Occupational risks and forecasting of working conditions

2020 ◽  
pp. 52-59
Author(s):  
A. E. Semenov ◽  
R.P. Belikov
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Method ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Reliable Method ◽  
New Method ◽  
Mathematical Apparatus ◽  
Independent Source ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Fundamental Research ◽  
Source Of Information

Predicting injury in any field of activity is an integral part of a broader trend: predicting working conditions. This direction is a new method and is in the process of formation. However, in comparison with the existing areas of forecasting (demographic, fundamental research, economic, etc.), there are general principles that should be used. What is common is the mathematical apparatus and the principle itself. An independent source of information for forecasting, its reliability, and places of concentration. According to most researchers, the most reliable method for predicting injuries is the mathematical method of analysis.

Working conditions and occupational risks of anterior eye pathology in metalworking machine operators

2020 ◽  
pp. 462-467
Author(s):  
N. I. Latyshevskaya ◽  
M. A. Alborova ◽  
L. A. Davydenko ◽  
A. V. Belyaevа
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Anterior Segment ◽  
Tear Film ◽  
Corneal Opacity ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Machine Operators ◽  
Comparison Groups ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Visual Organ

Introduction. The profession of “machine operator in metalworking”, one of the most common professions in various industries, characterized by a large volume of abrasive operations, accompanied by dust formation, which creates a potential for the occurrence of diseases of the visual organ.The aim of the study is to provide a hygienic assessment of working conditions and occupational risk of visual organ pathology in metalworking machine operators.Materials and methods. Observation groups — machine operators for metalworking of two training groups (experience up to 5 years, experience of 6–20 years). Two comparison groups (administrative and technical personnel of the enterprise) are formed according to the same age-experience principle.Results. The working conditions of machine operators were classified as class 3.2. taking into account the severity and intensity of the work process and the noise level (80 dBA) in the workplace. Nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, and manganese were registered in the air of the working area in concentrations below the permissible concentration (PC), and the aerosol dihydroxide was registered above the PC in 25.8% of cases. In the main working groups, diseases of the anterior segment of the eye were more often registered, among which dry eye syndrome (DYS) prevailed (94.1%), chronic blepharoconjunctivitis (79.9%), persistent corneal opacification (21.7%). There was an increase in the prevalence of detected diseases with an increase in work experience (p≤0.05). In machine operators, the frequency of inhibition of lacrimal formation and decreased stability of the tear film was recorded significantly more often, with increasing work experience, the degree of violation of lacrimal formation and stability of the tear film increased. The chances of detecting pathology of the anterior segment of the eye in machine operators are 5.9 and 3.5 times higher than in the comparison group. There are different forces of connection, increasing with the increase of work experience in the profession, between the working conditions of machine operators and the occurrence of SHG (relatively strong), with chronic blepharoconjunctivitis and persistent corneal opacity (medium strength), which suggests the professional conditionality of this pathology.Conclusions. The results obtained suggest that the pathology of the anterior segment of the eye is professionally conditioned in metalworking machine operators and necessitate the introduction of preventive measures aimed at protecting the visual organ.

The importance of measuring the sludge filterability at an MBR – introduction of a new method

2012 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Thiemig
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Reliable Method ◽  
Membrane Bioreactors ◽  
New Method ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Laboratory Equipment ◽  
Filtration Performance ◽  
Sludge Properties ◽  
Operational Aspects ◽  
General Method

Sludge properties have a strong impact on the operational aspects of membrane bioreactors (MBRs). Poor sludge properties cause stronger membrane fouling and reduce the filtration performance of MBRs. Up to now there is no general method used to measure the fouling or filtration relevant sludge properties in MBRs. The aim of this work was to develop a simple but reliable method to supply operators a tool to monitor the important sludge properties for their application and to compare this method with existing techniques. Through extensive research a new method called the sludge filtration index (SFI) has been developed to indicate the appropriate sludge parameters for MBR systems in a cheap and easy manner. The SFI can be measured with simple laboratory equipment and offers operators a powerful tool to monitor the conditions of their sludge, independent of the membrane conditions.

scholarly journals Physiological criteria for improving labor intensity classification used in occupational risks assessment

2021 ◽  
pp. 90-99
Author(s):  
I.V. Bukhtiyarov ◽  
◽  
O.I. Yushkova ◽  
M. Khodzhiev ◽  
A.V. Kapustina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional State ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Labor Intensity ◽  
Working Capacity ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Retrospective Data Analysis ◽  
Working Shift ◽  
Risks Assessment ◽  
And Gender

