The South Carolina senator says the nation is “struggling with testing at a large scale” and the US has to hold China accountable if it underreported cases., ebbing in some parts of the world, surging in others, just as there aren't hard-and-fast rules for social distancing within a company commissary or on a factory floor when even the slightest oversight could cascade into catastrophe.
Lear has 30 manufacturing facilities in the U.S., but like just about every other multinational manufacturing firm, the company's had to temporarily slow or idle production at many of its plants because of COVID-19.Some of the company's plants were quickly reconfigured to make protective face masks -- both for employees and for local communities -- and Lear said it's now producing more than 125,000 daily.
Employees have a socially distanced meeting and COVID-19 training at Lear, in Rabat, Morocco, April 13, 2020.An employee gets his temperature checked outside of the Lear plant in Rabat Morocco, April 13, 2020.Lear Corp. The requirements, which will be updated frequently in line with evolving medical guidelines, are designed to be strictest in areas hardest hit by the virus."The manual is from A-Z how we run our business in our plants and in our offices around the world," Scott told ABC News."The intent is to protect our employees to the best of our ability."
A section of the manual that outlines sanitation procedures instructs that tools and control buttons in common work spaces on production lines should be cleaned at least three times per shift with a hospital-grade disinfectant. Forklifts should be sanitized after each use. Protocols also specify that each facility maintain at least a 30-day supply of disinfectants, masks and other personal protective equipment for employees and contractors responsible for cleaning.
So glad they're taking it seriously AFTER several of their employees died.
Lear Corporation is doing nothing but business as usual, killing its employees. CEO Ray Scott belongs in prison.