scholarly journals Occupational health risk management system for greenhouse vegetable growers

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (5) ◽  
pp. 457-463
Author(s):  
Tamara A. Novikova ◽  
Galina A. Bezrukova ◽  
Anna G. Migacheva ◽  
Vladimir F. Spirin
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Circulatory System ◽  
Lumbosacral Spine ◽  
Occupational Factors ◽  
Greenhouse Vegetable ◽  
Greenhouse Growers ◽  
The Impact

Introduction. Prevention of chronic general somatic diseases associated with exposure to harmful working conditions is one of the primary measures to preserve the health of the working population and labor resources of the Russian Federation. However, insufficient attention is paid to the management of occupational health risks of agricultural workers, including greenhouse vegetable growers. Materials and methods. Hygienic and epidemiological studies were carried out based on the methodology for assessing and managing occupational health risks. Results. A complex of harmful occupational factors, including high temperatures and humidity, harmful chemicals, including pesticides, plant dust, and the labor process’s severity simultaneously affect working greenhouse growers. Working conditions were assessed as harmful (classes 3.2-3.3) of occupational risk categories from medium to high. Direct statistically significant correlations were established between the length of occupational service and diseases of the respiratory system, circulatory system, musculoskeletal system, and connective tissue (respectively r = 0.58; r = 0.6; r = 0.35). A high degree of causal relationship with the work in harmful occupational conditions of arterial hypertension (RR = 2.805; EF = 64.35%; CI = 1.498-5.253), radiculopathy of the lumbosacral spine (RR = 2.290; EF = 56%; CI = 1.140- 4.599), an average degree of uterine fibroids (RR = 1.969; EF = 49%; CI = 0.988-3.926) and chronic bronchitis (RR = 1.532; EF = 34.7%; CI = 0.682-3.442), which allows classifying them as occupationally conditioned. The system of preventive measures to minimize occupational risks and prevent occupational diseases has been scientifically substantiated. Conclusion. Current working conditions of greenhouse vegetable growers are characterized by the impact of harmful occupational factors promoting occupationally caused diseases, which requires the implementation of a set of preventive measures based on a risk-oriented approach.

scholarly journals Working conditions and occupational health risks for workers employed at bakeries

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (8) ◽  
pp. 809-815
Author(s):  
Tamara A. Novikova ◽  
Yuliya A. Aleshina ◽  
Igor N. Lucevich ◽  
Shavkat Zh. Musaev
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Musculoskeletal System ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Circulatory System ◽  
Occupational Factors ◽  
Cause And Effect ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Effect Relation

Introduction. Workers employed at bakeries are exposed to hazardous occupational factors at their workplaces; however, issues related to occupational health disorders occurring in them have not been given sufficient attention.Material and methods. We accomplished complex hygienic research on working conditions and the health of workers employed at a bakery using a procedure for occupational health risk calculation.Results. Workers employed at a bakery are exposed to a set of adverse factors (heating microclimate, flour dust, in-plant noise, poor luminance in work areas, hard labor process) that make their working conditions hazardous (belonging to 3.1 – 3.3 hazard degree). It means their occupational risks rank from insignificant (moderate) to high (intolerable). Heating microclimate and physical overloads were determined as priority risk factors. We revealed a positive average correlation (r=0.56) between chronic somatic pathology prevalence in general and work experience. We also detected direct authentic correlations between work experience under hazardous working conditions and diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissues (r=0.34); upper respiratory tracts (r=0.31); circulatory system (r=0.26) (р<0.01, р<0.001, р<0.001, accordingly). We established a strong cause-and-effect relation between occupation and diseases of the eye and its adnexa (RR=2.2; EF =54.59; CI=1.66-2.92) and diseases of the circulatory system (RR=2.29; EF =56.38; CI=1.77-2.97); there was also an average cause-and-effect relation with diseases of the respiratory organs, digestive system, musculoskeletal system, as well connective tissue, as the genitourinary system and it means these pathologies are occupational. We substantiated a system of activities aimed at managing occupational health risks for workers employed at bakeries.Conclusion. Workplaces at contemporary bakeries involve exposure to a set of adverse occupational factors that cause occupational health risks for workers. It requires immediate measures aimed at reducing such risks.

