Evaluation of insalubrity by exposure to noise in a printing company

The work environment can expose workers to risks that affects your health and well-being. Among the potential environmental risks is the noise that causes great damage to the health of workers. This article presents a study on noise in a printing company. With the goal of quantifying the potential risk in some workplaces in order to provide the company management with a proposal for improvement of working conditions. It was found that the noise in some workplaces, as at the process of the printing exceeds exposure limit, soon it is necessary implementation of collective or personal protective equipment. Therefore, the recommendations are: regular maintenance of the moving parts of machinery and equipment, preparation of a lubrication plan, the execution of noisy activities at a distance, limit the duration of workers' exposure to noise and the use of hearing protection. These recommendations will make what workplaces are more salubrious.