Modern trends in occupational morbidity of industrial sector workers in the context of economic activities

It is established that in the period from 2009 to 2019 in the industrial sector of the Saratov region (mainly manufacturing) formed a strong downward trend of employment and the level of occupational morbidity (OM), developing on the background of a statistically significant increase in the proportion employed in hazardous working conditions in most sectors of the economy (mining, manufacturing, construction). In the structure of the accumulated OM, the first rank places were occupied by the industries “Transportation and storage” and “Manufacturing”, which differed from the all-Russian data (“Mining”), and was determined by the peculiarities of the economic development of the region. The main factors of working conditions inducing OM were physical impacts (industrial noise, general and local vibration), pollution of the breathing zone by industrial aerosols, silicate-containing and textile dust, as well as the severity of the labor process, which coincided with global trends. The nosological structure of accumulated OM was mainly represented by sensorineural hearing loss, vibration disease, radiculopathy, chronic dust-free non-obstructive bronchitis and was determined by working conditions in the profession. The results of the scientific analysis of work-related health disorders characteristic of certain sectors of the economy and professional cohorts may be of high practical importance in the development of targeted regional, corporate and industry programs to minimize professional impacts and promote health in the workplace, contributing to labor longevity and increased productivity.