The employer has not taken the appropriate steps to protect employees from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. A third employee has tested positive for COVID-19. The company is also using outdated CDC guidelines to inform workers of COVID cases, as well as using outdated guidelines to
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diagnose the worker who tested positive. Donatos qualifies close contact if exposure was within 6 feet and unmasked for 15 minutes. CDC guidelines are to inform employees of their possible close contact, mask or no mask, (within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period) with someone with confirmed or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection in the workplace, but maintain confidentiality. No employees that were within close contact of the COVID case were informed of the fact that they had exposure/contact for two days.
Alleged Hazards: 1, Employees Exposed: 20
Source: Osha.gov | Receipt Date: 2021-02-03
Alleged Hazards: 1, Employees Exposed: 20
Source: Osha.gov | Receipt Date: 2021-02-03
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