Working conditions and the formation of health risks among workers of the petrochemical industry engaged in the production of methanol and its derivatives

2019 ◽  
pp. 266-271
Author(s):  
Nina M. Meshchakova ◽  
Marina P. Dyakovich ◽  
Salim F. Shayakhmetov
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Circulatory System ◽  
Medical Examination ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Labor Intensity ◽  
Industrial Noise ◽  
Harmful Substances ◽  
The Impact

Introduction.Methanol and its derivatives occupy one of the leading places among the main organic synthesis intermediates in terms of their importance and scale of production. According to experts, by 2027 the global demand for methanol can reach 135 million tons, the annual growth will be about 5.5%. However, there is little information regarding the assessment of working conditions and occupational risks for workers in modern methanol production and its derivatives.The aim of the studyis hygienic assessment of working conditions and the formation of health risks in workers of modern production of methanol and methylamines.Materials and methods.The assessment of the main adverse factors of production is given. When studying the state of health, objective indicators (the results of an in-depth medical examination) and subjective (the results of a quantitative assessment of the risks of the main pathological syndromes associated with health) are considered.Results.According to long-term observations, the concentration of harmful substances in the air of the working area, indicators of labor severity, parameters of physical factors met hygienic requirements, with the exception of industrial noise exceeding the maximum permissible level, as well as labor intensity of 1 degree. The General assessment of working conditions corresponds to the category of harmful 2 degrees (3.2). According to the results of the medical examination and quantitative assessment of the risks of health disorders in workers, the most significant were functional disorders and diseases of the circulatory system. The levels of somatic pathology on the part of the main body systems were significantly higher in apparatchiks compared to the engineering and technical personnel (ETP).Conclusions:In the production of methyl alcohol and methylamines, the main hygienic importance is the impact on workers of the complex of harmful substances of 1-IV hazard classes in low concentrations, increased levels of industrial noise, labor intensity of 1 degree. According to the subjective assessment of health and medical examination, the greatest prevalence of health risks in workers was observed from the circulatory system, and the levels of the revealed somatic pathology were statistically significantly higher in apparatchiks compared with the ETP.

scholarly journals RISK ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH DISORDERS IN EMPLOYEES AT THE MACHINERY ENTERPRISE

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-79
Author(s):  
Lyubov A. Balabanova ◽  
S. K. Kamaev ◽  
A. A. Imamov ◽  
O. R. Radchenko
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Machine Building ◽  
Occupational Factors ◽  
Building Enterprise ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Occupational Contact ◽  
Male Workers

Introduction. Adverse effects of environmental factors can cause dysfunction of organs and systems, hormonal dysfunction, genetic disorders, which can adversely affect the health of future generations. The aim is to study occupational risk factors and assess their impact on the health of male workers of machine-building enterprises, to develop preventive measures. Material and methods. The working conditions of 318 male workers of the main professions of the machine-building enterprise (miller, locksmith, electric and gas welder, turner, caster, etc.), having occupational contact with harmful occupational factors, were studied in comparison with 148 employees of the control group. Epidemiological, socio-hygienic, statistical and risk calculation methods were used. Results. 68.2% of respondents were found to have occupational contact with cutting fluid, 24.3% contact with chemicals, 14.4% - with heavy metals, 66.2% of respondents work in conditions of noise exposure, 40.1% - local vibration, 22.3% - in conditions of hypothermia, 14.4% - in conditions of overheating. Excess of maximum permissible concentrations of benzo(a)pyrene, aerosols of mineral oils, epichlorohydrin was detected in the air of the working zone. At workplaces, there were excess levels of noise, general vibration, thermal radiation. The impact of harmful occupational factors in the workplace was established to create a high risk to the health of workers. Conclusion. Working conditions of workers of the machine-building enterprise are mainly estimated as harmful. Critical organs and systems for the development of occupational pathology were identified, the high carcinogenic risk from exposure to benzo(a)pyrene was revealed. Employees of the machine-building enterprise were shown to have a high risk of oncology, respiratory diseases, central nervous system diseases, pathology in offspring. As a result, risk groups were formed and targeted preventive measures were proposed, including monitoring of the health status of high-risk groups, occupational selection, and medical examinations.

