Minnesota DOH: Nearly 800 workers tested positive for COVID-19 on Enbridge's Line 3 project | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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• As many as 788 workers have tested positive for COVID-19 on the $2.9 billion Enbridge Line 3 pipeline project in Minnesota since November, according to the data from the state's department of health shared with Construction Dive.
• The Minnesota Department of Health conducted an investigation to garner information about an increase in cases in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, that began in January. Health officials saw clusters of cases in multiple settings and had concerns about compliance with basic mitigation recommendations among community members.
• The department tried to mitigate the spread by increasing testing availability and opening vaccination clinics for the community. Of the 788 workers on Enbridge 3 who have tested positive, three were hospitalized and none died.

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The Line 3 project is replacing a 1,097-mile-long crude oil pipeline that runs from Edmonton, Canada, to Superior, Wisconsin. Segments of the project in Wisconsin and North Dakota were completed prior to the 337 miles of columbus oh dump truck company that is underway with the Line 3 replacement in Minnesota, which employed about 4,500 people during the winter surge in cases, according to Al Jazeera.

Calgary, Canada-based Enbridge began project columbus oh dump truck company in northern Minnesota in December of 2020, shortly before a winter surge of COVID-19 cases began in the region. Environmental and community activists raised concerns that the project could heighten coronavirus risks in the communities along the pipeline route. 

Despite the pushback, union leaders lauded the news, saying it would bring thousands of much-needed jobs to the region.

Employers in Minnesota are responsible for workplace contact tracing because they are the most equipped to identify workplace contacts through schedules, supervisor observations and video, the MDH statement said. AlthoughEnbridge's safety office shared findings from its contact tracing, the health department said it could not pinpoint the source of most of the infections.