Peculiarities of Working Conditions in Tbilisi Metropolitan Area

The peculiarities of working conditions in the Tbilisi metropolitan area, the aspects of maintaining working capacity and health and increasing their efficiency is discussed. Metropolitan facilities (stations, underground passages, rolling stock, escalators) are affected by all groups of environmental factors (physical, chemical, biological and psychological), which negatively affect human health and can cause industrial injuries and occupational diseases. The article focuses on noise as an important irritant. Noise levels affecting the subway driver, escalator operator and passengers were studied. As a result of the research, it was revealed that the noise level affecting metropolitan workers and passengers is 20-80% higher than the permissible level depending on the metropolitan area. The article presents the analysis of labor conditions in Tbilisi metropolitan area, and measures to optimize them, ways of maintaining labor potential and increasing the efficiency of its use. The scientific novelty of the research results is the analytical assessment of the most irritating factor - noise, monitoring of the acoustic condition and the development of preventive measures at individual workplaces in the Tbilisi metropolitan area.