Photo By Clifford Davis | JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 13, 2018) Program management analyst Anthony Dennis listens...... read more read more
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Safety technician Kelly Gates is listening for the sound of silence as she tests Fleet Readiness Center Southeast employees’ hearing with a new device.
Gates uses the FitCheck Solo to measure hearing across three frequencies, first, without hearing protection, and then with the employee wearing ear plugs to ensure they’re doing the job.
“We have about 2,500 people who we still need to check, so we have a ways to go,” she said. “But it’s important we do this, because our employees only get one set of ears.”
As an industrial facility with all the machines needed for maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft, hearing hazards are abundant. Ear plugs have been required safety equipment for decades at FRCSE.
“This initiative gives us the opportunity to get an in-depth picture of where we are, as a command, in hearing conservation,” said hearing conservation program manager Don Waters. “It also gives us an opportunity to ensure the entire workforce knows which hearing protection works best for them, and they’re trained on how to put them in correctly.”
Last month, Gates was testing two employees in the FRCSE manufacturing division. With large grinding, milling and boring machines, the importance of wearing the right hearing protection – and wearing it correctly – is crucial.
“Your numbers look really good,” Gates told Anthony Dennis, a program management analyst for manufacturing. “Once you put the ear plugs in and got a really good seal, you passed.”
“Are these earplugs readily available where you work?”
After Dennis confirmed that specific type of plug was available for him to use in his work area, Gates moved on to the next employee.
Though the safety office decided to begin with employees at the machine shop in manufacturing and hearing conservation program, eventually, all employees will be tested.
| Date Taken: | 07.12.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 07.12.2018 12:25 |
| Story ID: | 283972 |
| Location: | JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, US |
| Web Views: | 119 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
This work, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast safety office uses new technology to plug-up hearing loss, by Clifford Davis, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.
No keywords found.
