Hygienic assessment of contribution made by cooling meteorological factors into occupational risks of health disorders for workers who have to work outdoors in cold season

Polyakova, Ekaterina M.; Meltser, A.V.; Chashchin, V. P.; Erastova, N.V.

doi:10.21668/health.risk/2020.3.13.eng

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“…Prior health risk caused by exposure to occupational noise, whole-body vibration, chemicals in workplace air, work heaviness and cooling microclimate on open grounds in the cold season [21] was assessed as per the previously developed models 3 The prevalence of various pathologies among workers was analyzed as per results produced by periodical medical examinations (PME). Overall, 1063 workers participated in them [5]. To detect any statistical differences in workers' health, we created two study groups made of workers who spent the shortest period per week outdoors and the longest one [5].…”

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“…Overall, 1063 workers participated in them [5]. To detect any statistical differences in workers' health, we created two study groups made of workers who spent the shortest period per week outdoors and the longest one [5]. Overall, group I included 616 workers with the following occupations: DDU operators (192 people), repairmen (80 people) and process unit operators (344 people).…”

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“…Individual peculiarities related to working on open grounds were assessed using subjective (547 people took part in questioning) and objective assessment methods (76 people took part in estimating thermal state of their bodies 5 and 54 people participated in thermometry with cold stress 6 ).…”

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“…Results and discussion. We calculated prior health risks caused by exposure to major harmful occupational factors, work record at selected workplaces being taken into account [5,21,22]. The results are provided in Table 1.…”

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“…Although technological processes applied in oil production have never ceased to develop, health risks for workers employed in the industry remain rather high [4,5,[6][7][8][9].…”

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Integrated model of health risk assessment for workers having to work outdoors under exposure to cooling meteorological factors

Polyakova¹,

Meltser²,

Iakubova³

et al. 2022

Health Risk Analysis

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Natural resources extraction involves continuous exposure to cooling meteorological factors typical for open production grounds. This necessitates relevant health risk assessment and management of health risks caused by exposure to these harmful occupational factors. However, the available risk assessment models do not provide a possibility to perform complete assessment of the existing risks created by exposure to meteorological hazards. The study design included the following. We performed hygienic assessment of working conditions and health of workers employed by “Samotlorneftegaz” Joint Stock Company (JSC) who had to perform their work tasks under exposure to cooling meteorological factors on open production grounds; the assessment involved calculating the group health risk. Individual peculiarities were assessed using subjective (547 people took part in questioning) and objective assessment methods (76 people took part in estimating thermal state of their bodies and 54 people participated in thermometry with cold stress). Finally, we assessed prior and posterior risks. The prior group risk assessment made it possible to identify risk groups who had a significant risk of developing occupational and non-occupational diseases and to rank working places as per health hazards. The posterior risk assessment confirmed the results produced by the prior risk assessment regarding potentiating negative effects produced by cooling meteorological factors. The assessment of developing general and local thermoregulation disorders revealed that certain individual peculiarities made a substantial contribution into their development. Among them, we can mention long-term outdoor work (60 % of work time or more) under exposure to cooling meteorological factors; a chronic pathology; tobacco smoking. The results produced by this study allowed us to suggest an integrated model for risk assessment, management and communication about health risks caused by working under exposure to cooling meteorological factors.

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confidence: 99%

“…Although technological processes applied in oil production have never ceased to develop, health risks for workers employed in the industry remain rather high [4,5,[6][7][8][9].…”

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Integrated model of health risk assessment for workers having to work outdoors under exposure to cooling meteorological factors

Polyakova¹,

Meltser²,

Iakubova³

et al. 2022

Health Risk Analysis

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Occupational Health Risks from Combined Exposure to Welding Fumes and Cold Environment for Welders

Polyakova¹,

Syurin²

2021

PH&LE

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Introduction: Intensification of economic activities in the northern regions of Russia requires a better understanding of the combined health effect of cold environment and occupational risk factors. Objective: To assess the risk of developing health disorders in gas and electric welders exposed to low and normal workplace temperatures. Materials and methods: We conducted a comparative analysis of working conditions and health status of welders at two enterprises. The main cohort included 310 workers exposed to welding fumes and cold microclimate in an underground mine. The control cohort included 282 employees of a railcar manufacturing facility performing their functional duties in workshops with acceptable microclimate parameters. Results: According to the results of periodic medical examinations, 499 chronic diseases were diagnosed in welders of the main cohort against 230 among the controls. Compared to the reference cohort, underground welders were at higher risk of developing diseases of the digestive system (RR = 2.63; CI: 1.47–4.70; p = 0.0006), genitourinary (RR = 6.55; CI: 1.51–28.4; p = 0.004), musculoskeletal (RR = 1.50; CI: 1.14–1.97; p = 0.003), and nervous systems (RR = 5.29; CI 1.19–23.4; p = 0.014), skin (RR = 3.85; CI: 1.61–9.18; p = 0.001), respiratory organs (RR = 3.23; CI: 1.84–5.69; p < 0.001), as well as infectious and parasitic diseases (RR = 8.61; CI: 2.03–36.5; p = 0.0004). Thus, the number of healthy workers was smaller while the number of workers suffering from two or more chronic diseases was bigger in this cohort (p < 0.001). Conclusions: The welders working in cold environment were significantly less healthy than those working in normal workplace temperatures. The results necessitate the development of additional measures of disease prevention for this category of employees.

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Current issues of protection of reproductive health in population residing in cold climate regions (literature review)

Borisova

Chashchin

2022

Hygiene and Sanitation

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Relevance. 40% of the total number of employees are constantly or periodically engaged in work in open areas and in unheated industrial premises. Given that more than 70% of the country’s territory is in cold climate areas, the tasks of preserving their health are a priority. The original articles on the assessment of adverse effects of natural and climatic factors in cold climate regions on the reproductive health of the population, presented in databases and information systems: RSCI, CyberLeninka, Scopus, Web of Science and meeting the criteria for compliance with the stated purpose and quality of research, were analyzed. A significant part of reproductive losses has been proven to be related to the exposure to a number of occupational risk factors; however, workers’ engagement in outdoor operations with a higher risk of cold stress in combination with other factors remains one of the least studied problems of preventive medicine. Considering more than 70% of the country’s territory to be represented by cold climate regions, where up to 40% of the total workforce are permanently or periodically engaged in outdoor works and in unheated industrial premises, the protection of their health is a national priority. A total of two hundred three full-text publications were identified by targeted search, of which 132 fully met these inclusion criteria. Conclusion. As a result of a systematic review of published works available in national and international bibliographic indexing systems, including the results of our own research, engagement in work operations in cold climate regions has been proved to be associated with the risk of functional overstrain of most human life-supporting systems leading to health impairments. To date, there have been identified a significant number of occupational risk factors including chemical, physical, biological, psycho-emotional and ergonomic ones that might induce adverse effects on the reproductive health of women and men such as acute and chronic damage to reproductive functions, fetal development impairment and increased early perinatal mortality. At the same time, the role of cooling weather and climatic factors in the occurrence of such disorders, primarily among workers who systematically perform work operations outside heated industrial premises in cold climate regions there is least studied.

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Hygienic assessment of contribution made by cooling meteorological factors into occupational risks of health disorders for workers who have to work outdoors in cold season

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Integrated model of health risk assessment for workers having to work outdoors under exposure to cooling meteorological factors

Integrated model of health risk assessment for workers having to work outdoors under exposure to cooling meteorological factors

Occupational Health Risks from Combined Exposure to Welding Fumes and Cold Environment for Welders

Current issues of protection of reproductive health in population residing in cold climate regions (literature review)

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