Ford pauses production at Kansas City Assembly Plant due to COVID-19

Ford Motor Co. temporarily paused production at the Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri, on Tuesday to deep clean after a worker tested positive for COVID-19.

A UAW official confirmed an hourly worker had tested positive and the affected area was cleaned to protect other UAW members on the line.

The complete Ford statement, posted Tuesday afternoon, said:

"The safety of our workforce is our top priority. Working closely with the UAW and external experts in infectious disease and epidemiology, we have developed safety standards to protect our workforce. In this instance, our protocol calls for us to deep clean and disinfect the employees work area, equipment, team area and the path the employee took while at the plant today. We are temporarily pausing production at Kansas City Assembly Plant on the Transit side until the deep cleaning is completed. We are notifying people known to have been in close contact with the infected individual and asking them to self-quarantine for 14 days."

Kelli Felker, Ford global manufacturing & labor communications manager, told the Free Press only the Transit Van side of the plant was affected, that F-150 pickup production was not disrupted, and Transit production resumed after approximately one hour.



https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2020/05/26/kansas-city-plant-production-claymoco-ford-worker-postive-covid/5262884002/