scholarly journals Analysis of individual occupational health risks for workers with basic occupations typical for oil processing enterprises

2020 ◽  
pp. 132-138
Author(s):  
N.P. Setko ◽  
◽  
S.V. Movergoz ◽  
E.V. Bulycheva ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Occupational Factors ◽  
Oil Processing ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Hazard Parameters ◽  
Integral Assessment ◽  
Special Assessment ◽  
Processing Enterprise

At present a systemic approach based on occupational risk assessment methodology is a key to adequate detection of cause-and-effect relations between a disease and working conditions. Our research goal was to calculate and assess individual occupational health risks for operators and drivers employed at an oil processing enterprise. Our research object were parameters revealed via special assessment of working conditions and data obtained via periodical medical examinations performed on 198 operators and 160 drivers employed at an oil processing enterprise. A procedure for calculating individual occupational health risks took into account working conditions, individual health, working experience, and workers’ age. Influence exerted by working experience duration on health of workers from the examined occupational groups was estimated in three groups: working experience shorter or equal to 5 years; working experience equal to 6–10 years; working experience being longer than 10 years. Integral assessment of working conditions was obtained taking into account impacts exerted by occupational factors with different hazard categories, assessed risks of injuries and assessment of workers’ protection with individual protection means. We calculated integral parameters of working conditions assessment, hazard parameters at workplaces, and one-number integral values of individual occupational risks. We determined that 91 % drivers and 34.9 % operators ran high and extremely high occupational risks of diseases; those risks changed individually depending on hazard occupational factors at workplaces, age, working experience, and a worker’s health. It was shown that high individual occupational risks were much more frequent among drivers and operators with long working experience (6–10 years and longer) who had III–IV health groups and worked under hazardous conditions.

scholarly journals Assessment of morbidity with temporary disability of workers in open pit mining of iron ore

2019 ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
S.V. Dedunov
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Iron Ore ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Group Structure ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Circulatory System ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Open Pit Mining ◽  
Control Group ◽  
The Impact

Relevance. Morbidity with temporary disability is an important criterion for assessing the impact of working conditions on the workers ' health. The identification of causal relationships of diseases with working conditions of employees gives the possibility to develop preventive measures to prevent disease and improve the health of employees. Aim. To assess the level and structure of morbidity with temporary disability of workers engaged in the mining of iron ore by open way in the modern mining industry. Materials and Methods. To assess the incidence of workers were analyzed sick leave, reports on the causes of temporary disability. For processing the results of the study used mathematical-statistical methods. The Results of the Study and their Discussion. Level STP is 146,90±7.27 cases (p<0,05), 1617,07±66,61 disability days (p<0,05), the average duration of one case constituted of 11,01±0,34, 1,42 times higher than cases and 1,58 times higher for the disability days than workers in the control group Structure STP: first place is occupied by diseases of the respiratory system (58,54 %) of 69,44±1,21 cases (p<0,05), in second place are illnesses of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (13,04 %) of 15,51±0.86 cases (p<0,05), in third place injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external factors (7,92 %) of 9,42±0,13 cases (p<0,05), the fourth place is occupied by diseases of the digestive system (4,56 %) of 5,43±0,19 cases (p<0,05), the fifth place is occupied by diseases of the circulatory system (4,17 %) of 4,96±0,21 cases (p<0,05). Conclusions. The results that can be obtained of the analysis of morbidity with temporary disability of workers of these professions can be regarded as source data and open up prospects for further study of the risks of as the common professional diseases and development of complex of preventive measures aimed at reducing not only diseases with temporary disability, and a pair of professional and occupational pathology. Key Words: open pit mining of iron ore, morbidity with temporary disability.

