The impact of occupation factors on the health of employees of thermal power plants

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Aim is to assess working conditions and risks of the general pathological syndromes (RGPS) in employees of the leading occupations of Thermal Power Plants.

Materials and methods. Hygienic studies of working conditions were carried out at the workplaces of employees of the main professions of the Thermal Power Plants (TPP) of the Republic of Buryatia. The state of health was assessed using an Automated System of Quantitative Risk Assessment of the main general pathological syndromes (ASQRAS).

Results. Study results indicate the predominant noise pollution and dustiness of the air at the workplaces of the TPP. According to the results of ASQRAS, the share of employees of the main professions with a high level of RGPS was 20.83%, which is 2.92 times higher compared to the control group. In the main group, higher levels of risk of developing functional disorders of the respiratory organs and borderline mental disorders were revealed. In the main group the total risks are 1.76 times higher than in the control group.

Limitations. Our study had limited options as the acquisition of information on the health status of workers was carried out based on the results of their self-assessment, which may be subject to subjective errors.

Conclusion. Thus, the study results indicate the adverse impact of working conditions on the state of health of TPP employees which is confirmed by the results of ASQRAS.

Compliance with ethical standards. The study was approved by the Local Ethical Committee of the East-Siberian Institute of Medical and Ecological Research (Protocol No. 1 dated January 14, 2021).

Contribution:
Pankov V.A. — concept and design of the study, data analysis and interpretation, text writing, editing, final approval;
Bogdanova O.G. — concept and design of the study, material collection and processing, statistical data processing, data analysis and interpretation, text writing, editing, responsibility for the integrity of all parts;
Molchanova O.A. — material collection and processing, statistical data processing, data analysis and interpretation, text writing.
All authors are responsible for the integrity of all parts of the manuscript and approval of the manuscript final version. 

Acknowledgment. The authors express gratitude for the provision of data to S.S. Khankhareev, head of the Federal Service for Supervision in Protection of the Rights of Consumer and Man Wellbeing Department for the Republic of Buryatia, and K.V. Bulutov to the chief doctor of the Federal Budgetary Health Institution «Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Republic of Buryatia».
The work was carried out at the expense of funds allocated for the implementation of the state assignment of the East Siberian Institute of Medical and Ecological Research.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Received: May 27, 2022 / Accepted: August 4, 2022 / Published: September 14, 2022

About the authors

Vladimir A. Pankov

East-Siberian Institute of Medical and Ecological Research

Author for correspondence.
Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3849-5630
Russian Federation

Olga G. Bogdanova

East-Siberian Institute of Medical and Ecological Research

Email: olga.bogdanova2001@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2358-2280

MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Environmental and Hygienic Research, East-Siberian Institute of Medical and Ecological Research, Angarsk, 665826, Russian Federation.

e-mail: olga.bogdanova2001@gmail.com

Russian Federation

Olga A. Molchanova

East-Siberian Institute of Medical and Ecological Research

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5088-4794
Russian Federation

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