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Posted By Melanie Black
I was hoping somebody could offer some guidance on the following. I work for a textile manufacturer producing soft furnishings. From time to time, sewing machine needles break, and a growing concern within the industry is that parts of the broken needle may be present in the product and could potentially injure an employee working on the product or a customer at home. Do any of you have procedures in place for ensuring that all parts of the broken needle are traced as soon as it has broken, or do you rely on metal detectors to check the finished product? Any advice/guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks In Advance,
Mel
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Posted By Charley Farley-Trelawney
Mel
This is interesting; I can't see a great benefit for metal detectors as I imagine with studs and screws it would not reveal what you need.
I may be inclined to run a marathon training session with the workforce and include this issue within the risk assessments, one possible control measure would be to ensure that a broken needle is reported the moment it occurs and to make certain that a count of initial needles stays the same on a daily basis, broken or not, this count will eliminate the possibility of needles being missed.
This should be sufficient.
Charles
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