ABSTRACT
Having assessed functional state during the work, the authors revealed factors proving stress state in operative staffers of electric power stations. Features of occupational activities and workplace organization were assessed, risk factors promoting stress states were revealed, recommendations on optimizing the working process and on health preservation were specified.
Subject(s)
Hemodynamics/physiology , Occupational Diseases , Occupational Health/standards , Power Plants , Stress, Psychological , Health Status Indicators , Heart/physiopathology , Heart Function Tests , Humans , Occupational Diseases/etiology , Occupational Diseases/physiopathology , Occupational Diseases/psychology , Occupational Health/statistics & numerical data , Risk Factors , Russia , Stress, Psychological/etiology , Stress, Psychological/physiopathology , Stress, Psychological/psychology , WorkloadABSTRACT
The necessity of studying the impact of electromagnetic fields (EMF) on the health status of the operation staff from power enterprises has stemmed from the improper prior significance being attached to this matter. The subjects of the investigations were operators' premises, work environment system, and operation staff. The intensity of the electrical and magnetic constituents of a 50-Hz EMF in the operation staff's workplaces, in the areas adjacent to 500- and 110-kVsubstation grounding systems, and in the flats of the approximate apartment houses where the workers lived was measured. Then their permissible cumulative daily exposure was calculated. Working arrangement was also assessed. The examinees' behavior was predicted in stress situations. This permitted a scientific rationale to be provided for protective measures against exposure to electromagnetic irradiations in productive and nonproductive conditions.
