Analysis and Evaluation of Factors of the Production Environment and Labor Process during a Special Assessment of Working Conditions in Company “NPO SM”

Special assessment of working conditions (SAWС) is a set of measures to identify harmful and (or) dangerous factors of the production environment and the labor process and assess the level of their impact on the employee. SAWС is regulated by the law of the Russian Federation and is mandatory for employers organizations. The current rules have been applied in practice relatively recently, since 2014. Despite a lot of comments on the legal aspects of SAWС, there is little research on the subjective perception of customers and performers of problems related to special assessment. The article presents some of the results of a survey of experts who conduct SAWС and representatives of customer organizations. The difficulties and reasons for dissatisfaction arising during the SAWС are identified, which relate to the choice of the contractor, the interest and involvement of customers, and compliance with procedures and deadlines by both parties. Based on the results of the survey and regulatory documents, step-by-step recommendations were developed and presented to help customer organizations. Recommendations contain a list of common errors that should be avoided. They will allow you to properly prepare and conduct all the stages of the SAWС, starting from the formation of the Commission to the application of the results.

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RISK FACTORS IN THE PROCESS OF EMPLOYMENT OF MEDICAL WORKERS OF THE DENTAL PROFILE

Art of Medicine ◽

10.21802/artm.2021.4.20.38 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 38-42

Author(s):

L. F. Horzov ◽

M. V. Krivtsova ◽

E. Ya. Kostenko ◽

M. I. Balega ◽

V. I. Voitovich

Keyword(s):

Ionizing Radiation ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Chemical Exposure ◽

Labor Process ◽

Labor Intensity ◽

Production Environment ◽

Total Contribution ◽

Artificial Lighting ◽

Production Factors ◽

Special Assessment

One of the most socially important types of work is the work of medical workers. Due to the presence of a significant number of harmful and dangerous factors, the medical profession is divided into a separate group, which in turn is characterized by unique aspects of work. The work of doctors and nurses of different specialties of the dental profile differs significantly in the density of the working day, the volume and nature of professional activities; responsibility for the life of the patient, which affects many physiological processes. The purpose. Assessment and comparative characterization of the presence of occupational risks in the dental field, which are daily exposed to factors of aggressive and dangerous nature, as well as the development of a set of preventive measures aimed at reducing occupational morbidity. Materials and methods. Hygienic research of working conditions of medical staff of the University Dental Clinic in the form of a questionnaire. Statistical analysis of data of special assessment of working conditions; sanitary and hygienic characteristics, acts, maps of cases of nosocomial diseases; laboratory and instrumental research conducted as part of production control; dosimetric control, air sampling with subsequent sowing on the nutrient medium of IPA. Results. It was found that in the studied premises, the total microbial count varied from 756 ± 0.8 CFU / 1m3 to 6497 ± 3.4 CFU / 1m3. In most medical institutions, the level of artificial lighting in the workplaces of medical workers was insufficient. The largest negative contribution was provided by such production factors as: labor intensity and intensity - 26.41%; physical: noise, vibration, non-ionizing and ionizing radiation - 25.32%; chemical - 12.77%. The total contribution of the main factors was 91.78%. Assessment of working conditions is based on hygienic criteria to assess the degree of deviations of the parameters of the production environment and labor process from the current hygienic standards, as well as after analysis and processing of data submitted by employees in the format of their questionnaires. In this regard, the distribution of harmful production factors and their degree of impact on the health of medical personnel was established with the help of multifactor analysis. Conclusions. Thus, the research interprets the results, which clearly in the format of a specific percentage, identify those factors that have a strong driving impact on the health of dental professionals. The most substantiated are such production factors as: chemical (exposure to drugs and chemicals), physical (noise and vibration, non-ionizing and ionizing radiation), the severity and intensity of the labor process, lighting (non-compliance with regulations for artificial lighting in the workplace) and microclimate and biological (work with biological, potentially contaminated material, samples, patients), non-ionizing and ionizing radiation, labor intensity (tension of the visual organs).

