Hamlin

I have to agree with Bob, ear plugs are nice but, sometimes they bother my ears. sorry, company corporates don't purchase different sizes for each person. You get what they give you. At work, we are required to wear ear protection. However, I too wear glasses and that pressure they put on the side of your head, after awhile hurts like H*LL!

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Thrifty Tool Guy

Ken,

OK, but you may have some issues in the future if you attempt to file a workman's compensation claim or sue for hearing damage. You should notify your employer that the company issued safety gear doesn't fit or is uncomfortable. Keep a record of that correspondence for future reference. Also, if you have periodic hearing tests, try to have your comments on the hearing protection fit and performance recorded on the test result documentation. If they don't respond to your requests, you can either get your own hearing protection and have some hearing in the future or do something else and be deaf.

Don't assume that their possible inaction constitutes liability. They warned you of the hazard, so they have fullfilled most of their responsibility. You have to play the game because you want to protect your health/quality of life and you'll never have the money to sue for what was lost.

TTG

Hamlin

There's no arguement from me on this. They are aware what they have aren't comfortable or fit correctly. However, "we have hearing muffs", is what their answer is. I've told them, they should have to wear glasses and see how it feels after about 8 - 10hrs. I've also been told to get contacts. I'd like to see someone wear contacts in the extreme dusty conditions in which "we" have to work in. There's no getting around it unless, a person gets a different job. I do wear the foam plugs when I am near the noise, regardless of the discomfort.
The funny thing to all this is, we have in a regulations hand book. No matter who it is, when traveling through the plant, rather, just passing through or not. You have to wear some sort of hearing protection. I have yet to see our "big wigs" follow their own rules. This is why I give 'em both fingers an tell 'em their #2! LOL

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Ken

(On temporary leave of abscense)

"A VETERAN"
"Wether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life". That is HONOR, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." -Author Unknown

Thrifty Tool Guy

Ken,

I agress, the contacts suggestion is crap. Contacts barely work in a dusty enviroment, if you wear the sealed rim goggles.

TTG