Hygienic Assessment of Physical and Chemical Properties of Mine Aerosol. Occupational Pathology of Mine Technicians who Service Mobile Diesel Equipment
- A.G. Chebotarev, I.Yu. Gibadulina, N.S. Goryachev
Izmerov Research Institute of Occupational Health, Moscow, Russian Federation
Russian Mining Industry №2 / 2020 pp. 130-135
Abstract: The article presents a hygienic assessment of physical and chemical properties of mine aerosol and air pollution with harmful substances in working zones of ore mines that utilize mobile diesel equipment. The mine atmosphere has been revealed to contain excessive concentrations of dust, nitrogen oxides, acrylaldehydes, formaldehydes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in amounts exceeding the maximum admissible concentrations by 3-8 times. It is established that apart from mineral particles, the dispersed phase of the mine aerosol contains organic particles (soot), which surface traps the components of diesel engine exhaust gases. Air pollution in working zones promotes occupational lung diseases caused by toxic substances and dust. Excessive content of 3,4-benzpyrene in the air of the working zone in mines and its trapping by soot, along with the results of histological study of bronchial biopsy samples of patients with occupational lung diseases, do not allow to exclude their impact on development of such oncological diseases as lung, bronchogenic, nose skin and other types of can-cer.
Keywords: occupational diseases, occupational medicine, working environment, hygienic assessment, mine aerosol, mobile diesel equipment
For citation: Chebotarev A.G., Gibadulina I.Yu., Goryachev N.S. Hygienic Assessment of Physical and Chemical Properties of Mine Aerosol. Occupational Pathology of Mine Technicians who Service Mobile Diesel Equipment. Gornaya promyshlennost = Russian Mining Industry. 2020;(2):130-135. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.30686/1609-9192-2020-2-130-135.
Article info
Received: 02.03.2020
Revised: 16.03.2020
Accepted: 20.03.2020
Information about the author
Aleksandr G. Chebotarev – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Leading Research Scientist, Izmerov Research Institute of Occupational Health, Moscow, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Irina Yu. Gibadulina – Candidate of Medical Sciences, Chief Clinical Expert, Izmerov Research Institute of Occupational Health, Highest Category in Industrial Pathology and Therapeutics, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Nikolay S. Goryachev – Candidate of Medical Sciences, Senior Research Scientist, Izmerov Research Institute of Occupational Health, Moscow, Russian Federation.
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