新冠阳性:福特开工后又闪电关门
Just days after reopening its American assembly plants, Ford temporarily shut down two separate factories because employees tested positive for Covid-19.
就在福特美国组装厂重新开工的几天后,福特临时关闭了这两家独立的工厂,原因是员工的新冠病毒检测呈阳性。
One plant in Chicago that builds the Ford Explorer, the Lincoln Aviator and the Ford Interceptor police car stopped operations Tuesday afternoon after two employees tested positive for Covid-19.
周二下午,芝加哥一家生产福特探索者、林肯飞行员和福特拦截警车的工厂在两名员工的新冠病毒检测呈阳性后停止了运营。
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Then, Ford's plant in Dearborn Michigan that makes its bestselling F-150 pickup, shut down Wednesday.
然后,福特在密歇根州迪尔伯恩生产畅销F-150皮卡的工厂也于周三关闭。
Both plants, as well as other Ford plants across four Midwest states -- restarted production Monday after suspending production for about two months because of health concerns.
这两家工厂以及中西部四个州的其他福特工厂周一恢复生产,此前由于疫情问题已经停产了约两个月。
This week's stoppages were expected to be brief -- the Chicago plant was back in operation Wednesday morning, and the Dearborn plant is expected to resume operations later Wednesday night.
本周的停工预计将是短暂的——芝加哥工厂周三上午恢复运营,迪尔伯恩工厂预计将在周三晚些时候恢复运营。
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Still, the temporary shutdowns are a sign of the difficulty of operating factories while complying with enhanced safety measures put in place to deal with the pandemic.
不过,工厂暂时关闭表明,在遵守为应对疫情而加强的安全措施的同时,工厂的运营也面临一些困难。
The Chicago assembly plant briefly suspended production a second time Wednesday afternoon, because of a shortage of parts from a supplier, according to Ford.
据福特说,由于一家供应商的零部件短缺,这家位于芝加哥的装配厂周三下午再次短暂停产。
The Ford Chicago plant is expected to resume production Wednesday evening.
福特芝加哥工厂预计将于周三晚间恢复生产。
The disruption of Ford's supply chain was caused when the supplier, Lear (LEA), confirmed one of its employees at a plant in Hammond, Indiana, just over the state line from Chicago, had tested positive for Covid-19.造成福特供应链中断的原因是,供应商李尔证实,其在印第安纳州哈蒙德的一家工厂的一名员工在新冠病毒检测中呈阳性。
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"The facility has temporarily stopped production for deep cleaning and disinfection, and we have notified our plant team members, UAW partners and our customer," said Lear in a statement.
李尔公司在一份声明中说:“工厂已经暂时停止生产,进行深度清洁和消毒,我们已经通知了我们的工厂团队成员、联合汽车工会合作伙伴和我们的客户。
Even the partial-day shutdowns at random plants demonstrates how difficult it will be for automakers to resume operations while dealing with the pandemic, said Kristin Dziczek, vice president of industry, labor & economics at the Center for Automotive Research, a Michigan think tank.
密歇根智库汽车研究中心(负责工业、劳工和经济的副总裁克里斯汀·季切克(说,就连随机工厂的停工也显示出,汽车制造商在应对疫情的同时恢复运营有多么困难。
She said many of the auto plants that restarted operations in Asia have been forced to close, at least temporarily.
她说,许多在亚洲重新开工的汽车厂已经被迫关闭,至少是暂时关闭。
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"There are three things that have to all come together. You have to have a healthy work force, a healthy supply chain and healthy demand," she said.
“有三件事必须一起做到。你必须拥有健康的劳动力,健康的供应链和健康的市场需求,”她说。
"It's not just flip a switch and everything is as it was. It's very complicated."
“这不仅仅是按一下开关,一切都恢复了原样。这是非常复杂的。”
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