Signature Сontrol & Ocean Physical Field Division

PROTECTION OF PERSONNEL FROM HARMFUL EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL FIELDS

The Medical Engineering Centre experts have developed and practically applied a systematic approach aimed at developing safe and habitable ships and marine structures.

In the area of personnel protection from harmful effects of ship physical fields the Krylov Institute offers:

• Measurements of physical field levels in living buildings, industrial facilities and environment;
• Analysis and development of regulatory documents specifying acceptable levels of physical fields;
• Development of measures and hardware to provide required levels of physical fields;
• Equipment testing;
• Development of measures to protect crew, passengers and operating personnel in ships and offshore structures from harmful effects of physical fields;
• Development of work-rest schedules;
• Estimation of professional hazards during operation of ships and offshore structures;
• Preparation and certification of the working places at various facilities.

The Krylov Institute has become the basis of the first Russian Medical Engineering Centre established on the initiative of the Russian Federation Health Ministry to take care of the occupational hygiene and ensure safe environment in ships, marine structures and transport vehicles. The centre combines the expertise of specialists in marine industry hygiene, shipbuilding and ship physical fields.

The Medical Engineering Centre is certified for:

– development of regulatory and methodological documents within the categories of "Physical factors of Industrial Environment" and "Water-Borne Transport Hygiene and Epidemiology";
– testing of products intended for household, industrial and transport purposes, investigation of the human-attended industrial facilities and living buildings, fixed and mobile objects as well as environment for physical and chemical effects.

Unique test facilities and instrumentation of leading Russian and foreign companies provide the capability to carry out studies covering the whole spectrum of electromagnetic and vibro-acoustic fields and radioactive emission.

Test facility	Measuring equipment

Practical activities of the Medical Engineering Centre is based on a range of calculation techniques developed for prediction of emission levels (electromagnetic fields in the regulated frequency bands, air noise and vibration ranges) and efficiency of the adopted design solutions intended to ensure compliance with hygienic standards. The guideline documents have been developed for practical estimation of the health hazard and habitability risks in ships and offshore structures during their operation.