COVID-19 Workplace Outbreaks by Industry Sector and Their Associated Household Transmission, Ontario, Canada, January to June, 2020.
J Occup Environ Med
; 63(7): 574-580, 2021 07 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1216688
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To analyze workplace outbreaks by industry sector in the first wave of the pandemic, and associated household cases.METHODS:
Number, size, and duration of outbreaks were described by sector, and outbreak cases were compared to sporadic cases in the same time frame. Address matching identified household cases with onset ≥2âdays before, ≥2âdays after, or within 1âday of the workplace outbreak case.RESULTS:
There were 199 outbreaks with 1245 cases, and 68% of outbreaks and 80% of cases belonged to (1) Manufacturing, (2) Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, (3) Transportation and Warehousing. There were 608 household cases associated with 339 (31%) outbreak cases, increasing the burden of illness by 56%.CONCLUSIONS:
Workplace outbreaks primarily occurred in three sectors. Prevention measures should target industry sectors at risk to prevent spread in and out of the workplace.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Disease Outbreaks
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Workplace
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Public Health Surveillance
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Occup Environ Med
Journal subject:
Occupational Medicine
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Environmental Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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