Workers' Compensation for Occupational Respiratory Diseases

Park, Soyoung; Kim, Hyoung‐Ryoul; Song, Jaechul

doi:10.3346/jkms.2014.29.s.s47

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“…In Korea, specific criteria for occupational COPD recognition are limited to workers exposed to high concentrations of coal mine dust, silica, or cadmium fumes for prolonged periods [21]. While, in the United Kingdom (UK) occupational origin of disease is recognized for workers exposed to coal dust and in the case of emphysema-inhalation of cadmium fumes for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 20 years or more [32].…”

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Spirometric and hygienic criteria in recognition of occupational COPD in Poland – A retrospective analysis of medical records

Kleniewska

Walusiak‐Skorupa

Lipińska‐Ojrzanowska

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Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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Objectives: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be work-related. It has been estimated that 15% of the population burden of COPD is attributable to occupational exposure. However, in Poland COPD is rarely recognized as an occupational disease. The aim of the study has been to analyze the causes of the low prevalence of work-related COPD in the context of the existing criteria as well as to analyze which part of the assessment -clinical or hygienic one -is responsible for such a low rate of occupational COPD recognitions. Material and Methods: The study group included 150 patients hospitalized with a suspicion of occupational COPD. Each patient underwent a clinical examination, spirometry and reversibility test using bronchodilator. Moreover, hygienic evaluation of work conditions was performed in all the considered cases. Results: In the case of the patients who fulfilled the criteria for COPD diagnosis in accordance with the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) occupational origins of the disease, the disease was not recognized because 24.1% of the individuals did not meet spirometric criteria included in a definition of COPD in the Polish list of occupational diseases, while 27.8% of the individuals did not fulfill the criterion of a documented exposure to dusts and irritant gases. None of these criteria was fulfilled by 42.6% of the patients. Conclusions: In our country, both clinical and hygienic criteria result in limitations in recognition of occupational COPD. There is the need to establish new guidelines for the recognition of COPD as a compensable disease in Poland. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2018;31(2):139 -150

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Spirometric and hygienic criteria in recognition of occupational COPD in Poland – A retrospective analysis of medical records

Kleniewska

Walusiak‐Skorupa

Lipińska‐Ojrzanowska

et al. 2017

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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“…In Korea, the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act data represent the official statistics for occupational pneumoconiosis [ 10 ]. The pneumoconiosis cases analyzed in this study were all workers deemed to have pneumoconiosis by the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2004.…”

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Rheumatoid Arthritis in Silica-Exposed Workers

Min

Kim

Ahn

2021

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Few studies have examined rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk and severity in Korean workers exposed to silica. We compared the hospitalization risk of RA between silica-exposed workers and the general Korean population. The study cohort consisted of male workers exposed to silica who had undergone at least one silica-associated special medical examination between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 (N = 149,948). The data were from the Korea Occupation Safety and Health Agency. RA morbidity based on hospital admission records was estimated from 2000 to 2005 using the Korea National Health Insurance Service claims data. The standardized admission ratio (SAR) was calculated by dividing the observed number of admissions in silica-exposed workers by the expected number of admissions in the general reference population. For the sum of “Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis” (M05) and “Other rheumatoid arthritis” (M06), the SAR was higher in the silica-exposed group (1.34, 95% CI 1.08–1.64). For M05, workers with <10 years of silica exposure had a significantly higher SAR (2.54, 95% CI 1.10–5.01) than the general population. More silica-exposed workers without a diagnosis of pneumoconiosis were hospitalized for RA than the general population. Our analysis reaffirms the link between silica exposure and RA and suggests that the severity of RA is increased by silica. Further studies of silica-exposed workers with longer follow-up are needed.

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“…Other countries are considering COPD as an occupational disease only if a very high level of exposure to occupational hazards is identified. Moreover, the list of etiological agents is very much restricted and many agents are not considered at all for oCOPD recognition and compensation [ 104 ].…”

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Challenges in Diagnosing Occupational Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Occupational chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (oCOPD) represents 15–20% of the global burden of this disease. Even if industrial bronchitis has long been known, new occupational hazards continue to emerge and enlarge the number of people exposed to risk. This review discusses the challenges related to the early detection of oCOPD, in the context of new exposures and of limited usage of methods for an efficient disease occupational screening. It underlines that a better translation into clinical practice of the new methods for lung function impairment measurements, imaging techniques, or the use of serum or exhaled breath inflammation biomarkers could add significant value in the early detection of oCOPD. Such an approach would increase the chance to stop exposure at an earlier moment and to prevent or at least slow down the further deterioration of the lung function as a result of exposure to occupational (inhaled) hazards.

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Workers' Compensation for Occupational Respiratory Diseases

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Spirometric and hygienic criteria in recognition of occupational COPD in Poland – A retrospective analysis of medical records

Spirometric and hygienic criteria in recognition of occupational COPD in Poland – A retrospective analysis of medical records

Rheumatoid Arthritis in Silica-Exposed Workers

Challenges in Diagnosing Occupational Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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