The UK's
work-related
diseases and
occupational injury surveillance system consists of
Reporting of
Injuries,
Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences
Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR), Labour Force
Survey (LFS), The
Health and
Occupation Research network in
General Practice (THOR-GP), and
Reporting to The
Health and
Occupation Research network by
specialist physicians. This article briefly described the scope, content, and
methods of each
surveillance programme in the UK
work-related
diseases and
occupational injury surveillance system, and summarized their advantages and disadvantages. Among them, employers are required to
report to relevant
law enforcement authorities by RIDDOR, data are highly accessible but with a concern of serious underreport, and it is the only
data source of fatal
occupational injuries; LFS, a representative national
household sample
survey, covering
occupational injuries and
work-related
diseases, is the primary
data source of non-fatal
occupational injuries and
work-related
diseases such as stress,
anxiety, and
depression, but collects non-clinically proven data based on
self-perception;
general practitioners report clinically confirmed
work-related
diseases, which is more scientific in attribution and is a good
secondary source of
work-related
diseases;
specialist physicians report clinically confirmed cases of higher severity, which is the primary source of data on conditions such as
asthma and
dermatitis, but may underestimate
morbidity. Each
surveillance programme of the system has its own characteristics, intersects, and complements each other, which can provide reference for the
construction of
occupational injury surveillance system in
China.