PORT ANGELES — Many Daishowa America Inc. workers will remain on the job the first two weeks of July despite a planned mill shutdown.
The shutdown begins the night of June 30, and the paper mill will reopen July 15, with standard production beginning July 16.
During the first week of the shutdown, 60 to 65 employees will remain on the job to perform a limited number of tasks including electrical inspections, mill Manager Harold Nordlund said.
The power will be shut down for about 8 hours for the inspections, he said.
During the second week of the shutdown, from 100 to 115 employees will work on about 10 capital projects, including annual boiler maintenance, installment of new equipment and safety work, he said.
According to Nordlund, many of the mill’s 260 employees were planning to take vacation during the shutdown if they were not slated to work.
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