Corporate programs for preventing health disorders among workers employed at adverse productions as a tool for occupational risk management

Given the existing social and economic conditions, a true priority in activities performed by specialists in occupational medicine and labor protection is to preserve workers health and to prolong periods of their working capability. Experience in cooperating with employers who were interested in preserving their highly qualified personnel revealed that implementation of corporate prevention programs at an enterprise allowed reducing work-related and occupational health risks for workers. Our research goal was to assess efficiency of a corporate prevention program bearing in mind managing occupational and work-related risks. Data and methods. Our test group included 221 male workers employed at chemical productions in Perm (aged 55-40, average working experience amounted to 19.2 ± 7.8 years): our reference group was made up of 79 office workers employed at the same enterprises (aged 55-39, average working experience amounted to 21.2 ± 7.6). The research involved analyzing result of specific assessment of working conditions; medical documentation analysis; clinical, laboratory, and instrumental research; mathematical processing of all obtained data with creating predictive evolution models of occupational risks...