursing staff assisted in the preparation and clearance of
cases of Ordinary Assessment Boards.
+ Employees' compensation cases occurring before 1.7.83
assessed by Occupational Health Officers.
@ Employees' compensation cases occurring on and after 1.7.83
are assessed by statutory boards with the enactment of the Employees' Compensation (Amendment) Ordinance. Occupational Health Officers sat on Special Assessment Boards and Prostheses and Surgical Appliances Boards.
Organic vapours
Oxygen
Ozone
Perchloroethylene
Styrene
Sulphuric acid
Toluene
Toluene di-isocyanate 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Trichloroethylene
Vinyl chloride Welding fumes Xylene
Nitrogen dioxide
5
10
209
312
14
31
13
24
34
36
~ - - &P_Xand
19
33
9
57
2
34
103