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1 | Establishment | Site city | Site county | UPA receipt date | Receipt type | VOSH inspection number | Hazard description and location | |
2 | Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc. | BIG STONE GAP | WISE | 4/23/2020 | Phone | - An employee who works at this facility died last week from COVID-19 related illness and two other employees have tested positive, but employees are still required to work in the same area as these employees who have tested positive for the virus. Only a few coworkers have been advised to follow quarantine procedures. - There has been no significant cleaning or disinfection of the worksite since the above cases were identified. | ||
3 | Battlefield Farms, Inc. | RAPIDAN | CULPEPER | 5/5/2020 | Over 60 workers at the facility have been infected with COVID 19 and 2 of the workers have died from COVID-19 and the employer is not taking any measures to protect the employees and prevent the possible spread of COVID-19 in their workplace. | |||
4 | New Market Poultry | NEW MARKET | SHENANDOAH | 5/7/2020 | There have been 11 confirmed cases of COVID-19 virus and 1 death at this facility. The plant manager was one of the 11 cases. The health department was supposed to come and shut it down for 2 weeks or give everyone a test, but the plant manager called and told them it was ok. It is a very small facility. Everyone is elbow to elbow. | |||
5 | YoungWilliams | MARTINSVILLE | MARTINSVILLE CITY | 5/13/2020 | 1474941 | Covid-19 going on and our Company did not do the proper cleaning and sanitizing that they should have been doing considering they had well over 10 employees there. Myself along with 5 other employees tested positive for Coronavirus and out of us 6 we had 1 employee die. We risked bringing this home to our families as well. | ||
6 | Day & Zimmermann | SURRY | SURRY | 5/29/2020 | Phone | The employer is not implementing precautions to protect employees from contracting and spreading the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the workplace in the following ways: 1. Employees who are working in various locations inside the Surry Nuclear Power Plant are not being monitored for COVID-19 symptoms, and employees who are reporting to work sick, are not being sent home. 2. Highly-touched surfaces, including the scaffolding railings, are not being sanitized frequently. 3. An employee who tested positive for COVID-19 was quarantined and passed away on or around May 23, 2020. The employer failed to determine the work-relatedness of this exposure/death. No report of the employee death was made to OSHA. 4. The employer failed to take adequate precautions after a positive case was determined, such as sanitizing the work areas or notifying all potentially exposed employees. 5. After multiple (14) employees were confirmed/suspected to have contracted COVID-19, the employer released them from their work duties and allowed them to travel to other states without placing them into quarantine as a means to slow the spread of the virus. 6. COVID-19 mitigation measures, such as the use of face coverings, is not being enforced. | ||
7 | Dominion Surry Power Station | SURRY | SURRY | 5/29/2020 | Phone | The employer is not implementing precautions to protect employees from contracting and spreading the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the workplace in the following ways: 1. Employees, including employees of contractors, who are working in various locations inside the Surry Nuclear Power Plant are not being monitored for COVID-19 symptoms, and employees who are reporting to work sick, are not being sent home. 2. Highly-touched surfaces, including the scaffolding railings, are not being sanitized frequently. 3. A contractor's employee who tested positive for COVID-19 was quarantined and passed away on or around May 23, 2020. The employer failed to determine the work-relatedness of this exposure/death. No report of the employee death was made to OSHA. 4. The employer failed to take adequate precautions after a positive case was determined, such as sanitizing the work areas or notifying all potentially exposed employees. 5. After multiple (14) employees were confirmed/suspected to have contracted COVID-19, the employer released them from their work duties and allowed them to travel to other states without placing them into quarantine as a means to slow the spread of the virus. 6. COVID-19 mitigation measures, such as the use of face coverings, is not being enforced. | ||
