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Coronavirus cases are on the decline in Salt Lake County and so are the number of complaints about businesses failing to require masks, social distancing or worse.
The Salt Lake County Health Department received 158 public complaints related to COVID-19 in January, said spokesman Nicholas Rupp, and 104 so far in February.
That’s down from October, when there were 400 complaints, followed by 373 in November and 237 in December.
Since March 9, 2020 when the county started logging pandemic-related calls and emails there have been more than 4,200 complaints about businesses not following guidelines, Rupp said.
FOX 13 Investigates: Utah cites 24 businesses for employees not wearing masks
FOX 13 Investigates: Utah cites 24 businesses for employees not wearing masks
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SALT LAKE CITY â At WingNutz in Spanish Fork, chicken wings fly on and off the plates; beer flows from the taps.
Last month, someone who wasnât a customer walked in the door. It was an inspector from the Utah Occupational Safety and Health Division, known as UOSH.
âWe got cited for servers not wearing their masks,â said Becky Crawford, one of the restaurantâs owners.
Crawford said employees were not near customers at the time. WingNutz was fined $1,500 â enough to buy 200 pounds of wings.
KSL TV
SALT LAKE CITY With a statewide mask mandate still in place, the KSL Investigators wanted to know: How are Utah businesses doing at making sure employees wear masks?
The mandate went into effect in November with Gov. Gary Herbert s emergency declaration. With it came an emergency rule to be enforced by the Utah Occupational Safety and Health Division that requires every employee to mask up, with few exceptions.
Failure to follow the rule can result in a fine.
KSL Investigators found so far most businesses are complying with the rule.
There have been complaints of non-compliance to UOSH. According to data from the Utah Labor Commission, which oversees UOSH, 1,126 complaints were registered regarding COVID-19 issues since March 2020. Of those, 957 complaints were received between November and January.
KSL TV
SALT LAKE CITY – Two months have passed since a statewide mask mandate required businesses to ensure employees are wearing masks to work.
The temporary administrative rule is enforced by the Utah Occupational Safety and Health Division, which is the state s equivalent of OSHA. The rule states employers and employees must mask up at work. Not doing so can mean punitive actions. They can be fined up to $7,000, so it can be quite substantial, said UOSH spokesman Eric Olsen.
Olsen told KSL Investigators the vast majority of businesses are complying with the temporary rule.
According to court documents, there have been four instances where UOSH had to seek administrative warrants to compel certain businesses to allow them to inspect the property following a complaint about masking.
Cox/Henderson announce 19 more cabinet/staff members (Part 3) Created: 22 December 2020
Governor-elect Cox and Lt. Governor-elect Henderson announced 19 additional key cabinet and staff positions that will join the new administration. The appointees represent a range of diversity and bring both private and public sector experience to their new (and in some cases, continuing) roles. The first six were listed previously here, the next six here and these are the final seven from Monday s announcement.
Tracy Gruber has been named the executive director of the Utah Department of Human Services. DHS oversees multiple divisions including the Division of Aging and Adult Services, the Division of Child and Family Services, the Division of Juvenile Justice Services, the Division of Services for People with Disabilities, the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, the Office of Fiscal Operations, the Office of Licensing (foster care, adoption, etc.), the Office of Pub