OCCUPATIONAL MORBIDITY WITH DISEASES OF MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AMONG COAL MINERS IN THE LVIV REGION: RESULTS OF LEVELS AND STRUCTURE ANALYSIS DURING 2005–20009 YEARS

The level and structure of occupational morbidity with musculoskeletal system and peripheral nervous system diseases among workers of coal industry in Lviv region during last 5 years has been analyzed in the work for the first time. It has been established that the incidence rate was from 21.6 to 29.9 cases per 1000 workers. In the structure of occupational morbidity lumbosacral radiculopathy made 74.3–94.9 %, hand’s vegeto-sensory polyneuropathy (VSP) — 4.9–24.8 %, deforming arthrosis — below 1.0 %.