[The noise factor in the manufacture of chocolate and pastry products]

Studies are performed on the noise and vibration condition and hearing in women workers in enterprises for confectionery. It is established that the noise is leading occupational hazard in the working environment and in half of the working places significantly surpasses the sanitary norms and the peak values reach sometimes to 102-105 db/A. Especially intensive sources of noise are some machines and industrial operations-vibratory tables, mixers, cocoa-rollers, grinder for sugar and cocoa, the operation "hammering of forms". The vibrations (general) are rarely met hazard in industry. A considerable decrease of hearing in the examined women workers is established.