Data Bulletin: Impact of COVID-19 on Construction Workers and Businesses

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• Journal Article:
  Impact of COVID-19 on construction workers and businesses
• Personal Author:
  Brown, Samantha ; Brooks, Raina D. ; Dong, Xiuwen S.
• Description:
  This issue focuses on COVID-19's economic impact on the construction industry from March through June 2020, including job losses, medical absences, and business closures. Key Findings; 1. From March to April 2020, nearly one million construction workers lost their jobs, of whom 55.1% were temporarily laid off. 2. About 673,000 Hispanic construction workers lost their jobs in April 2020; the percentage of job loss was higher than that of non-Hispanic workers (-19.8% vs. -12.7%). 3. From March to April 2020, construction employment fell 22.5% among self-unincorporated workers. 4. Absence from work due to personal medical reasons in construction increased 70% from March to April 2020. 5. Small businesses in construction were less likely than those in all nonfarm industries to report a large negative effect of COVID-19, but more likely to report moderate negative effects. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Construction Industry Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Delivery Of Health Care Economics Health Status Disparities Minority Health Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Safety Management Small Business Viral Diseases

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• Keywords:
  Construction; Construction industry; Construction workers; Statistical analysis; Small businesses; Work organization; Work operations; Economic analysis; Economic consequences; Economic impact; Economics; Unemployment; Racial factors; Worker health; Medical care; Infectious diseases; Infection control; Infection prevention; Viral diseases; Disease control; Disease prevention; COVID-19
• Source:
  CPWR Data Bulletin. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2020 Jul; :1-6
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Data Bulletin
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  NIOSH OH 009762
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061751
• Contact Point Address:
  Xiuwen Sue Dong, CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Email:
  SDong@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/95397/cdc_95397_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 964.56 KB ]