DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,985

DEROYAL PATIENT CARE
A DIVISION OF DEROYAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
MAYNARDVILLE, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on August 19, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at
DeRoyal Patient Care, a division of DeRoyal Industries, Inc.,
Maynardville, Tennessee. The workers produced patient protection
aids and restraints for the medical industry.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment declined absolutely during the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
patient protection aids and restraints for the medical industry
increased absolutely during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with patient protection aids and
restraints for the medical industry produced by DeRoyal Patient
Care, a division of DeRoyal Industries, Inc., Maynardville,
Tennessee, contributed importantly to the decline in sales or
production and to the total or partial separation of workers of
that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of DeRoyal Patient Care, a division of DeRoyal
Industries, Inc., Maynardville, Tennessee, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after July 31,
2001, through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 16th day of September, 2002.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance