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Vol. 2, No. 3
E I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Brevard, N. C.
August-September, 1969
COIMTAMIIMATIOIM CONTROL . . . Vita! to Quality
A. L. (Bud) Larsen
“Brevard’s x-ray film product is
protected from contamination by al
most the same safeguards as the moon
vehicle”, states “Bud” Larsen, Plant
Contamination and Housekeeping
Committee Chairman. In an Apollo
project, workers wear lint free uni
forms and the air they breathe is
filtered through 0.3 micron filters
at 99.97% efficiency. Our “clean” area
employees wear the same type cloth
ing and breathe identically filtered air.
Although men entering the clean area
are “super” clean and the air supplied
is “super” filtered, potential contam
ination can be a large and troublesome
problem.
Contamination in any form
causes defects which cannot be tol
erated in our product.
IN THIS ISSUE
Reactions to Cleanliness Control 2
Brevard Employees on TV 3
Area of the Month, CP 4, 5
Plant Event Photos 6, 7, 8
Gordon Lewis 9
Photo Personals 10
S & F Inspection Review 11
Plant Picnic Winners 12
Contamination can come from
such simple things as the normal
abrasion of metal parts, the lubricants
required to keep machinery in opera
tion, material handling devices used
within the clean area, movement of
relatively dirty air into critical areas
despite precautions, movement of ma
terials from outside to clean areas,
and even hair from a person’s arm.
Recognizing the magnitude of
the effort needed, we have formed a
Contamination and Housekeeping
Committee to help maintain high clean
liness standards. Members are Mark
Adams (Facilities Planning), Curt Bol-
lar (C & S), Ferrell Driscoll (Control
Lab), Gil Gilbert (CP), Jim Hodge
(Power and Grounds), John Kerr
(Finishing), Andy Martin (General
Maintenance), Bat Masterson (Coat
ing), and Jerry Stamey (Control Main
tenance).
This committee meets twice
per week to define problems and to
establish requirements for maintaining
necessary standards of operation
cleanliness. They are concentrating
their efforts on 1) personnel, 2) air
movement and air balance, 3) materials
and materials handling, and 4) opera
ting equipment and machinery.
Cant’d pg. 11
DISABILITY WAGE PLAN
Disability wages at no cost to
the employee are a privilege very few
people in industry enjoy. Getting full
pay while you are out sick or injured
from an off-the-job source is a rare
benefit.
In Western North Carolina, only
one out of every 12 employees in 202
industries have paid sick leave accord
ing to a survey by Western Carolina
Industries.
All Du Pont employees with one
year continuous service are eligible
to participate in the company disability
wage plan. Each eligible employee is
granted full wages for a maximum
period up to six months for any one
disability resulting from an illness or
off-the-job injury. There is no waiting
period.
You ask, “How can the company
‘give’ money away like this?” It all
boils down to two factors:
1) The Company is protecting its in
vestment in the training and skill of
an employee by assuming the re
sponsibility for paying him when he
is off work due to an illness or in
jury through no fault of his own.
2) The employee is expected to “work
at getting well” to avoid abuse of
the Company-sponsored disability
wage plan.
Cant’d pg. 11
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