TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (From news reports) -- After two employees were diagnosed with COVID-19 at its Terre Haute facility, Amcor said the situation was quickly contained.
The first employee was last at the facility March 26 and a second was last at the facility March 31, according to Mark Hein, Amcor director of communications. Both were diagnosed in early April.
Both individuals are quarantined at their homes, and have not returned to work at this time.
Hein said that with more than 14 days without symptoms or further incidents, the company is confident the situation was quickly contained, and he does not believe the initial exposure occurred at the facility.
"[The] two cases would not have had contact with one another, so we are confident they are unrelated and believe it's unlikely their exposure occurred in our facility based on their progressions," he said.
As an essential business making packaging for food and healthcare products, the company has focused on maintaining the safety of its staff and customers, according to Hein.
"When we do have a case, we have a 28-point confirmed case plan," he said, noting the company "errs on the side of caution" when being notified of a potential case.
Additional protocols have been put into place including increased sanitation and keeping the same groups of employees working together each day. In mid-March, Amcor discontinued its biometric clock-in procedure, opting instead for managers to manually log employee attendance.
According to Hein, Amcor has facilities in some of the COVID-19 hot zones across the country; however, by implementing these protocols and procedures, the company has fared better than many others throughout the pandemic. |
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