State Institution "Ukrainian Research Institute of Industrial Medicine", Kryvyi Rig, Ukraine
Introduction. In the aspect of the nationwide trend of deterioration of the occupational health of workers of mining and processing plants in Ukraine, the issues of occupational morbidity have not yet received sufficient analysis and require a scientific solution.
Objective. The analysis of levels of the occupational morbidity among employees of mining and beneficiation plants.
Materials and methods. The study was conducted on the basis of a study of the "Records of Occupational Diseases (Occupational Poisonings)" of workers who were diagnosed with an occupational disease in 2020–2022. Data analysis was conducted on the levels of occupational morbidity. The entry of the contingent array into the computer database, its analysis and determination of the reliability of the obtained data were carried out using generally accepted statistical methods using the standard Microsoft Office Excel 2003 program package (license number HK9TK-GB4KD-3936D-8R6C8-DJTHD).
The results.It has been established that the absolute number of workers in hazardous conditions at a modern mining and quarrying enterprise has been decreasing for the period 2020–2022. As a result, occupational morbidity rates are steadily increasing from 2.8 per 1,000 workers in 2020 to 4.5 per 1,000 workers in 2022. Occupational morbidity rates are slightly higher among men than among women: 1.8 per 1,000 working men and 1.0 per 1,000 working women in 2020; 2.7 per 1,000 working men and 0.5 per 1,000 working women in 2021; 2.8 per 1,000 working men and 1.6 per 1,000 working women in 2022, respectively. Occupational incidence rates for occupational radiculopathy increased significantly in 2022 compared to previous years.
Conclusions. Analysis of occupational incidence rates among workers in mining and processing plants showed that they have been steadily increasing over the study period and are slightly higher in men than in women. Occupational incidence rates for occupational radiculopathy increased significantly in 2022 compared to previous years, and were the highest compared to other occupational diseases.
Keywords: words: occupational diseases, workers, mining industry
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