Dozens of U.S. healthcare workers have died of COVID-19 for lack of PPE

Edited by Ed Newman
2020-07-02 15:28:26

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New York, July 2 (RHC)-- A new report finds U.S. health workers filed more than 4,100 complaints about a lack of personal protective equipment during the pandemic — even as hundreds died of COVID-19. 

The report from Kaiser Health News and The Guardian found officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration rapidly closed many complaints without issuing citations. 

Researchers found just a single instance when OSHA issued a fine: a $3,900 penalty for a Georgia nursing home that failed to report worker hospitalizations on time.



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