COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISKS FOR CHEMICAL WORKERS BASED ON ASSESSMENT OF WORKING CONDITIONS AND MEASURES FOR ITS MINIMIZATION
Purpose of the study: foundation of the main measures to reduce occupational risks in diverse chemical industries. Objects and research methods: the working conditions of workers of certain large-scale industries that are part of the country's chemical complex with varying degrees of automation and features of the technological process have been studied. The main selection criterion for specific industries was the degree of automation of technological processes. Based on the hygienic assessment of working conditions, a quantitative assessment of the degree of occupational risks for chemical workers has been carried out. Results and discussion: when ranking industries by occupational risk category, it has been shown that negligible and low risk is characteristic of workers in the main occupations of highly automated industries (production of monomers), medium - for workers in automated industries (production of urea, isoprene and butyl rubbers, polystyrene, plastics) , medium and high - for workers in semi-automated production (fiberglass production). Based on a quantitative assessment of the degree of risk of a chemical worker, the main measures to minimize the risk have been developed and the urgency of their implementation has been determined.