Two employees at General Motors’ Wentzville Assembly plant in Missouri have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.
GM Authority received an anonymous tip last night that two employees working in the body shop area at Wentzville Assembly had tested positive for COVID-19. GM has since released a statement confirming that the two employees had tested positive for the virus after coming into contact with it while outside of work.
“We have learned that two members of our team at Wentzville Assembly have tested positive for coronavirus after being exposed outside of work,” the statement said. “We believe there is very little risk that anyone inside the plant has been exposed to the virus at work because everyone, including the individuals, have been following our extensive, multi-layered health and safety procedures, which include wearing masks, hand washing and sanitizing, temperature screening and physical distancing.”
GM Authority also reached out to the automaker regarding the current situation at the facility, and has received additional details. “To date, we have not had any person-to-person transmission of the virus in our plants since our complete safety protocols have been put in place,” said GM Corporate News Relations Manager Daniel Flores. “Our safety protocols are designed to help keep the virus out of our plants and prevent its spread if someone does test positive. They are working because of strong teamwork at all our manufacturing sites, including Wentzville,” he added.
Wentzville Assembly produces the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickup trucks, along with the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana work vans. The 3.7-million square-foot plant, which is located about 40 miles west of St. Louis, employs roughly 4,270 hourly workers.
GM’s plants started to come back online in late May following a two-month-long shutdown brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The automaker has taken a measured approach with regard to getting its U.S. production facilities back up and running, operating only one shift at many plants at first before bringing the second and third shifts back. Wentzville is one of the plants that are already operating all three shifts due to the demand for the Colorado and Canyon pickups.
GM outlined the various measures it is taking to protect employees from COVID-19 in a 40-page safety playbook it sent out last month. Employees have their temperatures taken when they arrive at work, are required to wear proper PPE at all times and are asked to wipe down their work station between shifts or job rotations. Social distancing measures are also in effect when possible and employee common areas like break rooms are frequently sanitized.
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The guys were down at the lake of the ozarks partying and got the ‘Rona. Lots of folks coming back into town caught it.
Praying they will recover quickly
Shut it down more people will buy your product if you keep your employees SAFE, Trust Me
Not sure the math works on out that, but okay.
Here’s the thing we shouldn’t have to get that far 1 case is too many to risk others and their family lives over building any vehicle. We are having the same problem at Toyota-Vutex San Antonio, Tx Plant. They told us of 2 tested positive June 9 th after we clocked in and threaten to write anyone up who wanted to leave, “ I left”. June 10th they said 2 more tested positive. 1 is a Yellow flag 4 is a Red flag for me, They say their following CDC Guidelines- Not TRUE, you’re not practicing social distancing the lunchroom we sit right next to each other with no mask no gloves everyone touching everything with groups of 15/20 standing around doing alittle of Nothing. The night shift haven’t build 1 vehicle in 2 weeks the management Harass us for not don’t Nothing when even they had Nothing plan but 15/30min classes that could have been done in day. I wish we had a Union