SOME APPROACHES TO REDUCING ADVERSE FACTORS IN THE PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF LOCOMOTIVE DRIVERS

The high rates of diseases among locomotive drivers and their assistants require a comprehensive analysis and assessment of their working conditions. The authors identify and assess, based on a survey of 84 drivers and their assistants of the Omsk Railway, factors that adversely affect the health of this contingent. The most significant factors of the professional environment that negatively affect the health of drivers are identified: disruption of sleep and rest patterns, unorganized nutrition, vibration and noise factors, hygienic conditions. In connection with the data obtained, priority areas of work are proposed to change the situation in a positive direction. Carrying out recreational activities in the workplace to relieve fatigue (physical exercises for the muscles of the back, legs, eyes; aromatherapy; self-massage, etc.) is a priority in solving this problem. According to the research, 76.2% of machinists are ready to perform physical exercises to relieve fatigue at work. The occurrence of chronic visual fatigue among workers in this professional field is another problem that requires a solution. Every fifth driver experiences severe visual fatigue after work and 10.7% sometimes experience decreased twilight vision. The authors note the most significant physical factors, which negatively affect the driver’s health, are disruption of sleep and rest patterns, as well as unorganized nutrition. Consequently, the potential for preserving the health of this category of workers should be sought in the ability to competently regulate the regime of work, rest and nutrition.

railway transport, driver, health, professional environment, risk factors, professionally applied physical training, working conditions, occupational diseases, work and rest regime, motivation

Pavlova I. V., German E. V., Golubkov A. S. Some approaches to reducing adverse factors in the professional environment of locomotive drivers. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2024;3(68):353—357. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2024.68.1041.