8 | Smithfield Fresh Meats | SMITHFIELD | ISLE OF WIGHT | 9/18/2020 | Phone | 1493964 | Located at the Smithfield Foods Plant on N. Church Street, Smithfield, VA, 1. On or around, the last week of July 2020 an employee working as a quality control inspector contracted COVID-19 at Smithfield Foods, was hospitalized August 5, 2020, and died August 20, 2020. 2. The employer did not notify the Virginia Department of Labor & Industry (VOSH) of the workplace related hospitalization or fatality. 3. The employer is not reporting to VOSH within 24 hours of the discovery of three (3) or more employees present at the place of employment within 14-day period testing positive for COVID-19 during that 14-day time period. | |
9 | Colonial Downs Group | HAMPTON | HAMPTON CITY | 9/28/2020 | Phone | Located at Rosie's Gaming Emporium, 1. The employer is not notifying its own employees of workplace COVID-19 exposures. Employees are not notified when they have worked in close proximity to employees testing positive for COVID-19. 2. The employer did not report a work-related fatality to VOSH when an older female janitor contracted COVID-19 at work and later died. 3. The employer did not take into consideration an employee's individual risk factors when assigning duties in medium risk exposures jobs. A janitorial employee had a history of breathing problems was required to perform duties where within 6 feet of the general public who may be infected with the COVID-19 virus. 4. Cleaning and disinfecting is not being conducted throughout workspaces. | ||
10 | Life Center of Galax | GALAX | GALAX CITY | 1/11/2021 | 1509512 | This morning a long time employee, died from COVID-19 due to the negligence of other employees. Three weeks ago a supervisor and security guard both were positive and came to work anyway and frequently did not wear masks. The supervisor himself told the security guard to not tell anyone he was positive. | ||
11 | Goad's Body Shop | LEXINGTON | LEXINGTON CITY | 1/19/2021 | 1511059 | COVID-19 outbreak with 9 EEs of 17 testing positive, 1 EE death (owner) No COVID-19 compliance Employer not notifying employees of positive cases at the workplace Employer not ensuring the use of face coverings when not social distancing Employer not adequately cleaning or sanitizing workplace | ||
12 | Hopewell Operator LLC | HOPEWELL | HOPEWELL CITY | 1/21/2021 | Media | 1) The employer is not implementing precautions to protect employees from contracting and spreading the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the workplace: a) Employees are not provided an adequate supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) (i.e., gloves, masks, gowns, shields, etc.) for the handling and exposure to COVID positive patients. b) Employees have not received adequate training regarding the proper donning and doffing of PPE. c) Employees known or suspected to be infected with COVID-19 are allowed to report to and remain at work. d) The proper wearing (covering nose and mouth) of face coverings/masks by employees is not enforced or addressed by management. e) The employer has failed to report COVID positive employees to the Virginia Department of Labor in accordance with §16VAC25-220. 2) Employees pay for their own personal protective equipment (PPE) due to an inadequate supply provided by the employer. 3) The employer has failed to report employee death(s) that result from a workplace incident/exposure to the Virginia Department of Labor in accordance with §1904.39. | ||
13 | Westmoreland County Public Schools | MONTROSS | WESTMORELAND | 1/28/2021 | Phone | 1) The employer is not implementing precautions to protect employees from contracting and spreading the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the workplace (Washington & Lee High school): a) Frequently touched surfaces (i.e., door handles, cafeteria, teacher's lounge, office, etc.) are not regularly cleaned and disinfected. b) Administrative and work practice controls are not in place to prescreen or survey employees prior to the commencement of work. This is inclusive of, but not limited to, employees that work in the cafeteria, loading dock, and bus transportation areas. c) The employer has failed to conduct a proper COVID exposure risk assessment for employees such as, but not limited to, teachers, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, administration, etc. d) Employees are not provided an adequate supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) (i.e., gloves, masks, shields, etc.) for interacting with students and public when providing and transporting meals. e) Employees (i.e. cafeteria workers, bus drivers, etc.) have not received adequate training regarding COVID-19 in the workplace and proper PPE use. f) Employees known or suspected to be infected with COVID-19 are allowed to report to and remain at work. g) The employer has failed to report COVID positive employees to the Virginia Department of Labor in accordance with §16VAC25-220. 2) The employer has failed to report employee hospitalization(s) and death(s) that result from a workplace incident/exposure to the Virginia Department of Labor in accordance with §1904.39. | ||
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