Proper Working Conditions Research Articles

From Research to Action- Can we Prevent Burnout in Critical Care?

Emergency and critical care nurses face high job pressure, leading to burnout. This is linked to stressful work environments and a lack of effective prevention strategies. Studies show that education and proper work conditions can mitigate burnout, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing the need for comprehensive burnout prevention and support programs. This edition of the International Journal of Critical Care targets this important and compelling topic.

Ammonia Detection by Electronic Noses for a Safer Work Environment

Providing employees with proper work conditions should be one of the main concerns of any employer. Even so, in many cases, work shifts chronically expose the workers to a wide range of potentially harmful compounds, such as ammonia. Ammonia has been present in the composition of products commonly used in a wide range of industries, namely production in lines, and also laboratories, schools, hospitals, and others. Chronic exposure to ammonia can yield several diseases, such as irritation and pruritus, as well as inflammation of ocular, cutaneous, and respiratory tissues. In more extreme cases, exposure to ammonia is also related to dyspnea, progressive cyanosis, and pulmonary edema. As such, the use of ammonia needs to be properly regulated and monitored to ensure safer work environments. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work have already commissioned regulations on the acceptable limits of exposure to ammonia. Nevertheless, the monitoring of ammonia gas is still not normalized because appropriate sensors can be difficult to find as commercially available products. To help promote promising methods of developing ammonia sensors, this work will compile and compare the results published so far.

Relationship among EPR oxidative stability and spectrophotometric parameters connected to antioxidant activity in beer samples

A relationship between EPR and spectrophotometric parameters related to beer staling and antioxidant activity, was identified. AUC (area under the curve), intensity at 150 min (T150), radical scavenging activity (RSA), total phenolic compounds (TPC), hydroxyl radical scavenging capacity (HRSC) and one parameter linked to staling degree of beers (thiobarbituric index, TBI) were related. Temperature was modified to find the proper working conditions for EPR spin-trapping experiments and it was found that it affected the kinetic of PBN adduct evolution. For the samples reaching a maximum intensity signal, the higher the heating temperature, the shorter the time interval needed to reach it. No linear relationship was detected among parameters obtained with EPR spin trapping experiments and RSA, TPC, TPI, and HRSC when correlating one parameter with another. On the contrary, a good linear relationship was found among AUC or T150 and a combination of RSA, TPC, TPI, and HRSC (R2 = 0.9562 and 0.9694, respectively). The goodness of fit increased to R2 = 1 when a combination of AUC and T150 was related to a combination of RSA, TPC, and TPI, and HRSC.

Methodology for the Detection and Classification of Power Quality Disturbances Using CWT and CNN

Energy generation through renewable processes has represented a suitable option for power supply; nevertheless, wind generators and photovoltaic systems can suddenly operate under undesired conditions, leading to power quality problems. In this regard, the development of condition-monitoring strategies applied to the detection of power quality disturbances becomes mandatory to ensure proper working conditions of electrical machinery. Therefore, in this work we propose a diagnosis methodology for detecting power quality disturbances by means of the continuous wavelet transform (CWT) and convolutional neural network (CNN). The novelty of this work lies in the image processing that allows us to precisely highlight the discriminant patterns through spectrograms into 2D images; the images are cropped and reduced to a standard size of 128x128 pixels to retain the most relevant information. Subsequently, the identification of six power quality disturbances is automatically performed by a convolutional neural network. The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated under a set of synthetic data as well as a real data set; the obtained results make the proposal suitable for being incorporated into the monitoring of power quality disturbances in renewable energy systems.

