Occupational disease investigation

Occupational disease investigation is conducted by sanitary and epidemiological department including experts delegated from enterprise through clinical, sanitary and hygiene analysis of working environment. Expert commission, which includes experts of prophylactic and health establishments, identifies occupational character of disease or illness. They consider both causal factors and hazards existing in workplace and also those to which employee ad been exposed before.

Every case of occupational disease is recorded in special clinical report. Final diagnosis is submitted to enterprise, sanitary and epidemiological department, within 3 days.

Having report of occupational disease director organizes investigation, which may last for 10 days. Commission including delegates from sanitary and epidemiological department (head of commission), prophylactic and health establishment, trade union, or fellowship investigates occupational disease.

Duties of commission are:

- scheduling investigation of occupational disease;

- disparting functions among commission members;

- involving experts;

- investigation of circumstances and causes of occupational disease;

- making report that comments recommendation for preventing accidents, optimizing working environment, and employees who broke the OS standards.

Commission investigating causes of occupational disease makes report in 5 copies within 3 days after investigation is completed and forwards it to diseased person, prophylactic and health establishment and trade union. One copy is submitted to sanitary and epidemiological department to analyze and supervise implementation of recommendation.