The analysis of working conditions and occupational diseases in Belgorod region in the period of 2014-2016

Abstract

The goal of the work was to study the working conditions, dynamics and structure of occupational morbidity in the Belgorod Region throughout 2014–2016. The analysis was carried out on the basis of the data from the Offi ce of the Federal Service on Supervision in the sphere of consumer rights protection and human well-being in the Belgorod region, data of the Belgorod Regional Center for Communicational Pathology. There was registered an annual increase in the number of people whose working conditions are the main cause of professional diseases having a signifi cant impact on their professional health and, accordingly, on the level of occupational morbidity. Professional morbidity for the past 3 years remained in the range of 1,74-1,47 cases per 10 000 workers in the Russian Federation and 0,86-1,5 in the Belgorod region. In the structure of occupational pathology diseases caused by physical factors prevail. The second place is taken by the diseases associated with exposure to physical overloads, and the third place is taken by the diseases from the eff ects of the chemical factor, industrial aerosols. The level of registered chronic occupational morbidity does not refl ect the real situation associated with the state of working conditions at the workplace. It is also necessary to note the unsatisfactory quality of periodic medical examinations and failures to reveal initial signs of occupational diseases. The majority of identifi ed occupational diseases have chronic forms in long-term employees (35-40 years old) and in the age group over 50 years. A complex approach to the goals to preserve the health of workers, taking into account the interdepartmental regulation of the system of measures, will ensure the preservation of labor potential, increase labor longevity, reduce the overall and occupational morbidity.