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Results of special assessment of working conditions for workers in various sectors of economy of the Republic of Bashkortostan

Sanitarnyj vrač (Sanitary Inspector) ◽

10.33920/med-08-2004-05 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 41-48

Author(s):

Elena Abrakhmanova ◽

Lyaylya Masyagutova ◽

Aynur Gabbasov ◽

Akhat Bakirov ◽

Galina Gimranova ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Working Conditions ◽

Physical Factor ◽

Biological Factor ◽

Production Environment ◽

Professional Groups ◽

Republic Of Bashkortostan ◽

The Republic ◽

The Moment ◽

Special Assessment ◽

The Impact

The work presents data analysis of the results of special assessment of working conditions for workers of various branches of economy in the Bashkortostan Republic. Results of special assessment of working conditions (SAWC) and medical examinations were used for the analysis. It is noted, that some professional groups, for example, persons performing their work in the sphere of agriculture, have no exposure to the biological factor. Construction workers were not exposed to industrial vibration, while the noise level for half of the analyzed cases was of class 2.0, although in most cases, industrial noise and vibration have single source. Proportion of facilities that revealed a discrepancy between levels of harmful industrial factors and requirements of sanitary legislation remains high. The greatest share of objects does not correspond to sanitary and epidemiological requirements according to the chemical and physical factor. At the moment, SAWC does not fully reflect the working conditions of employees in different sectors of production. Underestimation of its influence on working conditions of workers is typical for a considerable number of professional groups and individual jobs. Analysis on the basis of SAWC is not sufficient for a hygienic assessment of the impact of production environment factors and labour process on health and requires comprehensive assessment methods.

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Dermatoscopy is effective method for diagnostics of skin neoplasms in workers with industrial carcinogens

Russian Journal of Occupational Health and Industrial Ecology ◽

10.31089/1026-9428-2021-61-4-267-274 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 61 (4) ◽

pp. 267-274

Author(s):

Natalia I. Izmerova ◽

Ilona Ya. Chistova ◽

Natalia A. Bogacheva ◽

Yana A. Petinati ◽

Anastasia V. Derevnina

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Working Conditions ◽

High Efficiency ◽

Skin Neoplasms ◽

Skin Lesions ◽

Production Environment ◽

Risk Of Malignancy ◽

Special Assessment ◽

Medical Examinations ◽

The Impact

Introduction. One of the urgent problems of medicine around the world is the growth of malignant diseases. The impact of the production environment in developing professional and production-related skin malignancies is a sensitive area of occupational health. The high prevalence of precancerosis and the increase in the incidence of skin cancer in people of working age indicates the need to improve diagnostic and preventive measures. One of the most effective recognized non-invasive differential diagnoses of skin tumors with high diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity is dermatoscopy. The study aims to substantiate the importance of dermatoscopic diagnosis of skin neoplasms in workers with industrial carcinogens. The researchers analyzed the available literature and statistical data on the impact of industrial carcinogens on benign and malignant skin lesions in workers in various industries. Specialists from Clinic of the "Izmerov Research Institute of Occupational Health" examined 1,136 people during periodic medical examinations. The features of the signs of neoplasms evaluate according to the principle of their presence or absence. There were two groups: group 1 (n=648) consisted of persons who have contact with industrial carcinogens according to the special assessment of working conditions (SAWC), group 2 (n=488) - persons who do not have contact with carcinogens in the workplace. We found that the frequency of benign skin neoplasms increases depending on the length of work in contact with a production carcinogen. Researchers developed the criteria of clinical and anamnestic signs (the main of which are the working conditions). Dermatoscopic criteria for the initial signs of malignancy of skin neoplasms allow us to form a group of dynamic observations of skin neoplasms in patients working with carcinogens during periodic medical examinations. We formed a group of 38 people (29 from the first and 9 from the second group) for monitoring the dynamics of changes in neoplasms with an appearance to a dermatovenerologist after three months. Specialists sent seven people for additional examination by an oncologist to clarify the degree of existing signs of dysplasia. The formation of a dynamic observation group with the risk of malignancy of skin neoplasms will optimize early diagnosis and ensure high efficiency of treatment in outpatient settings.

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Assessment of occupational risks based on consolidated databases on working conditions

Sanitarnyj vrač (Sanitary Inspector) ◽

10.33920/med-08-2101-02 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 14-21

Author(s):

Nadezhda Alekseevna Muldasheva ◽

Liliya Kazymovna Karimova ◽

Tatyana Kensarinovna Larionova ◽

Elmira Radikovna Shaikhlislamova

Keyword(s):

Working Conditions ◽

Production Control ◽

Working Environment ◽

Labor Process ◽

Epidemiological Surveillance ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Occupational Risks ◽

Production Factors ◽

Special Assessment ◽

The Impact

The methodology for assessing occupational risks currently occupies a priority place in assessing the impact of production factors on the health of workers. The main sources of information for assessing the levels of occupational risks include data obtained in the course of state sanitary and epidemiological surveillance, a special assessment of working conditions and production control. To date, there is a need to harmonize legislation on a special assessment of working conditions and sanitary and hygienic requirements in terms of the list of factors of the working environment and the labor process subject to research and measurement. An adequate assessment of occupational risks is possible only on the basis of the use of consolidated databases on working conditions obtained from various sources.

