Even as other manufacturers set in for extended breaks during the coronavirus outbreak, GE Appliances is pressing ahead with a plan to restart production at Louisville’s Appliance Park on Monday and has implemented a number of safety protocols including mandatory temperature screenings for workers entering the complex and “plastic dividers” placed between workers on assembly lines.
GE Appliances, a unit of China-based Haier, outlined the new measures in a letter to Appliance Park employees on Thursday.
The park includes five factories in separate buildings and churns out household appliances such as dishwashers, washers and dryers and refrigerators. About 3,800 people work in the factories and there has not been a confirmed COVID-19 among the workforce.
GE stopped all production at Appliance Park last week for a cleaning in response to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Appliance manufacturing falls under the category of “essential” businesses that are allowed to remain open under Governor Andy Beshear’s executive order earlier last week.
Source: WDRB
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