ABSTRACT
The present study had to analyse the noise level which workers are exposed in a University Restaurant (UR) responsible for the process of preparing meals of a Federal Higher Education Institution (FHEI). For this the methods used consisted of punctual measurements followed by dosymmetries to portray the acoustic conditions of the studied environment, using tools of descriptive and inferential statistics for the realization of the data analysis. The results showed that, taking in consideration the NR-15 (1990) which establishes at 85 dB(A) the noise exposure limit for 8 hours of work, the University Restaurant presented values above the permitted limit with exposure levels ranging from 83,4 dB (A) to 94,4 dB (A), taking into account all groups of analysed workers. In front of that, it was concluded that the vast majority of workers are in a insalubrity situation in relation to noise, without taking into consideration the attenuation provided by the Individual Protection Equipment.
