Evaluation of Environmental Noise in a Grain Storage Facility located in the Southern Region of Brazil

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19180/1809-2667.v21n12019p57-69

Keywords:

Industrial noise, Occupational hygiene, Work accidents

Abstract

The noise consists of an important environmental risk in the routine of the workers in a grain storage facility. Its most common effects on the worker involve hearing loss, sleep problems, heart problems, stress at home and work, and difficulty communicating during his activities. Thus, this work investigated the noise levels to which workers are exposed in a medium-sized company that operates in grain storage in the southern of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). In this way, at first the survey and characterization of the company's facilities were carried out; then, the noise indices were collected. Finally, the collected data and the discussion of the results were processed. Evidence indicates that actions of improvements aimed at reducing noise exposure should take precedence over external elements of the company's infrastructure, in this case represented by the flow of heavy vehicles (trucks) at its facilities.  

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Author Biographies

  • Joice Priscila Silveira Dias, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas/RS
    Graduanda no curso de Engenharia de Produção na Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) – Pelotas/RS – Brasil. E-mail: joice.priscila.dias@gmail.com.
  • Ingrid Losekan, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas/RS
    Graduanda no curso de Engenharia de Produção na Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) – Pelotas/RS – Brasil. E-mail: ingrilosekan@gmail.com.
  • Tatiane Landuci da Silva, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas/RS
    Graduanda no curso de Engenharia de Produção na Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) – Pelotas/RS – Brasil. E-mail: tatylanduci13@gmail.com. 
  • Bernardo Reis Strapason, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas/RS
    Graduanda no curso de Engenharia Civil na Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) – Pelotas/RS – Brasil. E-mail: bernardostrapason17@gmail.com.
  • Diogo Soares Gomide, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas/RS
    Graduando no curso de Engenharia de Produção na Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) – Pelotas/RS – Brasil. E-mail: diogosgomide@gmail.com.
  • Luis Antonio dos Santos Franz, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas/RS
    Doutor em cotutela em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil) e pela Universidade do Minho (Portugal) (2009). Professor na Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) – Pelotas/RS – Brasil. E-mail: luis.franz@ufpel.edu.br.

Published

03-05-2019

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Original articles

How to Cite

DIAS, Joice Priscila Silveira; LOSEKAN, Ingrid; SILVA, Tatiane Landuci da; STRAPASON, Bernardo Reis; GOMIDE, Diogo Soares; FRANZ, Luis Antonio dos Santos. Evaluation of Environmental Noise in a Grain Storage Facility located in the Southern Region of Brazil. Revista Vértices, [S. l.], v. 21, n. 1, p. 57–69, 2019. DOI: 10.19180/1809-2667.v21n12019p57-69. Disponível em: https://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/11876.. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.