Hygienic assessment of working conditions of the sinter operator of the metallurgical enterprise

Abstract

Introduction. The metallurgical industry is one of the developed industries in Ukraine, whose enterprises are located mainly in four regions of the country: Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Luhansk and Dnipropetrovsk [1]. At the workplaces of metallurgical workers there are harmful production factors of various nature, which can lead to occupational and work-related pathology [2, 3]. Therefore, the study of working conditions in the workplace of metallurgical workers remains a topical issue and needs attention. The aim of the study: hygienic assessment of the working conditions of the sinter operator of the metallurgical enterprises. Materials and methods. A study of working conditions at 44 workplaces of sinter operators of a metallurgical enterprise for 2011-2020 years. The study of factors of the working microclimate was carried out using the device ECOTENSOR-MK (Ukraine), the number of studies of working microclimate - 180 measurements, the level of infrared radiation - 30 measurements), air pollution of the working area of workers was carried out using a gas analyzer PALLADIUM-3M-01 − 1005 research, the study of working noise and vibration was conducted using a noise and vibration analyzer S-LIGHT and OCTAVE 110A - 50 studies.