Some issues of harmonization of tax and labor legislation in the context of public and private law

The article is devoted to the study of some issues of harmonization of tax and labor legislation in the context of public and private law. It has been established that the payment of taxes is a subject of regulation of tax law, and the requirements established by tax legislation are necessary for the obligation to pay taxes to arise.
 It was concluded that the spheres of tax and labor law intersect at the point of payment to employees. From the point of view of labor legislation, payment of labor is the right and guarantee of every employee (private legal aspect), and from the point of view of tax legislation, it is a source of income of a natural person subject to taxation (public legal aspect).
 Taxes charged on the wages of individuals in the sense of the tax and labor legislation are called “deductions”. It is advisable to amend Art. 110 of the Labor Code of Ukraine and Art. 30 of the Law of Ukraine “On Wages”, expressing them as follows: “At each payment of wages, the employer must notify the employee of the following data related to the period for which the payment of labor is made: a) the total amount of wages with a breakdown by types of payments ; b) amounts and grounds for deductions from wages; c) the amount of wages to be paid; d) amounts of tax deductions”.
 Attention is focused on such an aspect of tax and labor legislation as the status of the employer and its role in tax and labor relations. It was concluded that the key characteristics of the employer’s status in the tax aspect will be: a) the presence of an obligation to pay wages as a prerequisite for the obligation to administer the tax; b) the legality of the relationship between the entity performing the work and the entity paying wages (externally expressed in the obligation to conclude an employment or civil law contract). It is noted that the key features of the employer’s status in labor legislation will be: a) positioning as a party to an employment contract; b) the presence of an obligation to pay wages and ensure proper working conditions.

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The article examines the norms of international humanitarian law in force in Ukraine regarding prisoners of war and the history of their implementation in the Ukrainian legal field. A thorough analysis of the norms of international humanitarian law and their implementation in national legislation is made. The legal regulation of the treatment of prisoners of war during martial law is considered. Attention is focused on the treatment of prisoners of war during martial law or hostilities, observance of their rights and performance of their duties. Threats of possible violations of the rights of prisoners of war are identified. In particular, it is noted that prisoners of war may be subjected to torture and ill-treatment, and may be used as labour without providing them with proper working conditions. The main reasons for the violation of the rights of prisoners of war are given: military operations, unwillingness to comply with international law, and imperfect national legislation. The article identifies the importance of compliance with international law on the treatment of prisoners of war. In order to address the problem of violations of the rights of prisoners of war, it is necessary to ensure compliance with international law, improve national legislation, and create mechanisms for monitoring the observance of the rights of prisoners of war.

Influencing Factors Of Work Life Quality In The Health Sector

Purpose: This article exhumes the relationship between the Quality of Work Life and Work Life Balance and reveals the dimensions of Quality of Work Life and Work-Life Balance in the health sector. Theoretical framework: This article also extracts the actual meaning of the Quality of Work Life and Work Life Balance, clarifies the same, and finds the relationship between both in the current working condition after the literature review. Research Design: Analysed the relationship between the quality of work life and the work life balance of employees in the health sector. This article discloses the dimension of the Quality of Work Life that creates an impact on the Work-Life Balance. Findings: The study reveals that the quality of work-life and work-life balance are interrelated and has few influencing factors. Work environment and rewards and recognition are the most influential factors in the work-life balance of employees. Research implications: Based on the findings the study suggests that Human Resource Department should give due importance to the rewards based on effort and provide various welfare facilities like transportation to enhance proper working conditions. Originality: the Quality of the Work Life of employees is influencing the Work-Life Balance of employees. With the advent of the changing lifestyle of the employees, it is necessary to update the working condition and the welfare facilities for every employee in an organization to increase their level of satisfaction.

Особливості формування та динаміки професійної захворюваності від впливу пилових, фізичних та хімічних факторів в Україні у 2011–2021 роках

