Determination of Factors of Professional Health Risk of Engineering Workers

Abstract

The article presents the regularities of the formation of risk of occupational diseases of the working population in the engineering of individual forms of professional pathology. The calculations were performed using the methodology developed using the principles of the International Labour Organisation and World Health Organization on study of adverse workers health effects, caused by exposure of harmful and dangerous factors of the production environment. There are also used approaches to occupational risk assessment. It was found that the total occupational risks among workers of surveyed sectors are high enough. There was used a methodology based on a systematic approach to technology assessment of health risk from occupational exposure. The object of the study was typical for this industry engine-building association in one of the Russian cities. The greatest number of healthy employees was found in the group III (ETW) without the influence of unfavorable factors of production, which is characteristic for members of groups I and II. Using the methodology of risk assessment, it is possible to determine the safe working period under the influence of adverse factors of industrial environment.