More businesses throughout Metro Detroit have been fined for violating state workplace safety guidelines as it relates to coronavirus.
The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the Regency at Livonia $6,300 for allowing a sick employee to be around others.
The inspection of the Regency started after the company reported a worker died.
Some of the other companies fined were FM Carpenters in Detroit, which will have to pay $2,000 for not having workers wear face masks and not doing daily health screenings.
New Life Services in West Bloomfield was fined $3,500 for not requiring workers to wear face coverings and not having signs up that encourage workers to stay away when sick.
In total, 190 workplaces have been cited for pandemic-related issues. Employers and employees with questions about COVID-19 workplace policies can call the MIOSHA hotline at 855-723-3219. To file a complaint against a workplace, go to Michigan.gov/MIOSHAcomplaint.
Here's the full list of affected businesses:
American 1 Towing LLC
Location: Onsted
Fine: None
Reasons: Not developing a written COVID-19 preparedness and response plan. The inspection was initiated as a planned-programmed inspection.
Brann's Steakhouse and Grill
Location: Holland
Fine: $3,500
Reasons: Failure to require face coverings when social distancing could not be maintained, failure to assure that employee pre-work health was evaluated through the administration of either a daily in-person or virtual health check and failure to assure the installation and use of physical barriers in areas (like bar and hostess stations) where employees had frequent close contact with patrons. The inspection was initiated in response to an employee complaint.
Camacho Restoration LLC
Location: Ionia
Fine: $1,200
Reasons: Not having a written COVID-19 preparedness and response plan available. The inspection was initiated as a planned-programmed inspection.
Curtis Custom Carpentry
Location: Metamora
Fine: $2,000
Reasons: Not having a written COVID-19 preparedness and response plan available. The inspection was initiated as a planned-programmed inspection.
DeWys Manufacturing
Location: Marne
Fine: $4,900
Reasons: Lack of daily self-screening for employees, not enforcing face coverings when within 6 feet of other individuals and no records maintained for employee notification after contact with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 individuals. The inspection was initiated from an injury and illness report.
FM Carpenters LLC
Location: Detroit
Fine: $5,700, but only $2,000 from COVID-19 violations
Reasons: No written response and preparedness plan, no face coverings while within 6 feet of another and no daily health screenings. The inspection was initiated as a planned-programmed inspection.
Napa Auto Parts
Location: Grand Rapids
Fine: $4,500
Reasons: Lack of enforcing face coverings when within 6 feet of other individuals. The inspection was initiated from an employee complaint.
Hudsonville Creamery and Ice Cream
Location: Holland
Fine: $5,600
Reasons: Lack of established disinfecting procedures when there is suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19, no daily self-screening for salaried employees or contractors, not notifying employees after contact with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 individuals within the proper time frame, not prohibiting individuals from being within 6 feet of other individuals whenever possible, not enforcing face coverings when within 6 feet of other individuals, training did not cover workplace infection-control practices, COVID-19 preparedness and response plan was missing several items, no posters to encourage employees to stay way when sick and proper hand hygiene and no records maintained for employee training, self-screening and notifications. The inspection was initiated from an employee complaint.
John Henry's LLC
Location: Millington
Fine: $400
Reasons: The employer did not perform any daily employee health screenings prior to them coming into work. The inspection was initiated in response to an employee complaint.
LED Construction
Location: Holland
Fine: $1,200
Reasons: Lack of a written preparedness and response plan. The inspection was initiated as a planned-programmed inspection.
Lucky's Steakhouse
Location: Clio
Fine: None
Reasons: Not using ground markings, signs or physical barriers, to the maximum extent possible to reduce congestion. The inspection was initiated in response to an employee complaint.
Mason Tackle Co.
Location: Otisville
Fine: $1,500
Reasons: Not developing and implementing a COVID-19 preparedness and response plan and not using ground markings, signs or physical barriers, to the maximum extent possible to reduce congestion. The inspection was initiated in response to an employee complaint.
New Life Services Inc.
Location: West Bloomfield
Fine: $3,500
Reasons: Not requiring face coverings to be worn when employees could not consistently maintain 6 feet of separation from other individuals in the workplace and not placing posters that encourage staying away from the workplace when sick, cough and sneeze etiquette and proper hand hygiene practices. The inspection was initiated in response to an employee complaint.
Regency at Livonia
Location: Livonia
Fine: $6,300
Reasons: Permitting an employee to work around others in a shared office space while exhibiting signs and symptoms (i.e., coughing) of a respiratory-related illness. The inspection was initiated in response to an employer-reported fatality.
Service Tectonics Inc.
Location: Adrian
Fine: $1,900, but only $500 for COVID-19 violations
Reasons: Not requiring face coverings when social distancing could not be maintained, not maintaining social distancing and not maintaining a record of employee COVID-19 training. The inspection was initiated as a planned-programmed inspection.
Turris Italian Foods Inc.
Location: New Baltimore
Fine: $5,300, but only $4,500 for COVID-19 violations
Reasons: The employer did not conduct the daily health screening including a questionnaire. The inspection was initiated in response to an employee complaint.
