By comparison, healthcare workers were overrepresented when it came to COVID-19 deaths. That industry represented 8.5% of all working-age COVID-19 deaths, but just 7.6% of deaths due to all causes. And since January, construction workplaces have accounted for between 8% and 9% of Colorado’s COVID-19 outbreaks, far below inpatient healthcare, corrections and school settings in the state.
Still, the fact that construction workers in Colorado also represented the most deaths from all causes underlines both the size of the industry in the state, and just how dangerous physical construction work is.
