Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Fitness Up-to*date file important About your medical benefits Do you remember who you named as beneficiary on your life insurance? Do you have any dependent coverage on your group insurance? When the new first baby came, did you add him or her on as a dependent so that the necessary premiums could be deducted from your paycheck? Do you have dental insurance? Are your dependents eligible to be claimed on your group coverage? Have any of them “aged-out” and should be remov ed from your dependent file? Did you tell the personnel depart ment that you have moved? Did you give them your new phone number, and will our W-2 have the correct address? This is an excellent time to take stock of events that have occurred in your life since last New Year’s Day. Up-to-date personnel records are important, and now’s the time to make sure your files are accurate. Did you change your name and/or marital status on your personnel records after the wedding, and did you remember that it should read the same on your social security card? Is there a change in your financial situation which means you should in crease or decrease withholding taxes? If you aren’t sure the information on your personnel record is correct, stop by your personnel department to review your file. It’d be a terrible thing if your first husband and his family received your death or savings benefits while your present family suffered, now wouldn’t it? Up-dated records are important. Be sure yours are current and correct. 1. Q. If I get married, is my spouse covered under my present insurance? A. If you only have coverage on yourself, you must go by the per sonnel office within 31 days, in order for your coverage to be ef fective. If you wait more than 31 days to cover an eligible depen dent, then you will have to satisfy late applicant form of good health to cover dependents. 2. Q. If any of my covered dependents become ill, and go to emergency room or doctor’s office, will my insurance pay the charge? A. No, it will not pay the physician’s charge until you have satisfied the $200.00 major medical deduc tible. You do have coverage if you have an accident and also x-ray and lab work charges have some coverage. 3. Q. I have dependent coverage on my family, does insurance pay if my daughter becomes pregnant and has a newborn child? A. No, policy on maternity benefits only pays for female employee or dependent spouse. 4. Q. I have several bills from doctor’s office. Can I turn these in on my insurance? A. Only if you have met the $200.00 major medical deductible and then must state diagnosis on receipt and no balance due state ments will be accepted. Safety: Company takes major efforts To improve safety Hearing conservation program on place AtEFA As an integral part of its on-going in terest and concern for individual employees health and safety. Elastic Fabrics of America has implemented a comprehensive hearing conservation program. All employees have been fitted with hearing protectors and properly train ed in their use. ELB/Monitor, a na tionally known hearing conservation consulting firm, has conducted hearing tests on affected employees to monitor individual hearing ability. Subsequent tests will be compared baseline data. Employees have been educated in the aspects of the hearing conservation program. The training activities ac quaint individuals with the effect of noise, both on and off the job, and the purpose of using hearing protection correctly. Each employee received a pamphlet explaining the hearing con servation program. ELB conducted the test on site in a mobile van. The tests were returned to the Chapel Hill, NC office where they are reviewed and the results entered in to a data processing system for analysis. The system digests the data and provides organized, understand able data that complies with OSHA standards. In subsequent years, the computer generated data will be compared with the baseline information. An evaluation of individual hearing tests results and general recommendations are includ ed with each report. Clinton Mills and Elastic Fabrics of America believe that an effective hear ing conservation program is a valuable benefit to all employees. Questions con cerning hearing conservation should be directed to the Human Resources Department. Improved safety performance is a major goal for 1990’s within all Clinton Mills plants. To begin the new decade, Clinton has made strong commitment to reducing on-the-job accidents. Banners have been erected at all weaving plants as a constant visual reminder of safety. Ron Fisher, an instructor from the South Carolina Department of Labor, presented an educational program on Confined Space Entry. Fisher made suggestions to members of supervision on ways to minimize risks for employees who must work in small areas, pits, environments below shoulder level, and other spaces which may pose a threat to life or serious bodily injury. Alice Marshall, R.N., a local profes sional health educator, recently presented an educational program on first aid and emergency response. Mrs. Marshall explained in detail the ap propriate ways to treat employees who suffer on-the-job injuries. Although the Company has provided extensive training for supervision, the new safety program also extends to the employee level. A number of employees have been selected to participate in employee safety committees. These employees have received training from Morgan Mitchell, Training Co-ordinator with the South Carolina Department of Labor. Mitchell, along with Co-ordinator of Health and Safety Sonny King, have broadened the safety committees basic understanding of hazards that exist in the work place. Educational programs have been made available to strengthen the com mittee members ability to recognize conditions which could cause an injury. Included in the programs have been topics on housekeeping, cotton dust compliance, fire protection, use of per sonal protective equipment, and other general industrial safety requirements. Participants include from Plant No. 2 Donnie Satterfield, Donnie Simpson, Corrie Quinn, Ella B. Smith, Tbland Snelgrove, Early Heaton, and Jessie Robertson; Lydia, Jessie M. Smith, John D. Walker, Floye lusti, Leroy McGee, Fred Cunningham, Jackie Bragg, Lawrence Gross ; Bailey, Frank Reeder, Thomas Martin, Larry King, Karen Mars; Plant No. 1, Barbara Scott, Ricky Culbertson, Joyce Carter, and Alonzo Carwise. In the coming months, safety com mittee members will take on a expand ed roll in making recommendations to improve the work environment in their plants. Safety committee members have participated in a number of training sessions designed to better educate them in identifying ways to improve the Company’s safety performance. Co-ordinator of Health and Safety Sonny King, seated, right, explains safety regulations to seated left to right. Early Heaton, Karen Mars; back, left to right, Lawrence Gross Leroy McGee, and Fred Cunningham. page s • Cloth Maker