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up his ear muffs from cabinet. Muffs l«, and are kept in cabinet when Pot in Weave Room. Of Program 'vho Pre consultants in acoustics and I ® Goldberg engineers have made ■'•fietf level surveys and iden- f'ieu high noise level locations in held, pPsst plants. The ti5(, company then purchased the monitoring equipment and (Continued on Page Eight) mm ^ l^rotectioii ^bof holding government contracts fin Department requires that $10,000 must limit industrial ‘‘A>> ^0 permissible levels on the Scale, “A” scale is equivalent to fjjj ® generated in the normal voice levgj The exact permissible noise fiftig depends upon the length of Ph individual worker is exposed hois, We c at a particular level. rooms at Fieldcrest are gen- locations with the highest level j, , • and where ear protection iK?,^Wed. However, other “trouble I'^ill be given attention after the . elective measures are taken in rooms so that require Pre fully complied with. f'bq ^^°ulh be pointed out that if any of - . _ _ a company holds government above $10,000, then every the/^ the company comes under bieijj ^Plptions, and protective equip- !hust be worn in all locations 5uii boij'g^^'hg it until solutions to the Problem can be found. Nd ay, JULY 13, 1970 Another nurse, Patsy Turner, fits muffs on Jean Booth of Scheduling, who frequently goes in Weave Room. Harry Hylton is shown wearing hearing protective equipment while working as weaver. In Blanket Weave Room Wearing Ear Muffs Becomes Mandatory The mandatory wearing of hearing protective equipment became effective in the Blanket Weave Room Monday, July 13, following an adjustment peri od. All employees of the department were fitted with an ear muff type of pro tection the week of June 8 and the intervening time was used for working out any individual problems. The Blanket Weave Room employees thus became the first to participate in this phase of the comprehensive hear ing conservation program adopted by the company to protect employees against possible hearing loss due to excessive noise levels in some locations. Production employees and manage ment personnel of the Blanket Weave Room are now required to wear ear protection during the entire shift when they are in the weave room. Other persons who go into the weave room to perform various tasks must wear the protection and all visitors, both company and non-company, are required to wear ear protection while in the weave room. selected by other textile companies for use by their employees. The ear muffs were fitted individually on the Blanket Weave employees for comfort and effectiveness by Dr, J. G. Springer, Fieldcrest medical director, and registered nurses from the Medical Department at the General Offices. Each employee was instructed in the use of the protective equipment. A personal set of ear muffs with his name on it was issued to every Blanket Mill Weave Room employee. The ear muffs are kept in cabinets in the weave room where the employee picks up his pair as he comes to work and returns them to the cabinet at the end of the work shift. The protective device being used is an acoustical earphone which reduces the noise going into the inner ear to a safe level but allows conversation and warning sounds to be heard. It is similar to the ear protection worn by airport personnel when work ing around jet aircraft and to those Although there was some discomfort at first, Dr. Springer said it was con sidered remarkable that of the approxi mately 300 persons fitted, only six were found to have medical reasons for not wearing the protection. These cases are being handled on an individual basis. Dr. Springer said. The protective equipment will be is sued to Sheeting Weave Room em ployees next. A series of meetings with the employees will be held beginning July 14, at which the hearing conserva tion program will be explained and the protective equipment demonstrated. The program will be extended to remaining weave room locations and other high noise areas as soon as is practicable. f
The Fieldcrest Mill Whistle (Spray, N.C.)
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