Program Will Help To
Nuce Hand Injuries
of 82 lost-time accidents due
injuries occurred at Fieldcrest
Inc., during 1968, 1969 and 1970,
'ng in 2,744 actual
'*iu reduce the number of such
a special program called “Stop
Injuries” will be launched at
(jJ^crest Mills Monday, April 5. The
initially will be carried out in
Ijjj, ®den plants, the Fieldale Towel
Co|/ ^nd the North Carolina Finishing
to division. It will
^ her locations later.
Itop^^P^ned by the Fieldcrest Safety
fiij®"^^nient, the three-month program
Ihst giant banners, bulletin board
employee hand-out materials
-minute safety talks,
different banners are to be
I'ojj in each mill at various times.
5j some obtained from the Nation-
Council and others drawn by
otfj®*’ E. R. Pistilli, Fieldcrest security
liio "^^II he used on the mill bulle-
Ih
!>0|. ® materials are designed to point
S5(„®'^®''yday hand hazards and indicate
'the
®*Perating practices to be observed
prevention of hand injuries,
hands are precious possessions,”
Fieldcrest
everyone
HEARING TEST — M. A. Proffit takes hearing test during Fieldcrest health vSn’s
visit to Blanket Mill. R. D. Shackelford, of Medical Department, is shown at right.
Picture-story on health van appears on pages four and five.
Group to Attend Training Conferences
hw I^6nneth R. Baggett,
''“'Jlri “therefore,
agree that preventing injury to
' a most worthwhile endeavor.”
J. D. HUFFMAN
Superintendents and general foremen
of Fieldcrest Mills will, during the
months of April and May, attend week-
long “action-oriented” training confer
ences to be held at the Holiday Inn at
Boone.
The first session will take place April
Pitrchasing Manager
Jimmy D. Huffman has been appoint
ed manager of supply purchasing, re
placing John M. Geer who recently re
tired under the Pension Plan. Mr. Huff
man reports to Hurdle H. Lea, vice
president-purchasing.
A native of Marion, Mr. Huffman re
ceived his B. S. degree in industrial
management from East Tennessee State
in 1962. After graduation he joined
Fieldcrest as assistant packaging coor
dinator.
In November, 1964, he was made as
sistant purchasing agent and in De
cember, 1968, purchasing agent-expense
supplies.
In September, 1969, he was appointed
assistant director of supply purchasing
and served in that capacity until his
latest appointment.
4 through April 9 with repeated ses
sions scheduled for April 18-23, May
9-14 and May 18-23. Each session will
be attended by about 21 superintend
ents and general foremen.
General topics for the conferences will
be solving problems and making de
cisions, using manufacturing controls,
developing subordinates and handling
grievances.
These topics will be handled primar
ily through case discussions giving su
perintendents the opportunity to discuss
situations and make decisions in con
nection with practical problems of run
ning a department.
Conference Leaders ■’
Conference leaders, who will be hand
ling the discussions,' are: W. G. Hun-
nings, division vice president-bed fash
ions manufacturing; W. O. Stone, di
vision vice president-bath fashions man
ufacturing and general managdr-Field-
ale Towel manufacturing; J. P. Kitchens,
division vice president and general
manager-Karastan manufacturing; N. F.
Young, division vice president and gen
eral manager of blanket manufacturing;
C. L. Kametches, general manager-
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