The object of this paper is to evaluate a working environment noise at manufacturing process of metal material products. To accomplish the object; An employee noise exposure criteria, which is mounted in big size enterprise, was investigated. The noise at the 460 points of the manufacturing process machine in the 38 processes of the 1 factories were measured. The database of the noise was built from the measurement data. The major sound sources and frequency range for the manufacturing process of metal material product machine was investigated. In this study, we compare working environment noise criteria of korean with employee noise exposure criteria

To develop managing guidance of occupational noise exposure for metal working facility, we have studied about drafting contour map of noise exposure, methods of noise assessment and actual calculation method of time weighted noise exposure. Therefore we have suggested that contour maps of noisy workplace are very important for controlling metal working fluid facility and two kinds of noise assessment method, so called, personal and static exposure are necessary to avoid argument between workers and managing group. Finally we would like recommend that the Korean specfication of noise exposure should be modified to protect ONIHL(occupational noise induced hearing loss).