re: No cameras/cell phones in plants

Found the plant whiney arse I have to have my phone. I'm incomplete without it.

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KYS

I've only been in oh I don't know.. 20 plants or so. What do I know. You're right. There's no reason a company would give out "cell phone approved" hard hat stickers.

1) Protection of proprietary information and control of information leaving the site is the biggest one
2) Not intrinsically safe is the easy "because I said so" reason to list. They almost certainly ARE intrinsically safe, but very few cellphones have the expensive testing required to prove it, so it's an easy way to keep them out of the units and make having a cellphone on you without authorization a "your arse will be shitcanned so fast if caught, you'll be in your truck two miles down the road before you realize what happened" infraction.
3) Reduction of distractions in a dangerous work environment
4) Plants don't want their business instantly on social media, ESPECIALLY for things like upsets or incidents
5) I'm paying your arse to weld, not play on your phone
6) So on
7) So forth

Pig nose

I can weld for 4 fitters, fit for 4 welders. Hell, I got people all over the country trying to hire me on.

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Cell phones are not intrinsically safe. If the area handles flammables, could be a safety concern in that way as well.

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Weld a wooden dick on a snowman. Weld anything from the crack of dawn to a broken heart. shite you got helpers let them pull my leads

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Operator catfights are entertaining AF.

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Why do the plants prohibit cameras and cell phones (that have picture/video capabilities)?

I tried Googling, but couldn’t find much information

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Intellectual property. It's major business.
For example, A vendor selling adhesive to various paper mills could be enticed to snag pics of a client's competitor's processes, technology, etc.