SCF Securities, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Dec 12, 2020: Employee with covid-19 infection is hospitalized

An employee was working as an administrative specialist in the office of a securities broker where she worked at a desk work and communicated with clients over the phone. The employee was out on medical leave for an unrelated issue and then was home on vacation the week of November 30, 2020, to December 4. On December 2, the employee was exposed to COVID-19 by a visiting family member who had contact with a positive case on November 21. The employee's last day of full work was on December 9, and was briefly at work on December 10, before going to urgent care for a non-work-related injury that occurred on December 4. On December 12, the employee began to show symptoms of COVID-19 and was taken and admitted to the hospital where she was tested. The employee was confirmed to have COVID-19 on the following day. The employee was released from the hospital on December 19, and returned to work on January 11, 2021.