Aim. On the basis of literature data, statistical data provided by the State Labour Service of Ukraine, the Fund of Social Insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases to analyse the situation in relation to occupational morbidity in Ukraine for the period 2011–2021, identifying trends in its dynamics, peculiarities of development depending on regional distribution, economic sectors, influence of workplace related etiological factors. Materials and Methods. Analytical review of scientific publications was performed using reference databases of Pub Med, Medline scientific libraries and text databases of Pub Med, Central, BMJ group scientific publishing houses and other VIP databases. The statistical data of the State Labour Service of Ukraine, the Fund of Social Insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases were analysed. The methods of system, comparative and content analysis were applied. Results and Conclusions. As a result of the analysis of the situation in relation to occupational morbidity in Ukraine for the period 2011–2021 trends of its dynamics, peculiarities of development in terms of regional distribution, branches of economy, influence of workplace related etiological factors and compared with international data are determined. A decrease in the number of victims of occupational diseases over 10 years was established from 8112 to 2904 (more than 3.5 times). The occupational morbidity rate per 100,000 working population in Ukraine (4.5) is almost 7 times lower than the European average (30.1). It was determined that in the structure of occupational morbidity, the first place belongs to diseases caused by occupational dust exposure, the second – to diseases of the musculoskeletal system, the third to vibration disease, and the fourth to sensorineural deafness. The highest risk of occupational pathology development is noted in the mining industry, which is associated with the influence of a complex of unfavourable workplace factors during underground mining of minerals. A particularly catastrophic situation regarding the detection of occupational diseases is observed in agriculture; poisoning with chemical substances during the last decade has almost not been registered. Statistical data on the state of occupational morbidity in Ukraine contradict the world experience of this pathology detection, which is due to the lack of proper monitoring of the state of health of workers, as well as of managerial leverages for creating and maintaining proper working conditions. Keywords: work conditions, workplace factor, occupational diseases.

The influence of legal awareness on the effectiveness of the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations

The article under studies reveals the impact of legal awareness on the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations. It highlights that legal awareness is a universal form of action of the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations and a factor of its effectiveness. Legal awareness actively influences the elements of the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations, as well as experiences a similar effect on itself. The article points out that legal awareness reflects the legal relations between employees and employers in the course of labor activity both within an enterprise (institution, organization) and beyond it, including social relations. Thereby, the scope of legal awareness includes personal, socio-economi and political rights that significantly affect its substantive component.
 The article proves that legal awareness of an employee and an employer is formed under the influence of economic and social conditions. Legal awareness is a form of reflecting social phenomena and the processes taking place at an enterprise, institution or organization in the course of performing the employee's labor function, and the employer's management processes through a system of legal assessments, views and ideas. Legal awareness reflects the employee's attitude to the employer and the personnel, as well as assesses it in terms of the efficiency of the enterprise, payment of proper wages, creation of proper working conditions, its protection and other needs of the employee, and his or her motivation to work.
 The effectiveness of the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations in general and its stages in particular depend on the level of legal awareness of an employee and an employer, since the processes of formation of local legal norms and their implementation in actual relations are not possible without the volitional conscious behavior of the subjects of labor relations. The article summarizes that from the standpoint of labor law, legal awareness can be viewed through such categories as assessment, need, motivation, skills, and attitude to work.
 The article concludes that legal awareness of the parties to labor relations is a functional subjective and evaluative factor, which affects the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations from the standpoint of ensuring its efficiency, further functioning and development with a view to its compliance with the established principles of labor law as an independent branch and the concept of justice.

Providing decent conditions and salary for scientists – the way to the revival of the prestige of science

Problem setting. The article examines the topical issues of national science, as it has never had such an important social, economic and technical significance as at present, in particular, the issue of decent and fair remuneration of the intellectual potential of the country as a factor in the development of science is considered. Since in the conditions of martial law and European integration transformations in Ukraine, work remains the main source of income for the population, and therefore the issue of wages is important. Attention is drawn to the fact that the policy of low wages has been established in the state today, especially in the scientific field, where the payment of labor almost does not fulfill its key function the reproduction of the spent energy of human resources and the motivation of employees for productive work. Purpose of research. The purpose of the article is to investigate the current issues of national science, since it has never had such an important social, economic and technical significance as at present, in particular to consider the issue of decent and fair remuneration of the intellectual potential of the country as a factor in the development of science Analysis of recent research and publications. Separate issues of legal regulation of labor relations of scientists in Ukraine were considered in their scientific works by H. Barabash, V. Kokhan, A. Yushko, O. Yaroshenko, and others. Such scientists as M. Baru, N. Bolotina, V. Burak, Yu. Burnyagina, N. Hetmantseva, K. Dovbysh, V. Zhernakov, T. Kolyada, O. Protsevskyi, Ya. Simutina and others Article’s main body. In today’s conditions, the preservation and development of Ukraine’s intellectual potential should be one of the main directions of state policy. One of the conditions for overcoming the country’s technological backwardness is a developed knowledge generation system based on effective national education and powerful scientific research and development. Therefore, in order to make an innovative breakthrough, Ukraine must justify and implement the concept of educational and scientific priority, which means that the processes of creating and distributing the products of science and education as key drivers of the balanced development of society, economy, and man must receive exclusive state protection. Conclusions and prospects for the development. It was concluded that the priority direction of scientific policy should be the development, adoption and implementation of decisions aimed at preserving and developing the intellectual potential of personnel, ensuring its vital activity, establishing order and procedures that determine the most effective use of human resources. The goal of the modernization of science in Ukraine should be the creation of a model of the scientific process in which the best domestic and foreign traditions would be optimally combined. Important importance in this process, in particular, the creation of dignified, proper, safe and healthy working conditions for scientific workers, the appropriate material and technical base, participation in international projects, and most importantly ensuring fair, decent remuneration. Since the policy of low wages in the scientific field leads to scientists looking for work in other types of economic activity with a higher level of remuneration, as well as migration abroad. It was established that decent remuneration for the work of the scientific potential of the state should have the following features: the salary level meets world standards; fair wages; salary corresponds to the quantity and quality of work; wages are paid on time.

