The construction industry hasn’t been portrayed as having the widespread outbreaks of COVID-19 that have plagued other sectors such as meatpacking plants, nursing homes and health care facilities. But there is no national data clearinghouse that tracks COVID-19 outbreaks by industry, including construction, and local media reports have highlighted dozens of outbreaks on jobsites.
Here, Construction Dive rounds up some of the larger COVID-19 outbreaks at construction sites across the U.S. and Canada since the pandemic began.