Poultry farms to hospitals: Tracking and linking workplace hazards to
prevent chronic disease
Although the COVID-19 pandemic meant some employees packed up their offices and headed home to work, more than one-third of workers in Canada are employed in positions that require them to be physically present. These jobs range from the service industry to construction, where employees work closely together and often face the public. Before the pandemic, proximity to others was not necessarily a workplace safety concern, but that certainly changed in 2020.