But younger employees there were sometimes lackadaisical, putting the masks down when managers looked the other way. Masks are required, according to both a corporate spokesman and the employee at the shuttered Aurora store. But when that employee went on vacation, or had to fill in for another employee on vacation, the system broke down. For example, an employee at the door limited the number of customers inside. The Aurora Supercenter employee agreed that such policies existed, but said enforcement could be scant at times. Walmart says it had protocols in place to allow for social distancing, mask-wearing and thin crowds. Tri-County Health says major changes will need to occur first. There is no timeline yet for reopening the Walmart. The decision by Tri-County Health to close the Walmart Supercenter followed a half-dozen complaints this week about inadequate conditions, according to regional health officials. “We’re supposed to only have a certain amount of people in there but we didn’t. They just bombarded at one time,” the employee said of Thursday’s crowd. There was no way we could be six feet apart.
Thursday was a chaotic day at the store, even before Tri-County Health officials decided to close it, according to an employee who spoke to The Denver Post on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisal. At least six other employees there have the virus, possibly more. So, too, was a 69-year-old security guard at the store. in Aurora, they said.īy Thursday, a 72-year-old employee was dead of COVID-19. There was something wrong at the store at 14000 East Exposition Ave. The complaints arrived at the Tri-County Health Department from worried Walmart employees and shoppers alike. Everyone was standing too close together. Employees were not wearing masks or covering their faces, they said.
There were too many people in the store, people said.
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