THE ESTIMATION OF RISK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASES DUE TO WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION EXPOSURE IN THE WORKERS OF TURBINE SHOPS OF THERMAL POWER STATIONS

Abstract

The estimation of risk for development of diseases due to whole body vibration exposure on the basis of spectral characteristics at the workplaces in turbine shops of thermal power stations was carried out. The highest average equivalent levels of whole-body vibration by speeding up of vibration and. vibration velocity were observed at the workplaces of turbine machinists of Kuznetsk Thermal Power Station and. the Western-Siberian Thermal Power Station; in the machinists-inspectors of turbine equipment the indicators were a little bit lower. At the workplaces of turbine machinists the highest levels of risk for backache in the lower part and autonomic sensory polyneuropathy syndromes development were registered at the Western-Siberian Thermal Power Station and the Southern-Kuzbass Thermal Power Station, little smaller indicators were observed at Tom-Usinsk Thermal Power Station and Kuznetsk Thermal Power Station.

Keywords

• thermal power stations
• whole-body vibration
• speeding up of vibration
• vibration velocity