The Boeing Company - General Discussion

Boeing figures released internally Saturday show that at end of day Friday, the company had 133 confirmed cases among employees worldwide, up from 118 a day earlier and from 73 one week earlier.



Of that total, 95 employees are in Washington state, up from 54 a week earlier.



This data also shows that in the first three days of April, 34 new COVID-19 cases were reported among Boeing’s workforce. Though local production was shut down and workers sent home on March 25, Washington state employees accounted for 21 of those new cases.



According to Boeing’s breakdown of those new cases, 14 of those work at the Everett widebody jet plant. Based on contact tracing interviews with the employees after they reported a positive test, the company said it believes only six were infectious while working inside the plant, while eight others “were not in the workplace when they were infectious.”

Earlier on Friday, a management conference call briefed Boeing front-line managers, telling them that a return to work Wednesday was still the plan. In that call, managers were told that due to a scarcity of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks and gloves, Boeing would not provide PPE to everyone in the factory, only to those in certain confined work areas.