</p>Smoke detector (预报火警的)烟雾探测器* N# _; Y" u8 K1 I n. Y2 m
A working fire extinguisher 功能良好的灭火器$ k2 M* y6 w$ Y' k: k
Acquaint sb. With sth. 让某人了解/熟悉4 f" k! @+ M( i. i1 Q( V$ X4 }# T
Rules and regulations 规章制度* y, i# Z- V2 O8 s6 P2 R
ILL-health and the work environment
$ }5 e; d" O" a/ L. l疾病和工作环境1 f: I$ Q1 t/ i& o g, l" P
Work is an important determinate of health. It can influence health positively or negatively.8 d X( Q+ g# }' j
工作是健康的一个重要决定性因素,它可以给身体带来正面或负面的影响。, ?* W1 x- s {) w* f4 i
We are now focusing on the adverse effects of work on health, although the positive effects of appropriate work on health and well-being are no less important.2 [0 l9 ~7 C0 v2 j
虽然适当的工作对身体健康带来的有利影响也同样重要,但我们现在集中谈谈工作对健康的不利影响。1 a% d& f3 b6 i
Every year, about 10 million of the 150 million workers in the European Community are affected by incidents,” accidents” or diseases at work.* \: s5 \7 B; l* b3 L
每年,欧共体的1.5亿工人中大约有1000万工人由于工作中出现的时间、意外事故或工作引发的疾病而使健康受到影响。( w5 x8 @ B) v5 t ~6 I
Direct compensation costs are estimated at 20 billion ECU per year., J( l6 H8 h% I& ^; ` ?
据估计,每年的直接赔偿金额为200亿欧洲货币单位。
( @+ S, Q) p) ]6 `* G: fAccording to UK official statistics, every year about 2000 lives are lost through occupational disease or injury, about 20,000 major industrial injuries occur (e.g. skull fracture, loss of sight) and there are about 200,000 injuries resulting in a work disability of 3 days or more.; N- _" K" A5 r. ]+ e+ P. B
根据英国官方的统计数据,每年大约有2000人因为职业疾病或伤害而丧命,每年大约发生2万起重大工伤事故(如脑部骨折、失明等),有20万工伤事故导致工人在3天或者更长时间内丧失劳动能力。
8 d% i8 p" F; l& VThese figures are gross underestimates of the true incidence of occupational ill-health.1 t( O# P7 h- w, `$ w
这些数据只是对实际发生的职业病伤害的不完全统计。
2 I3 V' X, m( L, V# |9 l( zThus for example the “true” figure of occupational cancer deaths alone in the U.K. may be to the order of 5,000 per year.
: b7 c |: F; A _! |3 x' X例如在英国,仅仅因为职业引发的癌症死亡的“实际”人数每年就达到5000人。 |