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Recommendations for developing measures to improve working conditions based on the results of periodic certification of production facilities for working conditions in the Republic of Kazakhstan

MINING INFORMATIONAL AND ANALYTICAL BULLETIN ◽

10.25018/0236-1493-2020-61-0-154-162 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 154-162

Author(s):

V. A. Malashkina ◽

A. Kopylova

Keyword(s):

Working Conditions ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Production Environment ◽

Improve Working ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

The Republic ◽

The Moment ◽

Special Assessment ◽

First Time ◽

Production Facilities

More than 160 million occupational diseases detected for the first time are registered annually around the world [1,2]. At the mining enterprises Of Kazakhstan, this indicator has remained consistently high for many years. Currently, in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the only procedure for identifying dangerous and / or harmful factors of the production environment and labor process and assessing the degree of their impact on the employee is the periodic certification of production facilities for working conditions (pout), which is analogous to the procedure for special assessment of working conditions (SOUT) in the Russian Federation. The relevance of the research is due to the need to improve the legal framework for labor protection in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The aim of this work is to improve working conditions at mining enterprises in Kazakhstan by improving the methodology for developing measures based on the results of periodic certification of production facilities for working conditions. To achieve this goal, a «List of measures to improve working conditions»is being developed based on the results of the PA-POUT. At the moment, this list is compiled in the image and likeness of practically the same at all mining enterprises. The article proposes the principle of grouping activities, which allows us to make a more detailed focus on the dangerous and harmful factors of a particular enterprise, as well as the reasons for their occurrence. The proposed ranking is necessary to take into account the specifics of each specific mining enterprise.

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HYGIENIC ASSESSMENT OF WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE WORKPLACE A SAWYER IN A WOODWORKING SHOP

Modern Technologies and Scientific and Technological Progress ◽

10.36629/2686-9896-2021-1-1-266-267 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 266-267

Author(s):

Vladimir Pankov ◽

Yana Lufarenko

Keyword(s):

Working Conditions ◽

Labor Process ◽

Production Environment

The assessment of working conditions at the workplace of the sawyer in the wood working shop was carried out. The leading factors of the production environment are shown, their hy gienic assessment is given according to the degree of harmfulness and danger, the severity of the labor process, and the final class of working conditions is determined

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HYGIENIC ASPECTS OF THE MEDICAL WORKER’S SAFETY AND THE PROBLEM OF THE EVALUATING PROFESSIONAL RISK

Hygiene and Sanitation ◽

10.18821/0016-9900-2019-98-1-49-54 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 98 (1) ◽

pp. 49-54

Author(s):

I. P. Saldan ◽

A. S. Nagornyak ◽

B. A. Balandovich ◽

Nikolay Yu. Potseluev ◽

A. A. Krasikov ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Ionic Composition ◽

A Priori ◽

Medical Personnel ◽

Occupational Risk ◽

Annual Review ◽

Physical Factors ◽

Production Environment ◽

Special Assessment

The article reflects methodological approaches to the construction of a priori models for assessing the occupational risk of medical workers in physiotherapeutic departments of sanatoriums under the influence of a complex of negative factors of the production environment. The authors carried out a comprehensive hygienic assessment of the occupational risk of medical personnel with the combined use of physiotherapeutic procedures in one of the sanatoria and resort institutions of the Altai Territory. The main objectives of the study were to measure physical, radiation and chemical factors in the work environment at workplaces of medical personnel and to calculate the degree of the occupational risk of workers in accordance with a priori risk assessment models. Based on the results of measurements of physical factors at workplaces of medical workers of physiotherapeutic departments, it is possible to conclude that complex harmful effects include inadequate levels of the air temperature in the work area, artificial illumination, air ionic composition of air and electromagnetic fields. The calculated risk was 0.0975, which corresponds to a moderate risk. The obtained results testify to the existence of a risk, the level of which cannot be neglected, despite the compliance of the level of impact with normative documents. The results of studies of the radiation factor at workplaces in the radon therapy department indicate the equivalent equilibrium radon volume activity to range from 25-109 Bq/m³,and the ambient dose equivalent of gamma radiation in the range of 0.15-0.18 μSv/h, which corresponds to hygienic standards. Therefore, the use of risk-oriented models seems reasonable even in working conditions that are not harmful or dangerous according to the criteria for a special assessment of working conditions. The leading role of electromagnetic radiation for this category of workers is proved in the course of calculations using risk-oriented models of professional risk assessment. It is proposed to develop measures to reduce the electromagnetic load, taking into account the medium and short-term outlook, with an annual review of the degree of occupational risk.

