[Main factors of occupational risk for railway workers]. / Osnovnye faktory professional'nogo riska u rabotnikov zheleznodorozhnogo transporta.

The paper shows the specific features of development of occupational diseases associated with the classes of working conditions by the degree of hazard and risk. It provides a scientifically founded evidence for that the indicators of a potential risk of working conditions should be included into the methodology of assessment of a professional risk.

[Sociomedical aspects of reduction of risk in the development of occupational diseases and industrial trauma in railway transport]. / Mediko-sotsial'nye aspekty snizheniia riska razvitiia professional'nykh zabolevanii i proizvodstvennogo travmatizma na zheleznodorozhnom transporte.

The paper outlines the main constituents of occupational risk in railway workers, which are based on the sanitary and biomedical criteria of injury safety. Sociomedical aspects of the incidence of railway occupational diseases and injuries are discussed. A list of major occupational factors and causes that determine a high occupational risk in railway workers is given.

[Emotional disorders in railway workers and their rehabilitation]. / Narusheniia émotsional'noi sfery rabotnikov zheleznodorozhnogo transporta i ikh reabilitatsiia.

The paper discusses whether industrial factors can influence the emotional sphere of railway workers. It outlines the basic trends of recreative measures and the principle of their use in emotional disorders.

[Health status of railway workers using magnetic powder flaw detectors]. / Sostoianie zdorov'ia zheleznodorozhnikov, rabotaiushchikh s magnitoporoshkovymi defektoskopami.

The rates of morbidity with temporary working incapacity (TWI) of magnetic-powder defectoscopic operators are discussed. The incidence of diseases with TWI and the days of disability in the study group of workers are greater than the average industrial rates. A comprehensive physical examination detected asthenic vegetative syndrome. This shows it necessary to improve methodological approaches to medical examinations of workers exposed to electromagnetic waves.

[Disorders of adaptive processes in conductors of passenger cars]. / Narushenie adaptatsionnykh protsessov u provodnikov passazhirskikh vagonov.

Passenger carriage conductors work under difficult conditions, including night working hours, unfavorable working and rest conditions with sleep impairment, and other poor factors. This makes it necessary to assume that the conductors should be given some advantages: privilege pension provision, shorter working travelling hours, longer intertrip rest and annual vacation, special nutrition, etc.