Industrial Hazards in Poultry Farms and Measures to Improve the Working Conditions of Workers

Authors

  • Ye. I. Marchyshyna Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associated Professor , кандидат сільськогосподарських наук, доцент
  • S. M. Bazyvoliak Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associated Professor , кандидат сільськогосподарських наук, доцент
  • M. V. Iaremchuk student National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv , студент Національний університет біоресурсів і природокористування України, Київ

Keywords:

poultry farms, workers, working conditions, dangerous and harmful factors, noise, dust, traumatic injuries

Abstract

The volumes of increasing the sales of poultry meat by Ukrainian producers and the working conditions
of poultry workers were characterized. The main causes of occupational accidents are indicated. It is noted that
the main dangerous and harmful factors that causing occupational injuries and diseases on the workplace are stay
of an employee into hazardous equipment zones, high levels of noise, organic and inorganic dust, ammonia and
other chemicals, biological agents, cold and thermal stresses, the severity and tension of labor, the repetition of
technological operations at a super-fast pace, uncomfortable working poses that lead to musculoskeletal injuries
of worker. Organizational measures for the prevention of injuries and occupational diseases were proposed..

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Published

2019-03-12

Issue

No. 3-4 (2019)

Section

Occupational Safety and Health

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