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Hygienic Evaluation of Working Conditions of the Process of Mechanical Processing of PET Bottle

Ukraïnsʹkij žurnal medicini bìologìï ta sportu ◽

10.26693/jmbs06.02.133 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 133-138

Author(s):

Olha Malyshevska ◽

Keyword(s):

Technological Process ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Polymer Processing ◽

The Body ◽

Labor Process ◽

Mechanical Processing ◽

Production Environment ◽

Polymer Waste ◽

Processing Polymer

Polymer processing belongs to the category of hazardous industries and requires a deep and comprehensive analysis of the production environment from a hygienic point of view in order to minimize the negative impact on human health and components of the biosphere. The purpose of the study. It is important to study a set of adverse factors that affect employees in the process of processing polymer waste, to establish the relationship with the development of general and occupational diseases. Results and discussion. It has been established that the working conditions of the process of processing polymer waste have a combined effect on the body caused by a set of adverse production factors of different actions. The main ones are: dust in the air of the working area with polymer dust with mixed and unstable composition over time, noise, cooling microclimate, difficulty of work. The excess of maximum permissible concentration for dust load on the body of workers in the process of mechanical processing of PPV is from 1.35 times to 1.74 times, at the workplaces of the baler and shredder and unloading-packing operator (working conditions class 3.1). Exceedance of the sound pressure level in the range from 2 dBA to 15 dBA was recorded at all workplaces (working conditions class 3.2). The parameters of the microclimate at all workplaces, except for the forklift operator, belong to the harmful class of working conditions 3.1. According to the severity of the labor process, the working conditions of employees vary from allowable 2 (operator of the technological process) to harmful 3.2 (baler and shredder operator). In terms of intensity, the working conditions of all employees belong to harmful class 3.2, due to the significant noise load, which prevents the capture and transmission of information between participants in the processing process, as well as timely receipt of audio signals from the process operator and equipment. Mostly working conditions of employees in the process of processing PPV mixtures belong to class 3.2, except for the forklift operator (class 3.4). As for the integrated assessment, according to the hygienic classification, working conditions of operators of unloading-packing, crushing, technological process and baler are evaluated according to class 3.2, and the truck operator - 3.4 according to state sanitary rules and regulations "Hygienic classification of labor according to the indicators of harmfulness and danger and the intensity of the labor process" (order of the Ministry of Health dated 08.04.2014 No.248,), which can lead to the development of work-related diseases

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Taking into account the biological factor when conducting a special assessment of the working conditions of the teaching staff of departments of medical and biological profile

Issues of determining the severity of harm caused to human health as a result of the impact of a biological factor ◽

10.29039/conferencearticle_5fdcb03abb5020.19310252 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Yuliya Khrustaleva

Keyword(s):

Working Conditions ◽

Biological Factor ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Production Environment ◽

Federal Law ◽

Biological Profile ◽

Normative Documents ◽

Tests And Measurements ◽

Conducting Research ◽

Special Assessment

Special assessment of working conditions is a single set of consistently implemented measures to identify harmful and (or) dangerous factors of the production environment and the labor process and assess the level of their impact on the employee. Conducting a special assessment of working conditions is regulated by certain normative documents (Federal law, labor code, orders of departments). The greatest difficulty is caused by the attribution of working conditions in the workplace of medical and other workers to the class (subclass) of working conditions under the influence of a biological factor. Teachers can carry out medical activities, while they are subject to the rights, duties and responsibilities of medical professionals. The implementation of the components of the concept of medical activity is the basis for assigning working conditions based on the influence of a biological factor, taking into account pathogenicity groups, to a class (subclass) of working conditions without conducting research (tests) and measurements.

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