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The dynamics of the state of compliance with professional requirements for the fulfillment of the work of increased danger of the workers of the state militarized mine rescue service in the coal industry of Ukraine

ISSN 2223-6775 Ukrainian journal of occupational health Vol.17, No 3, 2021


https://doi.org/10.33573/ujoh2021.03.182

The dynamics of the state of compliance with professional requirements for the fulfillment of the work of increased danger of the workers of the state militarized mine rescue service in the coal industry of Ukraine

Y.V. Kudiievskyi, O.I. Soloviov
State Institution «Kundiiev Institute of Occupational Health of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine», Kyiv


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Introduction. Specific working conditions of the mine rescuers of the State militarized mine rescue service in the coal industry of Ukraine (SMMRS) are formed under the influence of the immediate combined effect of hazardous factors of emergency situations, or indirectly during work on duty under the continuous expectation of the alarm signal. The ultra-high level of neuropsychic tension in such conditions requires in-depth studies of compliance with certain professional requirements for the performance of the work of increased danger of SMMRS workers.

The purpose of the study is to determine the dynamics of the state of compliance with professional requirements for the performance of the work of increased risk of SMMRS workers according to psychophysiological examination and according to the results of industrial research of professionally important qualities.

Materials and methods of research. A study of the state of psycho-physiological functions from the SMMRS workers was conducted. The analysis includes materials analysis of indicators of psychophysiological examination conducted by an accredited laboratory, and the results of production studies of the psychological and physiological organism's functions of the SMMRS workers (67 people) who worked on12-hour day and night duty.

Results. It was found that the psychophysiological indicators of the mine rescuers were not significantly distinguished during the study period, remaining at a rather high level of professionally important qualities. The average duration of the "individual minute" at the beginning of the 12-hour duty amounted to 60.6 ± 1.72 s, and at the end of 60.0 ± 1.68 s, with a physiological norm of 56.8 ± 1.76 s, which indicates а rather high level of already formed adaptation abilities.

Conclusions. The dynamics of the indicators of the psychophysiological assessment of the professionally important qualities of the mine rescuers indicates their consistently high level. This indicates compliance of the level of adaptive abilities of the personal composition of militarized mine rescue teams with professional requirements for the performance of increased danger. Decrease in individual indicators of professionally important qualities does not reduce their overall assessment due to the proper level of other studied psycho-physiological indicators.

Key words: mine rescuers, coal industry, psychophysiological examination of professionally important qualities, working conditions.

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