CPC Corp. Testing All Dalin Refinery Employees 中油大林廠3員工確診 召回2300人篩檢

Three workers at CPC Corporation's Dalin Refinery in Kaohsiung recently tested positive. The company has been asking retired employees about their willingness to come back to work to ensure the outbreak won't affect the oil production . 

A security guard takes temperatures at the entrance of CPC Corporation's Dalin Refinery in Kaohsiung. Three employees recently tested positive for COVID-19. They all work at the 12th distillery. The Kaohsiung City Government ordered the company to test all 2,300 of the refinery's employees. You have to get tested before you can return to work. Those people who work early shifts took them before reporting for work. According to reports, 1,901 people were tested as of Feb. 16, and all results were negative. The company is afraid that an outbreak will affect production, so it is inquiring with retired employees from each of the refinery's departments about their willingness to come and provide support.
 

Chang Ray-chung, Spokesperson, CPC Corporation: “We asked newly retired senior colleagues about their willingness to return to the company to provide support during this transition, because they understand how the refinery operates. Asking them about their willingness can be considered a preparatory measure. You can say we're making preparations.”

CPC Corporation said it will continue contacting retired employees, and added that this is only a backup measure. The refinery is currently operating normally and the output has not been affected. There is a testing site, but it's inside the complex. Nearby residents say another testing site should be set up in their community.

Resident: “It's necessary. (What do you mean?) This is a better way to prevent disease.”

Resident:  “If the transmission chain expands, then they should consider setting up a testing site here.”

Previously, testing sites were set up in implicated districts after transmission chains involving Kaohsiung came to light. Health officials said they will monitor this outbreak and a community testing site will be set up if needed.

保全守在大門邊幫進出人員量體溫，中油高雄大林廠3名員工確診，是第十二蒸餾工場的同班員工，市府下令全廠2300名員工都必須篩檢。中油大林廠保全表示，「做完（篩檢）才能下班，有的早上輪第一班的人，就是做一做才去上班。」

大林廠員工陸續回廠區做篩檢，到16日為止共篩檢1901位員工，全數陰性。就怕萬一群聚擴大會影響生產，除了繼續篩檢，中油也向大林廠各單位的退休員工，徵詢回廠支援的意願。

中油發言人張瑞宗表示:「新晉退休的資深同仁，這段過渡時期是不是願意回公司來協助，因為他對他自己的工場的特性了解，當然徵詢他們的意願，這個基本上算是一個前置規劃的作業，等於我們講說是做一個準備。」

中油表示會進一步跟退休員工協商，但也強調這只是備案，大林廠目前運作正常，產能不受影響。但由於現在只有廠內設篩檢站，鄰近的大林蒲居民認為，社區也該設篩檢站。 

大林蒲居民認為:「應該是需要啦，因為這樣防堵比較確實。」、「傳播鏈有再擴大的話，那就可以考慮在這邊設一個篩檢站。」

先前高雄港或跨縣市群聚等傳播鏈，為確保社區安全，都有在旗津或岡山等地設篩檢站，對大林廠的群聚，衛生局回應會觀察疫情發展，若有必要，就會做社區篩檢。