[Occupational and production-dependent morbidity among railway workers]

Presents data on the occupational diseases of railway workers in 1958-1994 and analyzes the nosological structure of morbidity with regard for the technological progress in various fields of this industry. Discusses the problems related to occupational diseases in this population. A disease is recognized as an occupational only in cases when occupational hazards cannot be eliminated by modern technology, but still, the victims are to have a life compensation from the work-giver for not providing the proper working conditions.