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Page 12 Make Your Vacation Enjoyable A vacation, a weekend away from home or a business trip should be a pleasant experience for you and your family. You can make each trip more enjoyable and carefree if you take a few steps to reduce the possiblity that your house will be burglarized. A vacant house or one that appears to be vacant is an appealing target to a burglar. The chances of your house being broken into while you're away are much higher than you would expect. A home that looks like it's vacant is a sitting duck for the professional burglar and easy prey for the casual amateur thief. When you go away for a vacation or a business trip or even a weekend you invite disaster if you don't take proper precautions. There is no such think as total security, but we feel if you will consider the following, you can greatly reduce the chance of your home being burglarized: (1) Notify your newspaper carrier to discontinue newspaper deliveries. (2) Notify the post office to hold your mail or arrange for a neighbor to pick up and hold your mail. (3) Have someone check daily to remove throw-away papers and circulars from your doorway and yard. (4) If you have valuables in your house, take them to the bank for storage in a safe deposit vault. Deposit extra cash in your bank account. (5) Notify the police agencies that serve your area about your departure and return dates. They will be happy to check your house while you are away. (6) Make sure all window and door locks are in good working condition. (7) Arrange with a neighbor or relative to watch your house and go inside and check during your vacation. If you are a member of a Neighborhood Crime Watch, contact your block captains about your departure. (8) Lock all outside ladders, tools or any other items that may be stolen from your yard. (9) Close all windows and sliding glass doors and make sure all storm windows are locked. (10) Put window shades in normal daytime position, and make sure all main floor drapes, shades and curtains are arranged so that your neighbors and the police can see into your house. (11) If you are leaving a car or vehicle in your driveway, make sure you lock all doors and do not leave any valuables in the car. (12) It is a good idea if you don’t leave a vehicle to have your neighbor park his car in your driveway at different times. (13) A timer on lights increases security. Have a neighbor turn on different lights in the evening. (14) If you are going to leave a light on in your house, please use a small wattage light. A high voltage light may case a fire over a long period of time if it continues to stay on. (15) Be sure the last person out of the house locks all doors and windows. It is a good idea to take a walk around your house to make sure everything is secure before you leave. Obey Departmental Safety Rules SAFE OPERATION IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY G smcitm LOCK TAG TRY Clinton Mills’ Policy Where applicable, all machinery, equipment or utilities should be locked out, tagged, and tried before repairing, adjusting, alter ing or maintaining them. Hearing Tests Underway When major repairs or adjustments are necessary it is a good idea to: Music from your stereo, a favorite televi sion program, birds singing, people talking. These are sounds you hear almost every day. But what would you do if suddenly you couldn’t hear anymore? Hearing, like sight, touch, taste and feel ing, is something most take for granted. You’ve always been able to hear and always will. Or will you? Clinton Mills has already begun its 1986 audiometric testing program. The Company is concentrating its efforts on controlling noise and promoting hearing conservation. Many employees ask, “Why should I be interested in protecting my hearing?" The answer is quite simple — Imagine yourself being suddenly cut off from the voices of your family and friends. Think of losing all of the pleasure and meaning of special music, the telephone, radio, television and many other things you enjoy through the miracle of hearing. Annual Hearing Test The basic part of Cl inton's heari ng conser vation program is the annual audiometric (hearing) tests. Trained technicians admi nister the test, retrain employees in the proper wearing of hearing protection and ex plain the test results. A comparison is also made between the current test and the base line audiogram which the Company has on record. During the annual testing program, em ployees are refitted with the proper ear plugs, and afforded an opportunity to ask any questions which they have about the program. Wearing of hearing protection is manda tory in all areas where noise levels equal or exceed 85 decibels (db). If during the annual hearing tests an em ployee is found to have a significant threshold shift, he will be counseled in pos sible ways to prevent hearing loss. Can I hear with ear plugs in? “When properly fitted into the ear canal, ear plugs reduce the force of sound waves striking the ear drum. “In order to properly protect your hearing, an employee MUST wear the correct size ear plug and wear it properly. Every employee's ear plugs are fitted by trained personnel. They must fit snugly to be effective. There must be a good seal between the ear surface and the plug. Since the ear plugs will work loose, they must be reinserted during the work shift,” says Sonny King, who co ordinates the audiometric program. Employees who regularly wear their ear plugs often report they hear better in areas with steady noise. Ear plugs cut down on the noise level and therefore decrease the dis tortion so speech and warning signals are heard more clearly. If ear plugs are properly fitted, correctly worn and kept clean by regular washing, they will not cause infection or irritation. Any employee who experiences difficulties wear ing ear plugs should consult with his/her plant nurse. 1. Inform operator that machine or equipment will be down and locked out. 2. Stop the machine or equipment and cut off all power. 3. Place lockout at the power source. Each individual puts his own lock on. 4. Test lockout to ensure it can’t be activated. 5. Inspect machine and perform all scheduled work. 6. Notify operator that scheduled work is complete. 7. Only person installing lockout should remove it. BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Clinton, S.C. Permit No. 59