The risk of development of professional and professionally-related diseases that occurs when not conforming to the standards of working conditions, remains one of the very significant social problems for the Sverdlovsk region. According to the regional Office of Rospotrebnadzor, on average, in the region each year from 500 to 600 cases of occupational diseases, with 7 to 10% of cases of occupational pathology leads to the formation of disability, including those of working age, the correspondent BakuToday .
The special significance of the problem for the region due to extremely high density of industrial facilities, a high percentage of depreciation of production facilities. Against the background of significant changes in the socio-economic sphere, the increasing demands for an intensification of labor and the “aging population” (regressive type of demographic development), this leads to a significant increase in workload harmful factors of environment and working process in the health worker. “In accordance with the nomenclature of the consolidated environment factors and work process in the Sverdlovsk region, the number of people under the influence of harmful factors of environment and labor process, and in 2010 was $ 1.3 million, of which 35% are employed in jobs with fixed excess of the established maximum allowable concentrations and levels of environment factors and work process, that is in hazardous working conditions. According to the production control laboratory, 361 000 employees working under the influence of toxic substances, 234 thousand employees working in difficult and hard work, 185 thousand Workers exposed to noise, 134 thousand people – mostly fibrogenic aerosols of 112 thousand employees – vibration. The share of research does not meet hygienic standards were as follows: the noise – 10.4%, according to the severity and intensity of work – 9% aerosols predominantly fibrogenic action – 9.6%, by vibration – 7% for Toxic Substances – 3,3%, “- noted in Rospotrebnadzor.
The most unfavorable situation with working conditions in the Sverdlovsk region formed by enterprises and organizations engaged in wood processing and manufacture of wood and cork (except furniture), mining of metal ores and other minerals, metallurgical production, manufacture of machinery and equipment, other nonmetallic mineral products and land transport activity.
Stated that in 2010 to meet the requirements of sanitary legislation allowed employers to ensure optimal conditions and authorities of the Sverdlovsk Region Rospotrebnadzor conducted oversight activities 5332, during which there was a 3511 objects, which found violations of regulatory requirements. As a result, fines amounted to 7,608,350 rubles, issued 139 warnings, 440 minutes directed to other public authorities, which imposed fines amounting to 1.6485 million rubles, 15 cases sent to court for administrative suspension of activity, made 112 representations of the chief state sanitary doctor barred from working 389 Persons, 268 issued proposals to the authorities and legal persons.
