Disability of enterprise employees in Chelyabinsk region of Russia due to poor environmental conditions

Chelyabinsk State University, 129, Br.Kashirinykh str., 454001, Chelyabinsk, Russia

^* Corresponding author: taradanov@csu.ru

Abstract

The research is based on analysis of the survey for identification of reasons for injuries and following disability of staff which was organized in November and December 2020. Experts-respondents were 415 employees of 258 enterprises and organization in Chelyabinsk region. As the main reason for disability was named mental outside of work injuries. The second reason is physical outside of work injuries. The 3rd place in the list is physical injuries at work. The fourth reason is mental injuries at work. Thus, the working activity of respondents is 2.4 times less traumatic than outside of work activity. Experts named the reduction of attentiveness as the most valuable reason of injuries and following disability (24.3%). Then follow the omission of technical control over the content of materials, equipment performance and tool quality (19.2%), the omission of control over employees’ behavior (19.1%), risky behavior of employees at work (18.6%), problems of the legislative framework for safety and health (8.7%), no-fault incidents (5.8%).