Customer Orientated Indices and Reliability Evaluation of Meshed Power Distribution System

Aim. Reliability evaluation of a system or component or element is very important in order to predict its availability and other relevant indices. Reliability is the parameter which tells about the availability of the system under proper working conditions for a given period of time. The study of different reliability indices are very important considering the complex and uncertain nature of the power system. In this paper reliability evaluation of the meshed distribution system is presented. This paper also evaluates basic indices such as average failure rate, average outage time and average annual outage time. Along with basic indices, customer orientated indices such as system average interruption frequency index, system average interruption duration index and customer average interruption duration index of an electrical power distribution system is also evaluated. The electrical power distribution system taken for study is meshed distribution system in nature.Aditya Tiwary. "Customer Orientated Indices and Reliability Evaluation of Meshed Power Distribution System" Reliability: Theory & Applications, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, pp. 10-19. doi:10.24411/1932-2321-2020-11001

Criticism After This Crisis

How do we build the working conditions we need to really do our jobs? By really do I mean being able to create the new forms of knowledge that society will need to get through the next thirty years, and being able to work with our students with a scope and intensity we desire and they deserve. Only a small minority of us now have proper working conditions. We need them for the whole profession and not just for the privileged few.

Pump availability prediction using response surface method in nuclear plant

The safety-related raw water system's strong operational condition supports the radiation defense and biological shield of nuclear plant containment structures. Gaps and failures in maintaining proper working condition of main equipment like pump were among the most common causes of unavailability of safety related raw water systems. We integrated the advanced data analytics tools to evaluate the maintenance records of water systems and gave special consideration to deficiencies related to pump. We utilized maintenance data over a three-and-a-half-year period to produce metrics like MTBF, MTTF, MTTR, and failure rate. The visual analytic platform using tableau identified the efficacy of maintenance & deficiency in the safety raw water systems. When the number of water quality violation was compared to the other O&M deficiencies, it was discovered that water quality violations account for roughly 15% of the system's deficiencies. The pumps were substantial contributors to the deficit. Pump availability was predicted and optimized with real time data using response surface method. The prediction model was significant with r-squared value of 0.98. This prediction model can be used to predict forth coming pump failures in nuclear plant.

Psychological Workplace Violence Against Older People in Lithuania

Abstract Changes in regulation and legislation place an obligation on employers to provide proper and safe working conditions for employees. In this context, it is important to determine if psychological violence prevention efforts are actually effective and whether the more vulnerable employees, older workers, are exercising their rights to defend themselves against the psychological violence they experience without fear of losing their jobs. This article presents theoretical and empirical data which sheds light on the nature of the psychological violence experienced by older people, the positions of people who exercise psychological violence in the employer’s organization, and the prevalence of, reasons behind, and forms and consequences of this psychological violence. The study behind this article was conducted by giving questionnaires to employers and employee representatives – i.e. trade unions – with identical questions. The responses of employers and employee representatives on the topic of psychological violence experienced by older workers are fundamentally different, which means that there is not enough social dialogue in this area between employees and employers.