scholarly journals Analysis of individual occupational health risks for workers with basic occupations typical for oil processing enterprises

2020 ◽  
pp. 132-138
Author(s):  
N.P. Setko ◽  
◽  
S.V. Movergoz ◽  
E.V. Bulycheva ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Occupational Factors ◽  
Oil Processing ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Hazard Parameters ◽  
Integral Assessment ◽  
Special Assessment ◽  
Processing Enterprise

At present a systemic approach based on occupational risk assessment methodology is a key to adequate detection of cause-and-effect relations between a disease and working conditions. Our research goal was to calculate and assess individual occupational health risks for operators and drivers employed at an oil processing enterprise. Our research object were parameters revealed via special assessment of working conditions and data obtained via periodical medical examinations performed on 198 operators and 160 drivers employed at an oil processing enterprise. A procedure for calculating individual occupational health risks took into account working conditions, individual health, working experience, and workers’ age. Influence exerted by working experience duration on health of workers from the examined occupational groups was estimated in three groups: working experience shorter or equal to 5 years; working experience equal to 6–10 years; working experience being longer than 10 years. Integral assessment of working conditions was obtained taking into account impacts exerted by occupational factors with different hazard categories, assessed risks of injuries and assessment of workers’ protection with individual protection means. We calculated integral parameters of working conditions assessment, hazard parameters at workplaces, and one-number integral values of individual occupational risks. We determined that 91 % drivers and 34.9 % operators ran high and extremely high occupational risks of diseases; those risks changed individually depending on hazard occupational factors at workplaces, age, working experience, and a worker’s health. It was shown that high individual occupational risks were much more frequent among drivers and operators with long working experience (6–10 years and longer) who had III–IV health groups and worked under hazardous conditions.

Surveying adherence of dental clinic patients to preventive measures in oral cavity

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. V. Kudryavtseva ◽  
V. V. Tachalov ◽  
E. S. Loboda ◽  
L. Yu. Orekhova ◽  
E. Yu. Nechai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Cavity ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Periodontal Diseases ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Dental Clinic ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Impact

Relevance. Periodontal diseases are a medical and social problem due to the wide spread among the population of developed countries and the impact on the quality of life. Among the many factors that are important in the development of inflammatory periodontal diseases, an important role is played by adherence to the recommendations of the dentist in respecting oral hygiene. Aim of the work was to study the adherence of patients of the dental clinic to compliance with preventive measures in the oral cavity.Materials and methods. A total of 98 patients of dental clinic, 62 female (medial age 38,6 ± 14,0 years) and 36 male (medial age 37,2±13,1 years) participated in survey. The study participants flled in the profle and answered questions about age, gender, harmful working conditions and bad habits, frequency of visits to the dental clinic, attitudes to the prevention of dental diseases, knowledge about the means and methods of oral hygiene.Results. As a result of the study, it was found that in the vast majority of cases, respondents are employed in production that does not adversely affect their health (91%), only 8% of patients indicated harmful working conditions.Conclusions. The study revealed that, despite the recommendations of the dentist, patients are not always committed to the implementation of preventive measures in the oral cavity. Dentists need to motivate patients to use not only the usual methods and means of hygiene, but also additional ones necessary for maintaining dental health.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISKS MINING WORKERS AND IMPROVEMENT OF ACTIVITIES BY THEIR REDUCTION AT ORE MINING ENTERPRISES

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.G. Chebotarev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Ore Minerals ◽  
Research Show

Abstract. The article presents an assessment of the risk of health problems for employees of enter-prises for the extraction of ore minerals. The results of many years of hygienic research show that working conditions in mines and quarries have been and remain harmful. It has been established that at the enterprises of underground ore mining, the share of jobs with harmful working conditions is 78.3%. The levels of occupational morbidity for the last 10 years and its structure are given. A set of measures to normalize working conditions is presented.

