Or compromise and say you are only allowed 1 ear? I don't know how people
work with earbuds in an environment like that. I mean a painter, drywaller
that sort of thing they'd just play a radio on construction sites. I'd
feel unsafe with earbuds in. How people work with them in make me think
Hearing protection, or open ears in manufacturing. Even with hearing
protection, you will hear the odd noise in the hum. noise cancelling is bad
juju because its only injecting more energy. People who demand shit like
earbuds also dont comprehend why they can watch cat videos on the machine.
Fuck
If you can't hear ambient noise it's an issue.
Safety violation.
My take:
If it's a loud area, then you need hearing protection. Note that most
earbuds don't isolate that much, as such if you're even moderately close to
the osha hearing protection levels then you can exceed them by
I think you're right on the money, employees are there to work not
listen to music. I walked up on an employee once potholing a plastic
gas service right at the edge of the pavement with headphones on, I
had to scream to get his attention. Totally zero situational awareness
and no way he'd have
Are there any hazardous noise levels?
On Fri, May 12, 2023, 2:00 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
> I warned an employee wearing noise cancelling earphones that they were a
> safety hazard yesterday. Today I noticed he had them on again, I pointed
> to his ear. He went off on me, complaining
How dare you, Wearing earbuds is equivalent to putting up a 'do not
disturb' sign. He didn't not want to be bothered, and clearly you were
bothering him, probably by wanting him to do work.
On 5/12/2023 1:25 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
I warned an employee wearing noise cancelling
is
stuck in there!”
If a person of any age can’t understand that then they’re a moron.
From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2023 2:26 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com
Subject: [AFMUG] Headphones and earbuds
I warned an employee wearing noise
I warned an employee wearing noise cancelling earphones that they were a safety
hazard yesterday. Today I noticed he had them on again, I pointed to his ear.
He went off on me, complaining that everyone else had earbuds. I told him that
many times I started talking to him and he either acted
