Evaluation of health risk in industrial workers.

The article presents results of evaluating chronic intoxication risks, acute toxic effects risk, carcinogenic risk and risk of occupational diseases due to dust. Findings are that the highest risk levels for chronic intoxication and carciongenic risk are seen in coal open cast miners. The most dangerous occupation is diesel locomotive operator. High risk of occupational disease due to dust is seen in electric steel-making, rail and structural steel production. The most dangerous occupations are electric furnace melters, melter assistants, crane operators, hot rolling operators, metal heaters. The authors revealed chemicall pollutants making maximal contribution into formation of health risk for workers.

Hygienic evaluation of work conditions and health risk for mining enterprise workers.

Mining industry is characterized by hazardous work conditions that determine high risk of occupational morbidity. The article presents results of hygienic evaluation of work conditions and health risk for workers of Tashtagolsk mining enterprise in Kemerovo region, due to exposure to occupational hazards: noise, dust level, toxic chemicals. The authors present structure of occupational groups in mining industry, based on values of occupational factors, and taxonomic index characterizing overall risk level connected with occupational hazards.

[The application of the multidimensional statistical methods in the evaluation of the influence of atmospheric pollution on the population's health].

The search and measurement of causal relationships between exposure to air pollution and health state of the population is based on the system analysis and risk assessment to improve the quality of research. With this purpose there is applied the modern statistical analysis with the use of criteria of independence, principal component analysis and discriminate function analysis. As a result of analysis out of all atmospheric pollutants there were separated four main components: for diseases of the circulatory system main principal component is implied with concentrations of suspended solids, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen fluoride, for the respiratory diseases the main c principal component is closely associated with suspended solids, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, charcoal black. The discriminant function was shown to be used as a measure of the level of air pollution.

[Atmospheric air pollution in an industrial city as the factor of non-carcinogenic risk for health of communities].

The paper deals with the results of the research on risk of exposure of atmospheric air pollution in a large industrial city to health of communities. The results of individual both immediate and chronic risk estimation for selectable city zones are presented. Regression ratios of various substances concentrations and disease incidence are revealed. On their basis the estimation of risk of additional disease incidence is carried out and taxonomic values characterizing the contribution of separate pollutants to risk of health of communities' disorder are obtained.

[Evaluating health risk for workers due to polluted air in auxiliary workshops of heat power stations].

The authors evaluated health risk for workers of auxiliary workshops in heat power stations by workplace air,caused by workplace air pollution with solid particles, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, phenol, carbon oxide, benzpyrene. This evaluation was a part of longstanding research designing measures to optimize work conditions. Kuznetsk heat power station served as an example to calculate mean air concentrations of chemicals, yearly individual risk of chronic intoxication, to determine contribution of each individual chemical into the overall risk, to assess individual risk due to benzpyrene inhalation.

[Evaluating risk of morbidity among workers of coal open-cast mines in Kuzbass].

Work conditions on open-cast minest of Kuzbass include complex of unfavorable natural climate, mining technical occupational factors (microclimate, industrial noise, vibration, aerosols, toxic chemicals, hardiness and intensity of work). According to those occupational factors, the authors calculated risks of morbidity and safe length of service.

[Monitoring and controlling risk of occupational morbidity on aluminium plant].

The authors specified and introduced a system monitoring occupational diseases (fluor intoxication) on aluminium plant. Clinical examination of workers in groups with various risk levels proved design values to be reliable. Suggestions included main principles of risk management to decrease probability of occupational diseases in aluminium production.