O'Reilly Auto Parts controversies
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2021
New Mexico officials fine O’Reilly Auto Parts over COVID-19 safety violations
Fine or penalty
New Mexico state officials fined O’Reilly Auto Parts in Lovington $242,827 over two cited COVID-19 safety violations. Officials said the location failed to keep symptomatic employees from coming to work and did not properly sanitize and disinfect shared vehicles. O’Reilly’s spokesperson disputed the conclusions and proposed fines and said the company intended to contest them.
Company response
Denial — O’Reilly
“We do not agree with the conclusions, or proposed fines, described in the citations.
Source excerpt
“We do not agree with the conclusions, or proposed fines, described in the citations. There is a formal process for contesting these matters and at this time we intend to follow that process," a spokesperson said.
State officials issued fines to O’Reilly Auto Parts in Lovington, and deemed it an unsafe workplace.
“They were not making efforts to make sure symptomatic employees were not coming to work and they were also not taking proper steps to sanitize and disinfect various vehicles that employees shared," Hayden said.