Topical issues of improving working conditions and preserving the health of employees of mining enterprises

Abstract

Working conditions of employees of mining enterprises are characterized by class 3 (harmful) 2–4 degrees, which determine the level of occupational disease. T e highest rate of occupational morbidity (111.2 cases per 10 thousand workers who have undergone periodic medical examinations) occurs in mine workers, and it is signif cantly higher than in quarry workers. In underground workers in the structure of occupational disease, the f rst place is occupied by diseases of the bronchopulmonary system (30.1%), in quarry workers — vibration disease (48.3%). T ese enterprises have shown an increasing trend in recent years of deaths in the workplace, mainly from diseases of the cardiovascular system.