The paper focuses on results of substantiating and selecting informative physiological criteria that can be used for assessing and controlling functional state and working conditions category taking into account physical and nervous-emotional loads borne by CNC- machinery operators. Basing on complex physiological and ergonomic studies and retrospective data analysis, we showed that workers from various occupational groups who dealt with physical labor had to face certain strain over a working shift. Such strains, given long-term working experience, could result in neuromuscular system overstrain and occupational diseases occurrence. We substantiated and developed informative physiological criteria that allowed assessing and controlling functional state and working capacity as well as working conditions category taking into account occupational activities. The present research involved using a set of occupational studies, physiological and ergonomic procedures as well as clinical and statistic ones for examining peculiarities related to functional state of workers’ bodies under exposure to occupational factors taking into account specific working tasks and loads. It allowed us to substantiate labor intensity assessment. Our research results revealed that there was a strong correlation between hand muscles endurance to static exertion (decrease in % by the end of a work shift) and working conditions category given local and overall muscular loads borne by workers. This criterion is recommended for control over functional state and working capacity taking into account occupational peculiarities and gender-related differences. It is necessary to accumulate scientific data for confirming a similar correlation between overall physical working capacity (OPWC) and working conditions category. Results obtained via physiological research were used for developing prevention activities for workers.

scholarly journals Working conditions of nurses in the Family Health Strategy

10.3823/2606 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lázaro Clarindo Celestino ◽  
Laura Andrian Leal ◽  
Fernanda Ludmilla Rossi Rocha ◽  
Silvia Helena Henriques
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Basic Care ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
Mina Gerais ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Health Strategy

Background: To describe the working conditions of the nurses of the Family Health Strategy, characterizing the forms and modalities of work contract, types of bond, working hours, benefits, career plan and salaries. Method and Findings: Exploratory qualitative approach study. Participants were 18 nurses from the teams of the Family Health Strategy of a municipality in the countryside of Mina Gerais, Brazil. The data collection took place in July 2018 through interviews, using a script with closed questions. The Ethics Committee of the proposing Institution according to Official Letter 090/2018, CAAE 83419418.2.0000.5393, approved the study. Two forms of work contracts have been identified represented by the city hall and outsourced companies, the latter being the mode that offers the most benefits to workers. In addition, there was a lack of commensurate links, in addition to units with physical infrastructure that were compromised, lack of basic materials and supllies essential for the provision of care, absence of essential benefits for this category, insalubrity, commission for productivity, long journeys and overload of work, neglect and devaluation of the worker. Conclusions: This study should promote the managers' reflection on the working conditions offered to nurses in basic care, rethinking management models that help them cope with problems related to their work context, stimulating a healthy environment, mitigating possible occupational risks that could compromise physical or mental health of the worker.    

scholarly journals Complex approach to organizations’ capital assets reproduction

2020 ◽  
Vol 157 ◽  
pp. 04026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Birjukov ◽  
Evgeniy Dobryshkin ◽  
Yurii Birjukov ◽  
Vladimir Tishchenko
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Joint Estimation ◽  
Mathematical Apparatus ◽  
Production Processes ◽  
Capital Assets ◽  
Industrial Buildings ◽  
Complex Approach ◽  
The Given

Effective production activities of organizations is impossible without the concept implementation of the constant reproduction of capital assets, a significant part of which is represented by buildings and structures for various functional purposes. Increased deterioration of industrial buildings does not allow to solve such important tasks as improvement and automation of production processes in their entirety, and has a negative impact on the working conditions and safety of personnel. The analysis of scientific and normative literature is showed that the issue under consideration requires further research. Author’s approach to the reproduction of capital assets, the use of which allows to increase the management decisions efficiency on the basis of a complex of tasks for the joint estimation of damage and deterioration, planning of works under the given constraints with the use of mathematical apparatus and technological solutions for monitoring the technical condition of buildings is presented in the article.

scholarly journals Development of a circular economy and evolution of working conditions and occupational risks—a strategic foresight study

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Héry ◽  
Marc Malenfer
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Strategic Foresight ◽  
Major Factors

Abstract The circular economy can be defined as an economic system of exchange and production intended to increase the efficiency of the use of resources at all stages of products’ life cycle (including goods and services). Since most natural resources are not inexhaustible, and fossil fuel consumption is considered one of the major factors of global warming, its development seems inevitable, even if it can only be progressive (spanning several decades) and may not apply to all sectors. The circular economy is likely to challenge work methods and working conditions. Consequently, a strategic foresight study has been conducted in order to assess the main consequences on occupational safety and health. In the practice of INRS which carried out this work, foresight is above all a tool to improve and facilitate thinking and decision-making.

