Working Environment in Milking Parlours in Terms of Noise Exposure

The working environment is one of the most important factors according to which the employee decides when choosing a job, or when considering staying in it. Generally, it means all tangible and intangible factors that act directly on the employee and his work. Employees working in conditions of farms are exposed to different unnatural influences. Such an impact is also noise, which always arises with a certain energy conversion. In cattle farms, the sources of noise are represented by various mechanical equipment and machines that are used for enabling the operations of the farm. The aim of this article was to analyze the noise levels in the work space of various kinds of parlours. In terms of adverse effect of noise, tandem milking parlour, fishbone milking parlour and rotary milking parlour was evaluated. Values were processed in graphs and compared with values under the Directive of the European Parliament and the Council Nr. 2003/10/EC, which gives the exposure limit values LAEX, 8h (noise exposure with weighting filter “A” and upper and lower action value of exposure LAEX, 8h.