Ear protection?

[Becker]

Use it? Company policy fir employees?


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[Desk Jockey]

There are a handful in the techs ppe bag. Air compressor, HEPA vacuum, large neg air machines are good reasons to use them.

 

[Papa John]

WHAT?? I CANT HEAR YOU!!!

 

[Mikey P]

I keep a big box of 3M plugs in the barn and my garage


My tech uses them all the time, myself on my bikes, not sure about Davis

 

[Desk Jockey]

We buy them in bulk and put a handful in ziplocks for each tech. If you're using them all day, the ones with the cord attaching the two plus are better to purchase. That way you can pull them out and leave them around your neck and toss them at the end of the day.

 

[rwcarpet]

I don't use them on jobs....the Thermalwave Vortec is a quiet machine. I do use them every nite after I wake up for my 5 AM pee. Hard to get back to sleep with all the little noises in the neighborhood and those friggin' 7:00AM lawn maintenence companies.

Of course, if I don't throw them out right away, the dog eats them and I gotta watch her poop to make sure they come out. Bright orange.

 

[Blue Monarch]

I use hearing protection any time I walk up to machine
Earmuff type from haebor freight

 

[Scott Rampage]

We use Bose we Bose qc15

 

[The Great Oz]

If our on-location equipment was loud enough to need ear protection I'd be inclined to provide lightweight over the ear headsets. We use them when some in-shop processes are running because they block more frequencies and last long enough to cost less than buckets of plugs. (I bought a bucket of plugs a couple of years ago and still have a bucket minus about twenty. Looks good when the inspectors come through though.)

I can see where heat build-up under the cups might be enough of an issue to use plugs instead.

 

[Desk Jockey]

The tech's usually complain about the weight of the heavier muffs. We don't use them enough to make it a significant ppe expense. We spend several thousand a year on tyveks and respirator cartridges.

 

[Nate The Great]

I only use ear plugs when I'm tired of listening to my other half bitch....... So that's all the damn time.....

 

[Desk Jockey]

I only use ear plugs when I'm tired of listening to my other half bitch....... So that's all the damn time.....

Man.......between the ones you use and ALL the ones she uses, you two must go through a lot!