Marinette Shipyard Worker Tests Positive For COVID 19

Friday, April 24, 2020 3:54 a.m. CDT by Robert Kennedy

PHOTO: Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Midwest Communications Inc. 

MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Fincantieri Marinette Marine has confirmed one of its employees tested positive for COVID-19.

Officials say the employee notified shipyard leadership Thursday.

“I appreciate that this employee put the health and welfare of our teammates first by alerting leaders as soon as they tested positive”, said Jan Allman, CEO of Fincantieri Marinette Marine. “This allowed us to immediately execute our response plan.”

The employee who tested positive has not been in the Marinette shipyard since April 17 and has been recovering in quarantine.

Officials say about a dozen employees were identified by Michigan and Wisconsin health officials as having potential exposure to the confirmed employee.

Those employees have been notified and are under quarantine and will be allowed to enter the workplace no earlier than May 1, provided they are cleared by their medical providers.

Marinette Marine says it continues to follow the CDC as well as state and local health departments to take all necessary actions including exposure containment, quarantining, and an intense sanitization of potentially affected areas.

This is the only confirmed COVID-19 case at any of the U.S. Fincantieri shipyards.