title: [Safety problems of occupational activity during alcoholic intoxication].
abstract: It has been established that work efficiency of persons occupied by machine operating duties degrades markedly under the action of an acute alcoholic intoxication--less on real machines and more on simulators and when operating simple technical devices. Work efficiency degradation is manifested by the task execution time increase (to a lesser degree) and by erroneous action quantity increase after taking alcohol, i.e. by work reliability decease. Most heavily it is manifested during the first 0.7-1.5 hr. After taking alcohol. And direct work efficiency index is usually improved 12-16 hr. after taking alcohol. Increase of erroneous action quantity is caused probably by a series of physiological, psychophysiological and psychological changes in the condition of a man under the action of alcohol. Time of the day when the activity takes place after taking that dose of alcohol is practically non valid for changing work efficiency index.
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Ushakov
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Popov
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009790:Occupations; D011890:Railroads; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety; D013997:Time Factors; D014937:Work / Q000592:standards