SOCIAL AND HYGIENIC ASPECTS OF HEALTH PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES AT ENTERPRISES OF THE CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

Depending on the quantitative characteristic and duration of action, individual production factors can become dangerous. A dangerous labor factor is a factor in the environment and labor process, which can be the cause of injury, acute illness or sudden sharp deterioration in health, death. Diseases that arise exclusively or predominantly as a result of exposure to production factors are called occupational. These include diseases such as vibration disease, radiation disease, various pneumoconioses (lung diseases as a result of dust exposure). Some of these diseases can be very difficult with a disorder of vital functions, as a result of which disability can occur.