scholarly journals Condições de trabalho de enfermagem e adoecimento: motivos para a redução da jornada de trabalho para 30 horas

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 178-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanda Elisa Andres Felli
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Working Condition ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Work Absenteeism ◽  
Absence From Work ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reflexive Analysis

O texto tem por objetivo fazer uma análise reflexiva sobre as condições de trabalho e adoecimento dos trabalhadores de enfermagem, determinadas por jornadas superiores a 30 horas. Partindo da análise do contexto do trabalho de enfermagem, o texto analisa as condições de trabalho e as suas implicações no adoecimento dos trabalhadores. Traz como consequências a diminuição da capacidade para o trabalho, o absenteísmo, a elevação de custos dos afastamentos, o impacto sobre o perfil de morbi-mortalidade dos trabalhadores e as implicações sobre a qualidade da assistência. Conclui-se que é necessário controlar a insalubridade, a periculosidade e a penosidade desse trabalho.Descritores: Enfermagem, Saúde do Trabalhador, Condições de Trabalho, Jornada de Trabalho, Morbidade.Nursing working condition and sickness: reasons why to reduce the work journey to 30 hoursThe text aims to do a reflexive analysis about the working conditions and sickness of nursing workers, determined for journeys exceeding 30 hours. Based on the analysis of the context of nursing work, the text examines the working conditions and their implications in illness among workers. Also, the text brings as consequences the decreased capacity to work, absenteeism, higher costs of absence from work, the impact on morbidity and mortality profile of workers and the implications on the quality of care. It is concluded that it is necessary to control the insalubrity, dangerousness and painfulness of this work.Descriptors: Nursing, Occupational Health, Working Conditions, Work Hours, Morbidity.Condiciones de trabajo de enfermería y enfermedad: motivos para la reducción de jornada para trabajar 30 horasEl texto tiene como objetivo analizar reflexivamente sobre las condiciones de trabajo y enfermedades de los trabajadores de enfermería, determinado por turnos que excedan 30 horas. Con base en el análisis del contexto del trabajo de enfermería, el texto analiza las condiciones de trabajo y sus implicaciones en la enfermedad entre los trabajadores. Trae consecuencias como la disminución de la capacidad de trabajo, ausentismo, costos más altos de las ausencias, el impacto en lo perfil de morbilidad y mortalidad de los trabajadores y las implicaciones en la calidad de la atención. Se concluye que es necesario controlar la insalubridad, peligrosidad y doloroso trabajo.Descriptores: Enfermería, Salud del Trabajador, Condiciones de Trabajo, Día de Trabajo, Morbidad.

Occupational health of workers in underground occupations producing polymetalliccopperzinc ores

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-23
Author(s):  
Elmira Shaikhlislamova ◽  
Liliya Karimova ◽  
Alfiya Volgareva ◽  
Nadezhda Muldasheva
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Occupational Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Republic Of Bashkortostan ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Impact

In mining operations, including those in the Republic of Bashkortostan, the health of workers is not good, due to the impact of adverse occupational factors, as evidenced by the level of occupational morbidity in the industry. In this regard, the solution of issues of workers’ health protection is the most significant in occupational health. The working conditions of male workers of the main underground occupations of the enterprise producing copper-zinc ores have been studied. We have evaluated the dependence of the identified diseases on occupational factors and findings on occupational morbidity between 1997 and 2018. The results of the studies indicate a complex of adverse factors affecting the workers of underground occupations that determine the evels and structure of work-related morbidity, including occupational, the main forms of which are vibrational disease, sensorineural hearing loss, diseases of the musculoskeletal and respiratory systems. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system, upper respiratory tract and arterial hypertension with a risk level from «medium» to «very high» are regarded to be work-related. The greatest number of cases of occupational morbidity among the underground occupations has been established among drifters, fasteners, and mining technicians. Preventive measures aimed at modifying occupational factors and improving medical support for enterprise workers have been developed.

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