Avtor/Urednik     Črnivec, Rajko
Naslov     Zdravstvena ogroženost delavcev Rudnika urana Žirovski vrh
Prevedeni naslov     Threat to health of workers of the Žirovski vrh uranium mine
Tip     članek
Vir     Sanitas et labor
Vol. in št.     Letnik 3, št. 1
Leto izdaje     2004
Obseg     str. 59-88
Jezik     slo
Abstrakt     The health status, occupational pathology and indices of negative well-being and work ability of 457 male workers employed in the mill department with the allied Boršt refuse dump and the pit department (including the rest of the refuse dumps) of the Žirovski vrh uranium rnine were assessed in a retrospective study, covering the period frona 1 Jan. 1980 do 31. Dec. 1990 (11 years). A thorough review of the workers' pre-employment and in-service preventive medical files revealed a high level of occupational risk to their health. The average annual prevalence of diseases suspected of being occupational in origin (moderate occupational hearing impairment, occupational skin disease - eczema vulgare), occupational diseases (verified cases of silicosis, unverified cases of vibration diseases severe occupational hearing irnpairment, occupational skin disease) and diseases related to occupation (mild occupational hearing impairment) was 119,6 cases per 10.000 workers, whereas the average annual prevalence of occupational diseases alone amounted to 19,6 cases per 10.000 workers. (All unverified cases of occupational pathology should be referred for expert evaluation in accordance with the valid legislation). Some of the documented occupational pathology (e.g. one case of silicosis) originated form other working environments, having been acquired in the course of the worker's previous employment. There was no mortality caused by occupational pathology during the study period. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters)
Izvleček     Retrospektivna raziskava zdravstvenega stanja, poklicne patologije, kazalcev negativnega zdravja in delazmožnosti 457 moških delavcev območja Jama in jalovišča in območja Predelava in jalovišča Boršt Rudnika urana Žirovski vrh (RUŽV) v opazovanem 11 letnem obdobju (od 01.01.1980 do 31.12.1990), ki so imeli razpoložljivo predhodno in obdobno preventivno zdravstveno dokumentacijo, je pokazala veliko poklicno zdravstveno ogroženost, saj je letna prevalenca sumov na poklicno bolezen (poklicna naglušnost srednje stopnje, poklicno kožno obolenje - ekcem), poklicnih bolezni (verificirani primeri silikoze, neverificirani primeri vibracijske bolezni, poklicna naglušnost, poklicno kožno obolenje), bolezni v zvezi z delom (zlasti lažje poklicne naglušnosti) bila 119, 6 primerov, samo poklicnih bolezni pa 19, 6 primerov na 10.000 delavcev RUŽV. Neverificirane primere poklicne patologije bi veljalo preko izvedenske obdelave na Kliničnem inštitutu za medicino dela, prometa in športa Ljubljana verificirati v skladu z veljavno zakonodajo. Nekateri delavci so poklicno zboleli že pred zaposlitvijo v RUŽV v prejšnjih delovnih okoljih. V opazovanem obdobju ni noben delavec umrl zaradi poklicnega vzroka. Primerjalno je bila ob priliki obdobnih zdravstvenih pregledov pogosteje odkrita poklicna patologija kot ob predhodnem zdravstvenem pregledu. Na obdobnih zdravstvenih pregledih sta bila zdravstveno stanje in delazmožnost slabša kot ob predhodnem zdravstvenem pregledu. (Izvleček skrajšan pri 2000 znakih)
Deskriptorji     OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
MINING
URANIUM
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
DISABILITY EVALUATION
RISK ASSESSMENT
WORKPLACE
HEALTH STATUS
WORKLOAD
RADIATION, IONIZING
RADIATION DOSAGE
RADIATION PROTECTION