Influence of ecological conditions on risk of injuries and occupational illness in Russia’s Arctic Zone

The level of occupational injuries and diseases remains very high in the Arctic Zone of Russia as compared with the regions in more favorable climatic conditions, which is governed by arduous working conditions and hostile environment. In connection with this, it is highly relevant to reveal the structure of risk in the Arctic Zone and to correlate the risk with the index of ecological condition of the region to identify the top-priority trends toward enhancement of occupational safety and resource development efficiency. The article presents the occupational disease and injury risk analysis in the Arctic regions of Russia over a period of 12 years and proves the correlation between the indicators considered. Then, based on the proposed procedure, the background and industrial risks are calculated for each region in the Arctic Zone, and the risk structure confirms the influence of the background risk on the general risk. The research of the correlation between the background risks and cumulative index of ecological situation in the region reveals a linear dependence with the high coefficient of correlation. It is proved that improvement of ecological situation in the region goes with the reduction in the background risks, which, in its turn, entails the decrease in the general risks of industrial injury and occupational disease rate.

Prokhorova E. A., Gendler S. G., Fazylov I. R. Influence of ecological conditions on risk of injuries and occupational illness in Russia’s Arctic Zone. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2024;(6):105-122. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2024_6_0_105.

E.A. Prokhorova¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Assistant, e-mail: Prokhorova_EA2@pers.spmi.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5018-1773,
S.G. Gendler¹, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Professor, e-mail: Gendler_SG@pers.spmi.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7721-7246,
I.R. Fazylov¹, Graduate Student, e-mail: FazylovIR@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7975-9471,
¹ Empress Catherine II Saint-Petersburg Mining University, 199106, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

E.A. Prokhorova, e-mail: Prokhorova_EA2@pers.spmi.ru.

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