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By and For Employees of Clinton
January
Mills
Buchanan Company's Matching
Assurnss Dutiss Gifts Total $29,805
James Buchanan has assumed the re
sponsibilities and duties of Clinton Mills
personnel director, according to Vice Presi
dent Claude A. Crocker. Buchanan will also
continue his previous responsibilities and
duties as training director.
Buchanan succeeded Calvin A. Cooper,
who retired Dec. 31, 1985.
A native of Anderson, S.C., Buchanan
earned a bachelor’s degree in pyschology
from Carson-Newman College and a mas
ter's degree of education in personnel ser
vices from Clemson Univeristy.
He, his wife, Marilyn, and three children
reside on Route 5, Laurens.
The textile industry was second in safety
only to the chemical industry, according to
the latest report of the National Safety Coun
cil, which publishes records of 42 U.S.
manufacturers.
In the category of number of injuries and
illnesses involving days away from work per
100 employees, the chemical industry score
was 0.49, only .08 less than the 0.57 post
ed by textiles.
By OSHA definitions, Clinton Mills Plant
No. 1 had 4.8 recordable injuries per
200,000 hours worked; Plant No. 2, 3.64;
Lydia, 4.07; Bailey, 3.58; Geneva I, 4.33
and Geneva II, 7.13.
The year 1985 was also one of the best
years in Clinton Mills history in so far as
Worker’s Compensation costs were con
cerned.
In Next 12 Months
James Buchanan
Employees, through their continuing in
terest in working safely, enabled the com
pany to make significant improvements in
accident costs.
The textile industry is challenging other
U.S. manufacturers for the title of safest
after five years of steadily improving safety
records.
In 1980, when the American Textile
Manufacturers Institute launched the First
in Safety Contest, the industry was ranked
the fifth safest industry in the U.S.
In 1985, the textile industry rated well
ahead in all areas as compared to the aver
age for all industries combined. For inst
ance, the rates per 100 employees for all
industries combined are 2.15 lost workday
cases, 6.88 total recordable (medical) cases
and 42 lost workdays. The textile industry
record is 0.57, 4.08 and 26 respectively.
Clinton Mills has contributed
$29,805.04 as matching gifts to eligible
employee contribution for qualifying educa
tional institutions during 1985.
Forty-eight (48) eligible employee contri
butions to 27 qualifying institutions in nine
states received funds under the company
sponsored program.
The Clinton Mills Matching Gifts to educa
tion programs is designed to encourage em
ployees to give personal financial support to
eligible educational institutions.
Gifts, in amounts varying from $10 to
$2,000 per employee per calendar year,
were matched on a one-for-one basis. Eligi
ble employee gifts of $50 or less were
matched on a two-for-one basis.
In order to qualify for the program, the
receiving institution must be a graduate or
professional school, four-year college, two-
year junior or community college, technical
institution, or educational television or radio
station which is non-profit and non
propriety. They must also be fully accredited
and located in the United States and qualify
under section 501C of the Internal Revenue
Code.
For the year 1985, Presbyterian College
received $4,430; Clemson University,
$4,176.36 and the University of South
Carolina, $3,395.00.
The Educational Television Endowment
received $697 in Matching Gifts.
For an employee to make a qualifying
matching gift contribution, he/she must
have full-time employment with the com
pany and have at least one year of con
tinuous service. Retired employees who
meet these eligibility qualifications at retire
ment are also eligible.
Matching Gifts forms are available from
Mack Parsons (Clinton) or Geneva Personnel
Director Bob Dettmar.
For Scholarships
Time to File
Application forms for the 1986 M.S. Bailey Memorial College Scholarships
and Loans are available from Mack Parsons in Clinton, or Geneva Personnel
Director Bob Dettmar.
According to Bailey Foundation Administrator Claude A. Crocker, the Founda
tion, for the year 1986, will sponsor up to three (3) M.S. Bailey Memorial
College Scholarships and up to 12 educational loans on behalf of Clinton Mills
Inc.
The deadline for filing an application is April 15, 1986.
Scholarships have a maximum value of $8,000 each, and the loans, $7,000.
Textile Industry Ranks 2nd
Will Participate in Safety Activities
Employees
“Employees will participate in a variety of
safety activities during the year, all designed
to improve the company’s overall safety per
formance,” says Director of Communica
tions Mack Parsons.
Earlier this year supervision began wear
ing large red and blue safety buttons promot
ing the goal of being “First in Safety.”
As a safety conversation piece, each
member of supervision presented his re
spective employees a penny attached to a
pocket size card.
Promoting the fact that safety makes
sense, supervision asked each employee’s
cooperation in working together to reduce
medical and first aid accidents.
As Gary Kuykendall, Plant No. 2 carding,
explained to carding employees, “Although
this penny has little monetary value, its mes
sage is worth its weight in gold.”
During February each Clinton employee
will be afforded an opportunity to voluntarily
participate in a program to better acquaint
management with any unsafe conditions
that exist in the work environment.
This phase of the Clinton safety program
will permit the company to learn how indi
vidual employees feel about the work en
vironment.
March will highlight the use of personal
safety devices available throughout each de
partment. Much emphasis will be placed on
protecting the eyes and face from injury.
“Safety Is Meant For Me” will be the
theme for April. The primary focus of the
month-long activities will be “Dressing
Right for the Job.”
A host of health related pamphlets,
brochures, posters, and other health mate
rials will be made available to employees.
During this time, each employee will be in
structed in the provisions of the Hazardous
Communication Standard.
June will continue with employee emph
asis on wellness, pre-vacation activities, and
techniques which can be used to make
“Breathing Safely” a reality.
“How I Can Prevent Accidents” will be the
theme for July and August will concentrate
on “Safe Housekeeping.”
September activities will zero in on “Safe
Lifting,” while October promotes “Fire Pre
vention—Both on and off the Job.”
“Machine Guarding” and “Hand Safety”
will be the themes for October and Novem
ber respectively, while December will afford
employees an opportunity to learn more ab
out “Hand Safety.”
Employees will receive an assortment of
items throughout the year to stimulate their
personal interest in the safety program.
The activities for each month in 1986
have been designed to include the two-way
communication between supervision and
employees in an effort to make Clinton Mills
a safer place to work.