As information has come to light about the Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s handling of a workplace complaint from the Tyson Foods plant in Perry regarding COVID-19, the State House legislator for the City of Perry shares his thoughts on the issue.

Last week the Associated Press released records that showed OSHA received an April 11th complaint alleging of the virus’ spread, and that OSHA declined to inspect the plant and didn’t alert Tyson to the complaint until April 20th, and closed the inquiry on April 28th. Governor Kim Reynolds (R) has defended the state agency, claiming they appeared to follow their normal and appropriate process. U.S. Congresswoman for Iowa’s Third District Cindy Axne (D) has requested the Iowa Division of Labor conduct an investigation of the complaint.

State House District 20 Representative Ray Sorensen (R) echoed the Governor’s statements to Raccoon Valley Radio, but did mention some concerns, “I’d like to have clarification on a couple more questions, like what type of complaints would trigger an onsite inspection and why didn’t that qualify that complaint. And what changes need to be made in the vetting of claims during a pandemic.”

You can hear more from Sorensen during Monday’s Let’s Talk Guthrie County program on air and at raccoonvalleyradio.com.