Work pays for custom molded plugs. These are my old ones, 6yrs old. Still in great shape. Should get the new ones in about a month. The company came in and did 400 and some so far. Two more days to get the rest who wanted them. I figured 2 week turn around but the gentleman said he'll have over 700 to do so...a month. I can wait. My current work good, and I can remember getting them done last time. I could still hear him talk when they were "setting". Just a slight mumble, but I could hear him. Today, he squirted the gunk in my ear and I swear I couldnt hear him or the TV and they had the TV up loud! Said it was a new compound. He said the old plugs were 30dB and the new ones are 38-40dB reduction.

Huh?

Did it feel weird having gunk squirted into your earols?

I've been wanting some of those for the range .... but I would lose them faster than a pocket knife.

... Oh,


Pray tell, about the "best" jab to get, again.

That’s a pretty nice work perk.

Your older self will thank your self of today. You don't get it back after you ruin it.

Ain't that the truth. I'll put on a jacket I haven't worn in a year and there's a set of earplugs in one of the pockets.

Nah, the gunk didnt feel weird. First they clean your ear and look in see if theres any piercings or such. Then they stick in a little piece of foam I believe. That felt weird...the right was ok, but the left if felt like he was gonna push through to the other side lol.

Thats what my new ones will be for , my old ones are still good for work.

Huh....?

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Definitely. $190 for boots...these im not sure. I heard almost $200 per person to come in and do em. What they charge private im not sure. Again though, agreed, nice benefit.

I thought this was another haircut thread and you were going to tell us you had your ears lowered….or raised..or whatever it is that a haircut does. 😁

I already have some hearing loss. When I got hired years ago they had a company come in and do a baseline on all new hires. Still do it today for new hires. Once a year they come back and test us. I have some substantial loss in both. I wasnt always the safest when it comes to ear protection, and when you fire up multiple M88s during the day with no protection or in weld dept it takes a subtle toll. Im much better today with PPE.

LOL...im bout ready to for one. The girl down the roads on vacation but when she comes back ill be seein her. She definitely likes to rub her juggs all over ya....gotta get that repeat business lol

If that's the company that sets up the booth at the Harrisburg show then they cost $65 the last time I had them done. I would love to get a new pair if the db rating has increased!

I thought he was getting Spock Ears.

I have the same, provided by my employer at the time. They are fantastic.

I don’t need any help not hearing, that’s one thing I can do easily.

38-40? that's awesome, what, I said that's awesome.

I figured earings...

We get the "Roll em up and stick em in" ones.
Nobody wears them.

Crazy here. All safety is left up to us.
Gloves, respirators, eye/ear, Tyvex suits.....
It's there, but Mommy let's you decide.
Not like other jobs I've worked.
Armored up or fired.
Unbelievable how many wear sneakers. And we get $250 to buy shoes.

It's not real loud, just bad enough that you should wear protection.
No one does.

But they go through lots of plugs.
Boxes of them every fall!😉

I like full muffs the best. Maybe not practical at times.

I usually get a set made every year at the ATA Grand. They were running about $60 this year.

Companies like yours is how work comp attorneys make a great living

If you aren't wearing plugs and muffs, it ain't loud, what, I said it's not loud! Ok, I am glad you are now proud... Whatever.

Jug rubbing sure bumps up the tip! I miss my dental hygienist since she moved!

It's a bit lax.

But most of us are men who grew up on tractors and running chainsaws.
We have a good safety record.
These things that provide protection from long term issues aren't
our biggest worries. We have rollers turning at hundreds of yard per
minute. With crush points within thousandth of an inch.
The possibility of horrible injuries is just an inch away.


Life ain't safe.
Unless you work in the HR dept.
Even then those paper cuts can be bad.
And the pinches from paper clips?
WOW!

When I read the post title I immediately thought this was the poster...

That's my cousin Skip

Hanco says dancing is a good way to hook up... Might try it...

Why is it “crazy” that all safety is left up to you?

Had a roofing crew, about 15 young dudes, at the recovery furnance (pulp and paper mill), scrapping off near 4 decades of various coating chit for a major recoat, dust flying thick. Their "leadman" had given them each a bandana to wear - all western bandit style... I got all up in his business, as appropriate, and handed out N95s. All thankful like Christmas, 'cept the"leadman". I' m fine, I have this, motioning to his banditito wear, he bitched.

Other times stubborn-ass millwrights would not voluntarily wear, so much as safety glasses breaking lines that had 11.7 pH residuals in them... None of us would benefit from anyone being hurt. Caustic hurts. There's a point you know it is ok or not, gotta plan for the worst until then.

Two simple examples why to not just leave it up to the individual, there's industry standard safety practices for a reason. That some are bullchit does not mean none are valid. But, wearing a hard hat out in an open field, that'd piss me off.

That ain't normal these days.
Many companies have a safety guy who earns more than the
producers. And he has to justify it.


I've worked jobs where your hard hat better be in your hand if it's not on your head. And I better not be off long.
If you walked through the fence without hard hat, ears,
and eyes (with side shields) on,
you left.

Hated that kinda crap.
But when I saw the relaxed nature of this place, it was a surprise.

The place I worked for, paid for a hearing test and those molded plugs just like yours. We had the test and got the new ear plugs every year.
I already had hearing loss from the military, but it never got worse after we started wearing those plugs. Think I still have at least 5 sets scattered around where I might need them.
The owner of the company was a cheap old fart, but he did take care of our hearing. I think OSHA helped him in his decisions somewhat!

I was hoping for pics of some nice gauges.

If I was 30 years younger I'd have some great ones. My earings will do for now, not sure I've got enough time left to really enjoy some fat gauges.

I had the unmitigated pleasure of being the collateral duty safety dude at one place I worked. Yippee, what fun that was.

Had one guy a few years older than I was, always find him running equipment in the shop, no eyes or ears on. Yell at him like you mentioned. He didn't GAF, already mostly deaf from being an armorer in Nam and testing weapons all the time he said.

The rest of the crew was as bad or worse. Carrying and spilling open containers of formaldehyde, with another nasty substance dissolved in it, on themselves, as in head to toe.

The list goes on. And on. And on.

Temp job as a firewatch on a petroleum pipeline and tankfarm project. Every morning kicked off with the tailgate safety meeting. Few of us woul keep watch on this tank welder. Sure as clockwork he'd pull an unwrapped donut from his dirty assed overall pocket and eat it just happy as can be. That's the sort of thing to each his own.....

We carry knives at work, always cutting coated sheet goods.
One old guy worked with phenolic coated fiberglass, some had
an oil/asphalt coating. His knife was black with it.

At lunchtime, he would use that knife to spread ketchup on a sandwich,
Or to cut his food!

His sidegig was a Poop Truck.
He worked second, and often came to work driving that truck.
And he didn't bath often either.

If we did a potluck meal before a holiday or retirement,
guys would stand at the door to see the dish he brought
food in. Then word would go around,
"Don't eat the xXxX in the green Tupperware"!

He always took most of his food home, even if every other dish
as empty. Kinda felt bad about that.
But i still didnt eat from the green Tupperware!

LOL

That's pretty funny!

No it's not. Its that lying CDC bastard.

Whew. For a while i wondered if you got a stud in yer left ear.

Major props on acquiring a new set of ear plugs.