Staff taco luncheon leads to 23 COVID-19 cases and one DEATH as Chicago-area warehouse is fined $12K for failing to manage the outbreak
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced on Tuesday it is fining Midwest Warehouse and Distribution System more than $12,000
OSHA officials claim the company did not do enough to prevent a COVID outbreak at its Naperville warehouse in October
The outbreak allegedly began when an employee brought her co-workers tacos
Some brought them back to their desks, while others ate them in the break room
By the following Monday, employees started calling in sick
A 56-year-old woman, whom the company did not name, died after the luncheon
23 COVID cases, one of them fatal, linked to lunch at warehouse in Naperville: agency finds
By STMW NEWS
NAPERVILLE - A federal investigation has found that a Naperville warehouse failed to quarantine employees following a
COVID-19 outbreak tied to a luncheon that caused nearly two dozen workers to contract the virus, including one who died.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says Midwest Warehouse and Distribution System Inc. failed to take steps to identify, inform, isolate and quarantine exposed employees.
In all, 23 employees tested positive for the coronavirus days after the late October luncheon, including one employee who died of complications on Nov. 4, the agency said in a statement.