Eden, N. C., March 1, 1971
No. 17
Sure To Report
Changes In Status
Jen being income tax time when
Pfen ^ reviewing the past year to
o( tax forms it is also a good time
to go over all records to be
they are up-to-date.
'kat ^ ^°howing is a check-list of things
everyone should keep current:
—Do you have the correct
'kil(j listed? Marriage, death,
or divorce could mean this
In ^ changed.
He '^*’***® tax exemptions—Do you have
lti|.L^^°Per number listed on the form
ksf Payroll Department? Remem-
Vti affects the amount of the de-
from your paycheck. If, for any
the number of your dependents
decrease, you must notify the
Department, using this pro-
•Soti
■'^Ure:
^ your area personnel representa-
Wetg°?' foreman for a W-4 form, Com-
lotif^ foks form and return it to the per-
*'ili „ 'representative or foreman who
Jjj ®"d it to the Payroll Department,
'■uno ■
®«ni
hel
change—Did you give the Per
Office your new name if you
*konjj ^3rried? Also, all employees
kcigj, °e sure they have the right bene-
^ co-owner listed on such rec-
ffstlrement Plan, Group Insur-
4j^f''"edit Union and Savings Bonds.
*'ty —If you moved recently, no
il V who needs your address.
Peed to change an address, or
etc., on any Fieldcrcst records,
t the personnel representative at
tr^rticular location.
,^ales Rose In 1970
sales were reported February
Slo'^ f'eldcrest Mills, Inc., for the year
rose to $211,629,000, up 1%
rw'’®>510-000 in 1969.
*Pgs, which are still subject to
®Pdit, were $7,833,000 in 1970
share compared to $2.28
’ were in ly/u
; ^^>061,000 in 1969 and amounted
V,.2l per sh - ■
in 1961
“H °hgh the general economic slow-
V '®d an effect on Fieldcrest’s bus-
Nch*’. f970, G. W. Moore, president
|M g hman, said he felt the company
j good year. “Early indications in
Us to be optimistic about the
'ter of the year,” Mr. Moore said.
Newly-elected officers of the Central Safety Committee are, left to right, C. L.
Kametches, chairman; T. E. Boyce, vice chairman; and K. R. Baggett, secretary
Hand Injuries, Falls Head Accident List
Hand injuries and slip or fall injuries
were the ’’bad guys” in Fieldcrest’s 1970
safety experience. Out of a total of 87
lost-time accidents during the year, 32
were hand injuries and 16 were slip or
fall mishaps.
K. R. Baggett, Fieldcrest safety direc
tor, in giving an analysis of the injuries
for 1970 at the recent meeting of the
Central Safety Committee pointed out
that of the 14,968 lost days charged dur
ing the year, 12,032 were from hand
injuries and slip or fall accidents.
In an effort to reduce these types of
injuries, Mr. Baggett said that a special
program wiU be put into effect about
April 1. Details of the program will be
announced to employees at all manufac
turing locations.
The 87 disabling injuries in 1970 rep
resented an increase from the 74 for the
previous year.
The frequency rate (the number of
disabling injuries per million man
hours of operation) was 4.02 against
3.36 the year before. The severity rate
(the number of days lost per million
man-hours of operation) was 691 up
from 623 in 1969.
Reporting on the hearing conservation
program, Mr. Baggett said that for all
practical purposes the program would
be in effect throughout the Company by
April 1.
The only exceptions will be approx
imately 150 jobs scattered through the
Company where there is uncertainty at
this time as to the need for hearing pro
tection.
“In my opinion and from conversa
tions with others, Fieldcrest Mills has
the best hearing conservation program
in the industry and, according to some,
the best in the country,” Mr. Baggett
said. He said everyone concerned should
be congratulated on the way in which
the program has been handled.
In the election of officers, C. L.
Kametches, general manager - sheet
manufacturing, was named chairman of
the Central Safety Committee, succeed
ing W. F. Crumley, plant manager of the
Blanket Mill.
T. E. Boyce, plant manager of Fore
most Screen Print, Inc., was elected
vice chairman and K. R. Baggett was
re-elected secretary.
Dividend Voted
Directors of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.,
voted on February 23 to pay a quarterly
dividend of $.35 per share on March 26
to holders of record March 12.