- Ford is continuing to make decisions with health and safety of
workforce, dealers, customers, partners and communities as highest
priority through the coronavirus crisis
- Robust safety and care measures instituted globally to create a
safe and healthy environment for Ford’s workforce, its dealers and
customers, with health assessment measures, personal protective
equipment and facility modifications to increase social
distancing
- Constantly assessing public health conditions, government
actions and recommendations, supplier readiness to determine when
time is right to resume production in a staggered approach
- Using lessons learned in China and around the world along with
insight from Global Data teams and an epidemiologist and infectious
disease experts to inform our global approach to return to
work
- Collaborating closely with unions, including the UAW, on
initiatives to keep people safe, including completing daily health
self-certifications, scanning temperatures and more
Ford today outlined its global health and safety protocols,
sharing how best practices and input from around the world are
helping to protect its workforce, dealers, customers and suppliers
as it phases in the restart of its global plants.
The standards and precautions introduced this week expand on
those used in Ford facilities in China, where work has already
resumed, and in the U.S., where Ford has been manufacturing medical
equipment for weeks. The people building those medical supplies
have stayed safe and healthy by wearing face masks, face shields
and other personal protection equipment, and maintaining at least 6
feet of space from other Ford people wherever possible.
“We’ve been working intently on how to restart our operations
and safely bring back our employees and we’re ready,” said Jim
Farley, Ford’s chief operating officer. “We have gone through and
trialed these processes. We’re abiding by our first principles, and
we are working with our union and government partners to restart.
Getting back to work isn’t just good news for Ford employees. It’s
also good news for our suppliers, car dealers and the ecosystems
that provide services around them, like restaurants, shops and
stores. This economic multiplier effect is going to help reboot
communities around the globe.”
The automotive industry accounts for 6 percent of gross domestic
product in the U.S. – more than 7 million jobs are dependent upon
automakers, dealers and suppliers.
No automaker employs more hourly workers in the U.S. than Ford,
which manufactures and exports more vehicles in the U.S. than any
other automaker. Last year Ford built more than 492,000 more
vehicles in America than the next highest-producing automaker.
F-Series alone requires four U.S. plants, approximately 19,000
Ford employees and 2,000 U.S. suppliers – and generates an
estimated $50.2 billion in global sales revenue annually. That’s
more than the 2019 annual revenues of American Express, Coca-Cola,
Cisco Systems and Delta Airlines.
Ford is working to safely restart manufacturing in the U.S. and
North America. The company recently announced plans to begin that
process in Europe on May 4, and a small number of hourly and
salaried employees returned to work this week in North America to
begin installing equipment and putting in place new safety
protocols.
Ford already has started educating its global workforce to
seamlessly integrate and follow these guidelines, all captured in a
safety playbook that will be available for employees along with
personal protection and hygiene items, like masks and
sanitizer.
While exact return-to work-dates for most hourly and salaried
workers have not been determined, educating them now will enable
them to return to work as safely as possible.
“The health and safety of our employees has been – and remains –
our top priority as we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic,” said
Kiersten Robinson, Ford’s chief human resources officer. “We are
taking extensive measures that apply best practices from around the
world to make sure all of our facilities and workplaces will be
safe, clean and secure for when we return to work on-site. Every
team member will play a role in protecting themselves and their
colleagues as Ford reopens facilities around the world.”
The plan to return to work will continue to be updated with
input from global medical experts. Those experts include an
external epidemiologist and infectious disease experts, Ford’s
Global Data Insight and Analytics team, the UAW, in addition to
employing best-practices recommendations from the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization,
among others.
Reopening safety protocols include scheduling more time between
production shifts to limit interaction between employees and allow
for additional cleaning. Workspaces have been modified where
possible to allow for social distancing, and all Ford people –
hourly and salaried employees – will receive personal protective
equipment (PPE) to be worn inside Ford facilities. Supervisors are
being instructed to have salaried employees work according to
specific schedules to prevent unnecessary contact. Cafeterias,
small meeting rooms, fitness centers and other small common areas
where social distancing is not possible will remain closed.
Safety actions include:
- Daily online health self-certifications completed before work
every day. Employees or visitors who indicate they may have
symptoms or may have been exposed to the virus will be told not to
come to work.
- No-touch temperature scans upon arrival. Anyone with a raised
temperature will not be permitted to enter and will be instructed
to visit a physician to be cleared before returning to work.
- Required face masks for everyone entering a Ford facility.
Every Ford team member will be provided a care kit including a face
mask and other items to help keep them healthy and comfortable at
work.
- Safety glasses with side shields or face shields as added
requirements when jobs don’t allow for social distancing. Ford is
evaluating workstations and work patterns and will implement other
measures that protect workers whose jobs are typically performed
within 6 feet of another person.
- Facilities that have been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected
and will be cleaned with increased frequency when they reopen.
- Hand sanitation stations throughout Ford facilities and CDC
signs with proper handwashing methods in all restrooms.
- A comprehensive playbook with procedures and protocols that
detail how the Ford team will work together to help keep everyone
safe and healthy.
“Science and data are driving Ford’s return to work, including
close collaboration with experts in the field of infectious disease
and epidemiology, to set safety standards we are confident will
protect employees as they return to work,” said Dr. Walter
Talamonti, corporate medical director at Ford. “The protocols we’ve
established will require employees take multiple steps every day to
make sure that they are safe, healthy and able to work.”
Added Gary Johnson, Ford chief manufacturing and labor affairs
officer: “These protocols are the result of weeks of working
closely with our unions, especially the UAW, on assuring the health
and safety of our Ford family while planning how to reopen our
facilities. We have evidence that these protocols work and are
already using them without a single issue to date in Ford plants
where we are manufacturing ventilators and PPE for medical
personnel.”
“We continue to work toward the safest protocols available for
the safety of our members, their families and their communities,”
said Gerald Kariem, UAW vice president and director of the UAW Ford
Department. “Our biggest concern is the health and safety of our
UAW membership. We are encouraged by the results thus far of the
safety protocols being instituted at the plants making medical
equipment and in plans to implement these safeguards when it is
safe for our members to report for work. We also recognize that we
all have a role in self-reporting any exposure without
repercussions and in following through on implementing these
protections.”
Ford also is assisting dealers as they prepare to re-open their
showrooms. Among other initiatives, the company is supplying U.S.
dealerships with staff and customer PPE, such as masks and hand
sanitizer. Ford is producing some equipment and sourcing other
items in bulk quantities to help expedite deliveries to
dealers.
About Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is a global company based in Dearborn,
Michigan. The company designs, manufactures, markets and services a
full line of Ford cars, trucks, SUVs, electrified vehicles and
Lincoln luxury vehicles, provides financial services through Ford
Motor Credit Company and is pursuing leadership positions in
electrification; mobility solutions, including self-driving
services; and connected services. Ford employs approximately
188,000 people worldwide. For more information regarding Ford, its
products and Ford Motor Credit Company, please visit
www.corporate.ford.com.
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