TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Occupational hazards to health of port workers JO - International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics A1 - Wang, Yukun A1 - Zhan, Shuifen A1 - Liu, Yan A1 - Li, Yan SP - 584 EP - 588 VL - 23 IS - 4 N2 - OBJECTIVES: The aim of this paper is to reduce the risk of occupational hazards and improve safety conditions by enhancing hazard knowledge and identification as well as improving safety behavior for freight port enterprises.

METHODS: In this paper, occupational hazards to health and their prevention measures of freight port enterprises have been summarized through a lot of occupational health evaluation work, experience and understanding.

RESULTS: Workers of freight port enterprises confront an equally wide variety of chemical, physical and psychological hazards in production technology, production environment and the course of labor. Such health hazards have been identified, the risks evaluated, the dangers to health notified and effective prevention measures which should be put in place to ensure the health of the port workers summarized.

DISCUSSION: There is still a long way for the freight port enterprises to go to prevent and control the occupational hazards. Except for occupational hazards and their prevention measures, other factors that influence the health of port workers should also be paid attention to, such as his age, work history, gender, contraindication, and even the occurrence and development rules of occupational hazards in the current production conditions.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 1080-3548 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2016.1199501 ID - ref1 ER -