Occupational health issues and respiratory toxicity of a complex of harmful factors in electrolytic and hydrometallurgical copper production-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Occupational health issues and respiratory toxicity of a complex of harmful factors in electrolytic and hydrometallurgical copper production

Published:2023-06-30 Issue:3 Volume:22 Page:64-73
ISSN:2071-5943
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Author:

Guselnikov S. R.¹^ORCID,Gogoleva O. I.²^ORCID,Lipatov G. Ya.¹^ORCID,Plotko E. G.³^ORCID,Adrianovsky V. I.¹^ORCID,Samylkin A. A.²^ORCID,Shmakova E. E.²^ORCID,Naritsyna Yu. N.²^ORCID,Ryzhkova I. A.²^ORCID,Nefedova Yu. N.²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Ural State Medical University; Ekaterinburg Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers

2. Ural State Medical University

3. Ekaterinburg Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers

Abstract

Introduction. In recent decades, there has been a decrease in occupational morbidity at enterprises producing rough and refined copper, in the structure of which, nevertheless, bronchopulmonary pathology retains a leading position.The aim is to study the occupational risk of developing respiratory pathology in workers engaged in obtaining cathode copper by electrolysis and electorowinning methods, based on the study of working conditions of workplaces and clinical observation.Materials and methods. The object of the study were: Uralelectromed, V. Pyshma (UEM); Uralhydromed, Polevskoy (RMK). The subject of the study were 100 employees of the electrolysis shop of UEM – the 1st observation group; 102 people of the auxiliary workshops of UEM – the 2nd observation group; 92 workers of the extraction and electorowinning department of UGM – the 3rd observation group.Results. During electrolytic refining of copper, the leading harmful factors with respiratory toxicity are sulfuric acid aerosol, selenium dioxide, nickel, arsenic, and during electrovinig – sulfuric acid aerosol. Violations of ventilation function and pulmonary gas exchange were observed in 21.0 % of cases in persons of the 1st and in 15.7% of cases in patients of the 3rd observation group).Discussion. Changes in the function of external respiration (FVD) were established mainly by the obstructive type, namely, an increase in RV, FRC and RV/TLC and a decrease in FEV1, VC, FEV1/VC, FEV25-75 of mild and moderate severity were noted. The bronchodilation test revealed the reversibility of bronchial obstruction in both groups 1 and 3. Obstructive disorders and dynamic hyperventilation of the lungs in copper refining workers are probably a consequence of hyperreactivity of the bronchi in response to the irritating properties of sulfur-containing gases, arsenic and nickel compounds.Conclusion. The results of the study indicate respiratory toxicity of harmful factors in workers of electrolysis and electrovining, which corresponds to a high and average occupational risk of class 3.3 and class 3.2 assessment of working conditions and the results of mandatory periodic medical examinations.

Publisher

Ural State Medical University

Subject

General Medicine

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