Simmons Foods will offer COVID-19 vaccination to all employees using drive-through clinics manned by healthcare workers. This move follows the vaccination programs initiated by Tyson Foods and other producers in accordance with the State of Arkansas policy on prioritizing processing plant workers for COVID vaccination.
Russell Tooley, CAO for Simmons Foods, stated “We applaud Governor Hutchinson’s efforts to protect all Arkansans through an organized vaccine distribution program. We are grateful he has placed the priority on the people in food production who have worked throughout the pandemic to keep food on the table.”
Simmons regards vaccination as an additional step in protecting workers, complementing their ongoing program of supplying masks, enforcing social distancing on lines, enhanced cleaning, physical barriers, and health screening.