SPRINGDALE, Ark. — A new analysis of COVID-19 cases at workplaces in Arkansas is highlighting Tyson Foods Inc. as a significant source of outbreaks over the past year.
The website Arkansascovid.com and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism find Tyson accounted for one-third of reported COVID cases in Arkansas workplaces from May 2020 through April 2021.
State health records show some nine thousand Arkansas workers tested positive for COVID. It’s unclear where workers got the virus, yet several say they weren’t told about sick coworkers.
Few Arkansas workers complained to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Just eight of 106 COVID complaints to OSHA involved Arkansas poultry factories.
