Working Together For Safety *
This is a story of how you and the Company
work together for your safety while on the job.
In 1957, our safety record was one of the best in
the history of the mills. The combined frequency
rating for all mills was 3.28 as compared with the
7.6 average rate for the textile industry throughout
the State. Several of the individual plants qualified
for North Carolina Department of Labor awards for
their outstanding safety achievement during the
year.
How do such commendable records come
about? They don’t just happen. They are not
attained overnight, either. To maintain safe work
ing conditions in a large manufacturing enterprise
requires organized effort. For thousands of em
ployees to work one or many years without a dis
abling injury requires cooperation in that effort and
safety-consciousness every day of the year.
The matter of plant safety at Fieldcrest has been
handled on an organized basis for many years. The
Central Safety Committee, composed of general
management, mill managers and superintendents
and staff department heads, meets quarterly to re
view any accidents that have occurred and ta form
ulate policies and procedures for the prevention of
injuries.
General management, working through the Cen
tral Safety Committee, provides the protective
equipment essential to employee safety. Guards on
machines, plant and machine maintenance, mill
housekeeping, etc., are phases of this work. Ac
cepted safety and engineering standards are applied
throughout our safety program.
At each mill there are a plant safety committee,
composed of the superintendent and all foremen,
and an employee inspection committee. These
groups make regular inspections and report any
conditions or practices considered to be unsafe.
Through these channels the superintendent re
ceives information enabling him to take action to
eliminate any hazards or unsafe practices that have
been observed. At each of its meetings, the plant
safety committee reviews any accidents or near-
accidents that have occurred and efforts are made to
prevent their recurrence.
First aid is available in all departments from first
aid attendants who generally have received training
in first aid through the Red Cross. Employees are
encouraged—and the safety rules require it—to re
port immediately to the first aid attendant or the
supervisor any injury received, no matter how
slight. Should the injury be severe enough to re
quire attention beyond first aid, the Company main
tains a Medical Department to serve employees.
From the foregoing, it is evident that much
organization, planning and follow-up go into the
safety program. It is equally plain, however, that all
of this cannot prevent injuries to the person who
disregards the established safety rules or who runs
the risk of injury by taking chances. The safety re
cord at Fieldcrest was made by the vast majority oi
employees who are always mindful of their awn
safety and the safety of others. The record was good
last year and we can work together to make it even
better in 1958.
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Central Safety Committee
H. W, Whitcomb.
•R. A. Harris S. R. Fifield R. R. Roberts W. B. Lucas
P. D. Emery E. L. Brown C. J. Frank William McGehee R. L. Wilkes
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J. o. Thomas Dr. J. A. Sanford J. W. Norman W. R Kiser R. H. Tuttle
A. G. Singleton H. E. Williams Howard Barton J. E. Barksdale
S. T. Anderson F. E. Barron J. H. Ripple H. T. Bundy C. A. Davis
J. P. Foster R. F. Sambleson T. R. Ray J. P. Powell F. T. Suttenfield
J. W. Amall J. R. Baker N. F. Young.. J. S. Eggleston J. M. Norman
F. W. Klein Virgil Hall J. G. Cunningham R- C. Going R. J. Adkins
D. A. Purcell D. E. Simons C. P. Wilson J. M. Rimmer Walter Danhoff
Plant Safety Is An Important Function of Management; Central Safety Committee, Above, Formulates Safety Plans and Policies.
. THE MILL whistle