[The role of occupational physician in the application of the 2006 "agreement on workers' health protection through the good handling and use of crystalline silica and products containing it": the experience in mining sector]

G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 2007 Jul-Sep;29(3 Suppl):395-7.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The 2006 "Agreement on Workers' Health Protection Through the Good Handling and Use of Crystalline Silica and Products Containing it" between social parts defines a standardization of exposition control methods and medical surveillance. The Occupational Physician is integral part in exposition evaluation process and risk stratification in which derives the medical surveillance program. This study presents a first application of the European agreement in mining sector and the role of Occupational Physician in the evaluation of the risk to define methods of prevention. In particular it will be precised the choice of homogenous groups, the classification of exposed workers from results of workplace monitoring, the choice of technical prevention and individual protection equipments, and then the strategy of medical surveillance.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Mining*
  • Occupational Exposure / prevention & control*
  • Occupational Medicine* / standards
  • Physician's Role*
  • Silicon Dioxide* / adverse effects

Substances

  • Silicon Dioxide