Occupational and Climatic Rates of Mortality

1931 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 329-411
Author(s):  
I. A. M‘Taggart ◽  
T. G. Stobie
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Investigation ◽  
New Method ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
List Type ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
The Past ◽  
Full Study ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Climatic Risks ◽  
Source Of Information

SynopsisIn his inaugural address the President, dealing with the subject of research in connection with climatic and occupational rates of mortality, suggested that the Faculty might consider the advisability of the question being remitted to a committee to consider and report. In consequence a Sub-Committee was appointed by the Faculty Mortality Committee on 21st November 1930 to consider the subject of extra premiums for occupational and climatic risks generally. The time therefore seems appropriate for the submission to the Faculty for discussion of a paper on this subject.The paper falls naturally into two sections. Section I contains a summary of the work which has been done in the past, chiefly in this country and America : it is hoped that it will form a convenient source of information on the subject, and further, that it will be of use inasmuch as any new method should rest on the basis of a full study of what has been done in the past. It may be mentioned that no attempt has been made to criticise or in any way to indicate the value or otherwise of the studies summarised. Endeavour has been made to include all the more recent studies which have a bearing on the subject under discussion, but it is of course difficult to avoid overlooking some which should have been included.In Section II consideration is given to the methods used in the past, particularly to those employed in connection with the Joint Occupation Study. This leads to the formulation of an object for the proposed statistical investigation, and attention is then given to the problems of attaining this object with particular reference to the needs and practice of assurance companies in this country. A brief description is given of how the proposed investigation might be undertaken, and the following subjects are dealt with :—(a) the hazardous groups to be investigated;(b) the methods of recording the data ;(c) the methods of collecting the data.The relation of the proposed investigation to the Continuous Mortality Investigation now proceeding and to any medico-actuarial investigation which, may be contemplated is discussed ; the suggestion is made that a comprehensive system of collecting the data should be instituted and that the information necessary for a standard, an occupational and climatic, and a medico-actuarial mortality investigation should be embodied on one uniform mortality card.

scholarly journals L’«épidémiologie de la bottine» ou l’enquête médicale réinventée. Alice Hamilton et la médecine industrielle dans l’Amérique du premier XXe siècle

Gesnerus ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 330-354
Author(s):  
Judith Rainhorn
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Hazards ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Industrial Growth ◽  
The Core ◽  
Industrial Medicine ◽  
Concrete Part ◽  
Source Of Information

Dr. Alice Hamilton (1869–1970) was a pioneer in industrial medicine, a new discipline that emerged with a new interest in working conditions and occupational hazards within an era of unprecedented industrial growth. From various sources, including her reports after she visited Arizona copper belt in 1919, my paper emphasizes the innovation of Hamilton’s approach, “shoeleather epidemiology”. She went to the source of information in workshops, plants and construction sites, observed the very concrete part of industrial work, interviewed many stakeholders in and around the workplace, making a methodological toolbox for industrial surveys. Her method combined an old medical practice (the medical inquiry) and a new clinical field (the plant) and placed the worker as a patient in the core of the issue of occupational health and safety.

scholarly journals FORMATION OF HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL RISKS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF WORKING CONDITIONS OF OFFICE EMPLOYEES

2017 ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
E.G. Stepanov ◽  
T.K. Larionova ◽  
А.Sh. Galikeyeva ◽  
N.H. Sharafutdinova ◽  
L.B. Ovsiannikova
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Office Workers ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Adaptive Mechanisms ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Office Employees

A comprehensive analysis of the formation of the health and professional risks under the influence of working conditions in office workers was made. According to the results of additional assessment and survey of employees healthy employees stood at 9,8 %, persons with impaired adaptive mechanisms and an increased risk of development of diseases – 30,4 %, workers in need of treatment in outpatient conditions – 59,8 %. The calculation of individual risk has allowed us to refer to the group with a high risk – 75,5 % of office workers.

scholarly journals THECNICAL NOTE: ASSESSMENT OF WORKING CONDITIONS IN AN ANIMAL FEED MILL

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-155
Author(s):  
Leonardo Rocha Maia ◽  
Samantha Pereira Ferraz ◽  
Luciano Brito Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Animal Feed ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Noise Levels ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Physical Chemical ◽  
Regulatory Standards ◽  
Feed Mill

Were analyzed the working conditions in a small feed mill, with identification of occupational risks (physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and accidents) and measurement of noise levels. Data collection was performed qualitatively by using a survey, previously developed, as well as in loco observation. There was at least one factor belonging to the five occupational risks, and the ergonomic risk was associated with all activities. The feed mill assessed was not in accordance with the Regulatory Standards related to Health and Safety, and arrangements to adjust it accordingly must be taken. Corrective actions goes from the purchase and supply of appropriate personal protective equipment for worker to structural changes, such as installing handrails and repairing of electrical installations. These initiatives, if implemented could contribute to reducing the risks that affect the health and physical integrity, with opportunities to improve quality and productivity of the services performed.

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