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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 CELEBRATING OUR LOCAL DAIRY INDUSTRY | 11West Side dairy producers enact COVID-19 safeguardsWest Side dairy producershave enacted a varietyof precautionary measuresagainst coronavirus infectionin an effort to keepemployees and their familiessafe.From stepping up sanitationprotocols to encouragingemployees to stayhome when sick, dairiesare implementing many ofthe same safeguards thatare being applied in workplacesof all sorts.Those measures ofteninclude reminding employeesnot to congregatein time card areas orbreak rooms - but the verynature of the business issuch that employees aremost often not workingin close quarters with oneanother, dairy producersreported.Dairy producers areused to dealing with milkprice swings, productioncosts beyond their control,increased regulations andmore extensive compliancereport requirements.And this year, theyfound themselves dealingwith a pandemic.“Our employees expresseda lot of fear, asdid the rest of the world,”said Tony Lopes, who isthe operations team leaderat the Tony L. Lopes Dairyfounded by his grandfather,and is also involvedin the family’s P&D Dairy.“They are concernedabout their families andtheir households. We dideverything that we couldto make that that we werenot going to be a sourceof any more concern forthem.”Lopes said the importanceof hygiene wasstressed to employees,and that restrooms, areaswhere employees clock inand out and other facilitiesare routinely sanitized.“Given the nature ofour operation, our breaksand lunch times are prettystaggered as it is. Oursystem was already set upto where they won’t all bein the break room at thesame time,” he explained.“For the majority of ouremployees, with our workbeing outdoors, social distancingis not as much asa challenge as you mighthave in a meat packingplant.”Employees were alsoreminded to follow recommendedguidelines.“It was really just anabundance of caution tokeep everybody protected,”Lopes said.The dairy also used itssuppliers to help securehard-to-find items such aspaper products and sanitationproducts for its workersand their families totake that worry off theirshoulders. Workers werealso provided documentationthat they are essentialworkers in the event thatthey were stopped by lawenforcement.“We felt we needed tobe pro-active about that toensure they felt comfortable,”Lopes commented.And, the importance ofstaying home when sickwas emphasized.“A lot of our guys havethe mantra that if we’resick we have to fightthrough it. When this happenedwe had to have atalk with our guys, (tellingthem) if you’re feeling underthe weather you needto take responsibility forthat and stay home,” Lopestold Mattos Newspapers.When employees calledin sick, they were askednot to return until they hadbeen tested for COVID-19.“Everybody was willingto do that,” said Lopes,noting that no employeestested positive.Moonshine Dairy alsoimplemented a numberof protocols, said ownersRich and Jacquie Dyt.Centers for Disease Control(CDC) guidelines wereprinted in English andSpanish and posted.The Dyt’s daughterswere given the assignmentof sanitizing facilities suchas break rooms, as well asdoor handles, four times aday.Sanitizers were put inany equipment that wasshared by employees.“We had a meeting withthe guys and just talkedabout the seriousness ofit, and that we wanted tomaintain the social distancing,”Jacquie Dytreported. “Even thoughthey work together, theyare not in close proximity.We also tried right awayto stagger their lunchesso they weren’t all takinglunch at the same time.”The number of dairy visitors- already largely limitedonly to those with essentialbusiness - droppedeven further when thepandemic struck.“We haven’t had anysalesmen come by inmonths,” Rich Dyt said.Dairy producer JohnToste said he, too, heldmeetings with employeesencouraging them to keepsocial distance from othersaway from work aswell as while on the dairy.“Everybody is trying towear gloves, stay safe andwash their hands,” Tosteshared. “We try to socialdistance as much as wecan. Before, you would getcloser to an employee totalk. Now we kind of keepour distance. We try to dothat. Everybody has a littleconcern over it. We areworking together to makethings better.”J E N S E N&J E N S E NA T T O R N E Y S“Meeting The Needs of West Side“Meeting The Needs of West SideFarmers and Dairymen Since 1952”Farmers and Since 1952”J. Wilmar Jensen • Mark R. JensenJ. Wilmar Jensen • Mark R. JensenGeneral Civil Practice EmphasizingGENERAL• FarmCIVIL& RanchPRACTICELawEMPHASIZING:• Estate Planning & Probate• Business & Corporate Law• Farm Ranch Law• Real Estate Law• Estate Planning & Probate• Business & Corporate Law• Real Estate Law1031 Fresno Street, Newman • (209) 862-2846SuperiorTRUCK LINES, INC.Proud supporter of ourlocal dairy industry!Main Office (209) 862-9430Turlock Office/Yard (209) 669-6931Lemoore Office/Yard (559) 924-6418Tulare Office/Yard (559) 684-1969
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