1. Hour Media is trying to bring its entire staff of about 75 workers back without implementing the proper protocols for COVID-19 prevention. Some employees have already returned, and some have never been allowed to leave, even when the Stay Home Stay Safe order was in effect.
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2. Employees are not required to wear face coverings at their desks, even though employees are not situated at least 6 feet apart and cubicles are separated by porous sheets of cloth instead of tall, solid cubicle walls or plexiglass. The cloth partitions are short enough to see/cough/sneeze over. 3. All employees are using the same thermometers and pens to take and record their temperatures upon entry with no supervision. The company does not require that pens and thermometers are sanitized between uses, and employees can lie on their reports because no one is monitoring the entry process. 4. An intern who worked in the office had a confirmed case of COVID-19, and employees found out through a grapevine instead of a topdown email. Workers who were in the office with the infected intern were not required to get tested or quarantine for 14 days. 5. The company has not offered or required any training for COVID-19 workplace practices and protocols. Employees were not informed of a response plan in case of a confirmed infection in the office. 6. There are no rules for cleaning/sanitizing equipment or areas that many employees use such as copy machines, printers, kitchen counters, refrigerators, the toaster oven, and the ice machine. The office is still offering coffee from communal coffee makers to employees. The ice machine has black mold growing on the inside of the door, so it's obvious it is not cleaned regularly. Communal refrigerators contain old food and are still in use. 7. The company is not promoting remote work, and some supervisors are using returning to the office as a threat to employees and departments, implying disciplinary action if employees do not return to the office or saying they will require workers to return to the office when something doesn't go the way the supervisor wants.
Source: Osha.gov | Receipt Date: 2020-09-01
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