Socio-economic aspects in the management of enterprise personnel development

The article presents the research results on the generalization and formation of the main features of socio-economic guidelines in managing the development of the company's personnel. The issue of the importance of social and economic guidelines in the management of enterprise personnel development was raised. It has been established that social guidelines include ensuring employees' safety and health, developing and supporting the work team, developing social guarantees, and developing corporate culture. Economic guidelines provide for the efficient use of resources, development and maintenance of competitiveness, formation of an effective motivation system, and optimization of personnel costs. It was found that motivation plays a vital role in personnel development management and is a complex indicator, the results of which depend on several variables. The enterprise's labor motivation system was considered a complete form of motivation organization. The indicators of the social and economic components of the motivation system are characterized. The methodological approach's main steps in assessing social and economic motivation are highlighted. The results of the motivational profile of the personnel of the enterprises are substantiated according to the needs: high wages, proper working conditions in a clear structuring of work, social contacts, forming and maintaining long-term and stable relationships, in gaining recognition, in achieving goals, in influencing people and the authorities, in changes and diversity, to be creative, in self-improvement, in interesting and socially useful work. The results of the personnel motivation system of the enterprises LLC AF "Viktoria", PJSC "Iskra" and SFG "Urozhai" were interpreted. Keywords: personnel management, personnel development, socio-economic management, motivation, enterprise, employee, management.

In Situ Indoor Air Volatile Organic Compounds Assessment in a Car Factory Painting Line

Proper working conditions must be one of the employers’ main concerns in any type of company but particularly in work locations where the employees are chronically exposed to hazardous compounds, like factories and production lines. Regarding this challenge, the present research addresses the mapping of a car factory painting line to possibly toxic volatile organic compounds emitted by all the coatings and chemicals used during the work shifts for the future evaluation of employees’ exposure. For the first time, a Gas Chromatography–Ion Mobility Spectrometry device was employed for the in situ detection of volatile organic compounds in an automotive factory. A total of 26 analytes were detected at nine different locations, of which 15 VOCs were accurately identified. Pure chemical-grade substances were used for the development of the VOC database. Although quantitative analysis was not the goal of this study, a calibration model was presented to one analyte for exemplificative purposes. Relative intensity profiles were plotted for all locations, revealing that some indoor VOCs can reach intensity levels up to 60 times higher than in outdoor air samples. The achieved results proved that the painting line has an abundant number of VOCs emitted from different sources and may lead to serious health risks for the employees. Additional studies shall be developed in the painting line for quantitative evaluation of the existing VOCs and their influence on the employees’ health conditions.

Experimental and theoretical analysis of a micro-cogenerative solar ORC-based unit equipped with a variable speed sliding rotary vane expander

A promising solution for the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) micro production is certainly represented by Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC)-based power units. In the domestic appliances with electrical power range of the units below 1 kW, the reduced dimensions of the components represent a critical aspect as well as the need to guarantee a high reliability. When the hot source is represented by solar energy, the optimization of the electricity production keeping insured the thermal energy availability represents an aspect which invites to a proper management of the unit. Solar-based ORC-recovery units frequently work in off-design conditions due to the variability of the hot source and to the Domestic Hot Water (DHW) requirements. For this reason, the design and the selection of the components should be carefully performed. The expander is commonly retained the key component of the unit being the one that mainly affects the behaviour. For the mentioned power ranges, the volumetric expander is the best technological option and, among those available, Sliding Rotary Vane Expander (SVRE) are gaining a sensible interest. At off design conditions, according to permeability theory, the expander intake pressure linearly varies with mass flow rate of the Working Fluid (WF) which is the most suitable and easiest parameter to be changed. This modifies the performances of the unit, both from a thermodynamic and technological point of view. In this paper, the speed variation of the expander is considered as control parameter to restore design expander intake pressure. In order to assess a strategy for the speed variation of the expander, in this paper a comprehensive model of the SVRE is presented when it operates in a solar-driven ORC-based unit. The model is physically based and recovers and widens the permeability theory developed by the authors in previous works. An experimental ORC-based unit was fully instrumented and operated, coupled with a reservoir, usually present when flat plate solar collectors are used, which store the thermal energy which fulfils thermal energy requests and feeds the generating unit. The model was widely validated with the experimental data properly conceived for the purpose. In the unit the expander speed was varied and, thanks to the permeability theory, the relationships between WF flowrate variations, inlet expander pressure and expander speed variation were investigated. The potentiality of a control strategy of the expander revolution speed of the expander was fixed as well as a deeper understanding of the SVRE behaviour and relationships between operating variables. In particular, it was observed that varying the speed from 1000 RPM up to 2000 RPM, the expander behaviour was optimized ensuring proper working condition matching with a (30–100 g/s) flowrate range.

