Citation

Pashkov VM, Batyhina OM, Trotska MV. Wiad. Lek. 2017; 70(5): 953-958.

Affiliation

Poltava Law Institute Of Yaroslav The Wise National Law University, Poltava, Ukraine.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Polskie Towarzystwo Laekarskie)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

29203748

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Agricultural workers' health depends on many factors: working conditions, security arrangements, medicine, quality of drugs, the environment, etc. Occupational injuries and diseases are also among the factors that can negatively affect their health. THE AIM: To analyze provisions of the international legislation and scientific literature concerning existence of restrictions on impact of occupational injuries and diseases on agricultural workers' health.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: International acts, data of international organizations and conclusions of scientists have been examined and used in the study. The article also integrates information from scientific journals and monographs from a medical and legal point of view with scientific methods. This article is based on dialectical, comparative, analytic, synthetic and comprehensive research methods. Impact of occupational injuries and diseases on agricultural workers' health has been studied within the system approach, as well as analysis and synthesis.

CONCLUSIONS: The level of occupational morbidity, traumatism and above all standard of agricultural workers' health depends on the way of occupational safety organization. Working conditions and safety in agricultural industry and therefore the appropriate standard of health remain unsatisfactory in many countries.

Language: en

Keywords

agriculture; human health; occupational diseases; occupational traumatism