Causal relationships of morbidity indicators with temporary disability with work experience among workers of a mining enterprise

Strashnikova, Tatyana Nikolaevna; Surzhikov, Dmitriy Vyacheslavovich; Кислицына, В. В.; Корсакова, Т. Г.

doi:10.33920/med-08-2104-06

“…Многолетние физиолого-гигиенические и клинико-функциональные исследования специфики условий труда работников горнодобывающей промышленности свидетельствуют, что приоритетным профессиональным фактором является длительная и интенсивная шумовая экспозиция и в целом шумовибрационный фактор. По данным ряда авторов, интенсивность воздействия производственного шума у проходчиков Норильского промышленного региона соответствует 3-му классу 3-й степени [11]. Внедрение новой техники с форсированными параметрами по скорости, мощности, нагрузке и интенсификации уже существующих технологических процессов нередко сопровождается увеличением уровней шума и вибрации.…”

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Health disorders in workers associated with health risks at workplaces in mining industry in the Arctic (Analytical review)

Fadeev¹,

Goryaev²,

Zaitseva³

et al. 2023

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The review analyzes a range and prevalence of health disorders in workers employed at mining enterprises in the Arctic and exposed to heterogeneous occupational factors. We revealed that working processes typical for basic occupations in under-ground mining involved exposure to a set of heterogeneous harmful and (or) hazardous occupational factors such as intense occupational noise; elevated vibration; aerosols with predominantly fibrogenic effects, dusts and chemicals; high hardness and intensity typical for physical work; non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation. It was shown that diseases of the ear and mastoid, vibration syndrome, diseases of the musculoskeletal system, respiratory diseases and diseases of the nervous system prevailed both in the structure of general morbidity and in occupational one typical for miners. To create proper working conditions and to minimize effects of harmful and hazardous occupational factors as well as occupational health risks, it is advisable to perform comprehensive hygienic assessment of introduced equipment, machinery and mechanisms; to establish levels and doses of occupational factors. Engineering and technical, technological, medical and preventive and treatment and health-improving activities should be developed on this basis with special emphasis on such occupational groups as drift miners, drill-operators, blasters, timbermen, operators of cargo handling machinery, drilling unit operators, miners in mining outputs and faces, repairmen, and electric gas welders. It seems extremely vital to apply risk assessment methodology to assess occupational health risks for workers employed in mining operations in the Norilsk industrial region considering climatic features of the Arctic. This assessment is important for substantiating relevant activities aimed at managing such risks and protecting workers’ health.

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“…Long-term physiological, hygienic, clinical and functional studies with their focus on specific working conditions in mining indicate that long-term and intensive exposure to noise as well as noise and vibration in general are priority occupational health risk factors for miners. According to some authors, intensity of exposure to occupational noise corresponds to the hazard category 3.3 (harmful working conditions, hazard category 3) for drift miners in the Norilsk ore area [11]. Exposure to noise and vibration tends to grow as new equipment is implemented due to its forced speed, power and load parameters and as the existing technological processes are intensified.…”

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Health disorders in workers associated with health risks at workplaces in mining industry in the Arctic (Analytical review)

Fadeev¹

2023

health risk analysis

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The review analyzes a range and prevalence of health disorders in workers employed at mining enterprises in the Arctic and exposed to heterogeneous occupational factors. We revealed that working processes typical for basic occupations in under-ground mining involved exposure to a set of heterogeneous harmful and (or) hazardous occupational factors such as intense occupational noise; elevated vibration; aerosols with predominantly fibrogenic effects, dusts and chemicals; high hardness and intensity typical for physical work; non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation. It was shown that diseases of the ear and mastoid, vibration syndrome, diseases of the musculoskeletal system, respiratory diseases and diseases of the nervous system prevailed both in the structure of general morbidity and in occupational one typical for miners. To create proper working conditions and to minimize effects of harmful and hazardous occupational factors as well as occupational health risks, it is advisable to perform comprehensive hygienic assessment of introduced equipment, machinery and mechanisms; to establish levels and doses of occupational factors. Engineering and technical, technological, medical and preventive and treatment and health-improving activities should be developed on this basis with special emphasis on such occupational groups as drift miners, drill-operators, blasters, timbermen, operators of cargo handling machinery, drilling unit operators, miners in mining outputs and faces, repairmen, and electric gas welders. It seems extremely vital to apply risk assessment methodology to assess occupational health risks for workers employed in mining operations in the Norilsk industrial region considering climatic features of the Arctic. This assessment is important for substantiating relevant activities aimed at managing such risks and protecting workers’ health.

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Sickness Absence in the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant Workers as an Element of the Digital Twin Concept in Occupational Medicine

Tikhonova¹,

Bushmanov²,

Grishakina³

et al. 2022

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Introduction: A multifactorial analysis of the causes of morbidity and preventive measures provides an opportunity to build a risk prediction model for sickness absence in the working population, thereby reducing production and healthcare costs. Objective: A retrospective analysis of sickness absence in workers of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant exposed to a combination of occupational risk factors in the year 2020. Materials and methods: We analyzed sickness absence rates in the workers in terms of the ICD-10 nomenclature based on data of the Russian Statistical Observation Form No. 16-VN and established the number of episodes of sickness absence per employee as a relative indicator independent of the size of the groups under study. Results: The highest sickness absence rates per 100 employees were estimated for workers of the Training Center and Design and Technology Department (73.1 episodes each), the Hydroshop (68.6) and Transportation Department (65.5). In the Radioactive Waste Treatment Shop and the first and second Reactor Shops, these rates were 53, 43.9, and 33.9 per 100 employees, respectively. The mean duration of an episode of sickness absence in all divisions of the nuclear power plant was 13–15.4 days and its most frequent causes were, similar to the Kursk Region and the Russian Federation as a whole, diseases of the respiratory and musculoskeletal systems, injuries and poisonings. Conclusions: It is important to develop a risk-based approach in occupational medicine. To establish a cause-and-effect relationship for loss of health among nuclear industry workers, we propose to create a digital platform (a digital twin of an employee) enabling prediction of the time, cause, risk of a disease and/or disability, and prerequisites for its mitigation.

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Causal relationships of morbidity indicators with temporary disability with work experience among workers of a mining enterprise

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Health disorders in workers associated with health risks at workplaces in mining industry in the Arctic (Analytical review)

Health disorders in workers associated with health risks at workplaces in mining industry in the Arctic (Analytical review)

Health disorders in workers associated with health risks at workplaces in mining industry in the Arctic (Analytical review)

Sickness Absence in the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant Workers as an Element of the Digital Twin Concept in Occupational Medicine

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