PERRY, Iowa — The Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Perry will shut down operations for one day to deep clean the facility, Tyson Foods announced Sunday.
In a statement from Tyson to Local 5, a spokesperson says the temporary shut-down is an added precaution on top of the measures already being taken to help stay ahead of the coronavirus.
"Our workforce safety efforts are significant and strictly enforced," the Tyson spokesperson said.
Those efforts include checking workers' temperatures upon arrival, mandating and providing face masks and initiating additional cleaning. They also say they've implemented social distancing measures such as installing workstation dividers and making more break room space.
Tyson has been the subject of a lot of controversy in recent days, with 19 different officials in Black Hawk County calling on the company to close their plant in Waterloo amid growing concerns of unsafe work conditions there during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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