Retrospective assessment of occupational disease trends in Russian Arctic apatite miners

Abstract

For many years in Russia, apatite ore mining has been associated with high levels of occupational morbidity. The aim of the study was to retrospectively assess occupational disease trends in Russian Arctic apatite miners. We analysed data from routine health screening of 2 649 underground apatite miners in 2007 and data of social-hygienic monitoring “Working conditions and occupational morbidity” in 2008–2020. In 2007, according to the results of routine health screening, 6 778 chronic diseases were diagnosed in 2 649 miners, the most prevalent being musculoskeletal (34.4%) and eye (16.0%) diseases. In the next 13 years, 572 occupational diseases were first diagnosed in 300 (11.3%) miners, most prevalent being musculoskeletal diseases (47.2%). The risk of developing occupational diseases in tunnellers exceeded that in all other miners, including timber-men (RR = 1.56; CI 1.06–2.30), vibration-loading machine operators (RR = 1.67; CI 0.99–2.80), drillers (RR = 1.51; CI 1.08–2.11) and blasters (RR = 2.12; CI 1.55–2.84). We conclude that ongoing modernisation of ore mining processes and medical preventive measures should include more effective health-improving interventions for underground apatite miners. Findings from the analysis of data can be used by health professionals and policy makers to address these problems.

Establishment and application of the environment evaluation model for beneficiation plant

“…Bieliatynskyi Andrii [4] noted the impact of noise and dust in the workshop environment on employees There are.noise, dust, microclimate and many other influence factors in the workshop working environment,but few studies concentrate on the workshop environment from the perspective of multiple factors Wen Fu [5] considered dust, noise and toxic gas were the main factors which damage the health of employees in beneficiation plants after investigated. Syurin Sergei A [6] studied the development trend of occupational diseases,he considered that it is urgent to establish a comprehensive evaluation method which covers all relevant factors in the environment to comprehensively evaluate the workshop environment. Professor of China improved the hierarchical analysis method to propose an element analysis method, which has been improved by scholars in practical application over the years.…”