Noise in package cars
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dannyboy
From the promised LAND
Actually, while I am retired and not used to the position, I still am active in items that were issues at our center. Only now I assist drivers in moving forward in dealing with safety issues on their own.
I usually get two or three phone calls a day from drivers with problems they need assistance with. Some weeks it is quiet and not as bad. It also makes it easy to access grievance forms since I computerized our grievances. Just point click and print and out come three readable copies of the grievance, one white, one yellow, and one pink.
So excuse me for slipping into the present with discussions on current issues. While I might not be the one going through the issue, there are others that are and have asked me to get involved.
Now, satisfied? How about getting back to the discussion. Or do we want more information there 95?
d
I usually get two or three phone calls a day from drivers with problems they need assistance with. Some weeks it is quiet and not as bad. It also makes it easy to access grievance forms since I computerized our grievances. Just point click and print and out come three readable copies of the grievance, one white, one yellow, and one pink.
So excuse me for slipping into the present with discussions on current issues. While I might not be the one going through the issue, there are others that are and have asked me to get involved.
Now, satisfied? How about getting back to the discussion. Or do we want more information there 95?
d
Danny, I need more info....
Re:
"all the package cars in the center have now been retrofitted with a new handrail."
Is this the same handrail that is now standard equipment on new package cars? I think it's actually close to three feet long, and runs down the outside of the car.
And:
Are you saying ALL cars were done? Did they remove the existing handrails?
I have a new car with the three foot outside handrail, and it is much better EXITING the vehicle.
However, when ENTERING the vehicle, the handrail is off to your right, and it never feels quite right. (You're holding on with your arm out to your side instead of forward and above you).
Re:
"all the package cars in the center have now been retrofitted with a new handrail."
Is this the same handrail that is now standard equipment on new package cars? I think it's actually close to three feet long, and runs down the outside of the car.
And:
Are you saying ALL cars were done? Did they remove the existing handrails?
I have a new car with the three foot outside handrail, and it is much better EXITING the vehicle.
However, when ENTERING the vehicle, the handrail is off to your right, and it never feels quite right. (You're holding on with your arm out to your side instead of forward and above you).
wornoutupser
Well-Known Member
This is a litle late from the begining of the post but I have been working so late again that I have not been on the board much.
My Radio Shack loaned me a decibel meter. I took it all day long in a P 10 and it hit over 100 decibels many times during the day.
Can anyone post the OSHA limit? I understand it to be 90 decibels.
My Radio Shack loaned me a decibel meter. I took it all day long in a P 10 and it hit over 100 decibels many times during the day.
Can anyone post the OSHA limit? I understand it to be 90 decibels.
Occupational noise exposure
Looks like the limit on 100 decibles is 2 hours, you need a meter that will measure duration as well as level to prove it I imagine. Personally I think the old P500's are the worst.
Looks like the limit on 100 decibles is 2 hours, you need a meter that will measure duration as well as level to prove it I imagine. Personally I think the old P500's are the worst.
disneyworld
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Down two streets, take a left.What'd you say? Speak up dammit because after 25 years inside the building with those conveyors running my hearing ain't what it once was!
Dog-gone-it! Could someone tell me what he said!
disneyworld
Well-Known Member
Supposedly they are within standards and regulations. But who's checking them?
canon
Well-Known Member
FedEx guy told me they still don't have the ARS switch in their sprinters. Does yours?
It looks as if the FedEx cars have black indoor/outdoor carpet on the metal bulkhead. I would imagine that it just absorbs the sounds from the road as well as the engine. I wonder how much it would cost to put two 2 1/2' by 3' pieces of that and a few rivets to hold it up. Just a thought.
browntruckmechanic
Well isn't that special ?????????
Danny,
Who made the decision to add the longer hand rail? If the modification did not come from corporate automotive than it is a unauthorized modification subject to termination of all parties involved.. to modify the package car yes even add a hand rail that has to be approved by the DOT, and corporate has to be involved. In Mesquite we got authorization to add an additional hand rail to the old high step p8's and p10's, but we added a hand rail just lower to the existing hand rail, and we were not allowed to remove the old hand rail.
Who made the decision to add the longer hand rail? If the modification did not come from corporate automotive than it is a unauthorized modification subject to termination of all parties involved.. to modify the package car yes even add a hand rail that has to be approved by the DOT, and corporate has to be involved. In Mesquite we got authorization to add an additional hand rail to the old high step p8's and p10's, but we added a hand rail just lower to the existing hand rail, and we were not allowed to remove the old hand rail.
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That’s what the grease monkeys at NWA thought. They had hella skills compared to UPS mechanics.
Yet NWA continued to operate and *continues* to operate – never missed a beat – while they were permanently replaced.
There’s a lesson to be learned there.
