[Morbidity with temporary loss of work capacity in workers in the operational jobs of the main metallurgical manufactures].

Study into morbidity involving temporary unfitness for work among workers of operating vocations in the basic metallurgy industries versus those working in the repair-and-machine shops, maintenance workshops, revealed high levels of temporary disability in the former working populations, especially in respect of such health disorders as diseases of the digestive organs, affections of the nervous, cardiovascular and osseomuscular systems, that were noted to go upwards with length of service and age of the workmen. Significant differences in morbidity pattern and level in vocational groups as a whole and in respect of classes of disorders and nosological forms were found out to be related to labour pattern and its conditions, degree of strain, physical strength and mental concentration the work to be done was demanding of, level of exposure to adverse occupational factors common in metallurgy industry. Methodical recommendations have been worked out concerning preventive strategies toward occupational health problems.