Evaluation of customer orientated indices and reliability study of electrical feeder system

Aim. Reliability evaluation of a system or component or element is very important in order to predict its availability and other relevant indices. Reliability is the parameter which tells about the availability of the system under proper working conditions for a given period of time. The study of different reliability indices are very important considering the complex and uncertain nature of the power system. Methods. The study uses classical methods of the reliability theory in respect to a system with a constant failure rate consisting of series-connected elements. Conclusions. The paper reviews literature dedicated to the reliability estimation of power supply systems. In particular, the paper examined studies that employed the Markov cut-set approach, the conditional probability approach, distribution systems simulation, probabilistic models, the Monte Carlo method, reliability network equivalent, state transition sampling, inspection repair-based availability optimisation of distribution systems, bootstrapping, fault tree analysis, Bayes networks, peak-valley partition model, demand response model, etc. The authors defined the problem and analysed input data. They showed that, in physical terms, the system configuration will be a series reliability network. Given the above, the system fails even if one component fails, and survives if all of the components survive. It is noted that, when considering the reliability of series systems, the three basic parameters are average failure rate, average annual outage time and average repair time. As the customer orientated indices associated with the research of operational reliability the system average interruption frequency index (SAIFI), the system average interruption duration index (SAIDI) and the customer average interruption duration index (CAIDI) were used. Using the example of an eight-node radial distribution system, reliability was estimated for each distribution section, as well, as at each load point. For the examined distribution sections and load points, three basic reliability parameters were also obtained, i.e., the average failure rate, average outage time and average annual outage time. For a radial distribution system, important customer-oriented indices were estimated, i.e., system average interruption frequency index, system average interruption duration index and customer average interruption duration index. The resultant data allow characterizing reliability and other associated indices, which is relevant for power distribution systems.

Settlement of labor conflicts by means of labor organization at the enterprise

The article's purpose is the scientific substantiation of the theoretical-methodical and applied principles of the settlement of labor conflicts utilizing labor organization at the enterprise. The report defines the importance of using various means of settling labor conflicts at the enterprise, of which priority is given to labor organizations. The elements of labor organization are highlighted depending on the specifics of labor conflict resolution. Labor organization is considered an important area of enterprise management, in which complex tasks of establishing social and labor relations, implementing progressive methods of motivating, and stimulating personnel, ensuring increased productivity and labor efficiency, improving social responsibility, and others are solved. It is emphasized that at enterprises, labor organization takes place in various forms, and, according to them, the factors of settlement of labor conflicts are highlighted. The principles of labor organization in settling labor conflicts at the enterprise are defined. The peculiarities of the labor remuneration system, which determine the characteristics of the personnel organization for the settlement of labor conflicts at the enterprise, are highlighted. All this requires significant organizational efforts to form an attractive internal social and labor environment in which work is effectively stimulated, employment conditions are improved, and sufficient productivity and efficiency of the performed work operations are obtained. At the same time, it becomes essential to avoid threats and risks of labor conflicts when trying to implement progressive labor standards, strengthen control of labor operations, increase requirements for the quality of performance of production tasks, expand areas of high responsibility for performed work, etc. It was concluded that the work organization should take place based on the interests of employees, which mainly relate to receiving and increasing wages, creating proper working conditions, and establishing partnerships in social and labor relations. Keywords: labor conflicts, labor organization, labor payment, settlement, enterprise.

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

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.