Assessment experience of occupational risk associated with exposure to industrial aerosols under the conditions of metallurgical enterprise modernization

Abstract

The paper presents the assessment results of occupational risk associated with exposure to industrial aerosols, according to hygienic and clinical criteria of workers in metallurgical production modernized sections. Occupational risk, depending on the working conditions in the professions studied, is categorized from small to very high one. In most cases the pneumoconiosis real risk is comparable to the expected when comparing the working conditions class on dust loads and the occupational diseases index. The aerosols impact significantly increased the developing risk of general somatic pathology of respiratory organs, skin, visual and auditory analyzers, musculoskeletal, urogenital, endocrine, reproductive, nervous systems, digestive systems, blood circulation, and blood disorders. There is a weak and medium degree of connection of general somatic morbidity with working conditions.