New Mexico’s workplaces and businesses that have been the subject of immediate investigations into COVID-19 outbreaks since May 13 have recently been published through the Department of environment and the New Mexico Department of Health.
And on August 5, the Department of the Environment filed an emergency amendment requiring state employers to disclose positive cases to the state within 4 hours of detection of the virus.
The rule will remain in effect for 120 days and may be permanent if approved through the Environmental Improvement Board after the initial period.
When the emergency rule was introduced, the state reported more than six hundred COVID-19 instances where the employer was aware of positive control prior to NMED, with more than 280 instances in which employers were aware of an infection at least 3 days before the state.
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“A must-see detail of the state’s quick responses is time: we want to listen as soon as possible when a positive case is identified,” NMED Cabinet Secretary James Kenney said.
“This amendment ensures that workers in New Mexico are in office and that employers must be held accountable. Our Office of Occupational Health and Safety expects this emergency rule to be followed today.”
Here are the businesses and workplaces in Otero County that experienced immediate responses to COVID-19 starting August 7, reported through NMED. This list will be updated continuously.
August 19, 2020
August 17, 2020
August 12, 2020
August 10, 2020
August 6, 2020
August 5, 2020
August 2, 2020
July 28, 2020
July 27, 2020
July 23, 2020
July 7, 2020
July 5, 2020
July 1, 2020
June 30, 2020
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