PREVENTION OF REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS IN WORKERS OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
To study the working conditions of men employed in engineering, detection of reproductive health disorders and developing preventive measures. Materials and methods. Examined 318 workers of mechanical engineering enterprises in contact with harmful production factors and 148 employees out of contact. Used social-hygienic, biochemical, and statistical methods. The results obtained. The survey showed that contact with a chemical factor at 70%, with noise - 2/3 of the respondents, 40% from local vibration. Measurements at workplaces revealed of exceeding the RC of noise and local vibration. Discovered the maximum permissible concentration of chemical substances in the air of working zone. Deviations from normal levels of testosterone, luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone 25.5% of workers. It is established that the noise at workplaces significantly influences the levels of testosterone in the blood. Conclusions: the working Conditions of employees of the enterprise engineering are characterized as harmful. With increasing experience there is a decrease in testosterone levels, the levels increase luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone. Factors significantly influencing the probability of occurrence of reproductive health disorders in men workers are engineering influence of thermal radiation and noise in the workplace. Proposed prevention activities will increase by 15% increase the efficiency of primary prevention of reproductive health disorders in men, the workers of mechanical engineering.