Bouvry said the employee is now quarantined at home as is any employee who was within close contact.

Premier Jason Kenney said 70 Albertans are in hospital with the virus; 18 of whom are in intensive care units.

Invisible to the eye, the novel coronavirus is an unprecedented threat to Nova Scotia's construction industry.

Occupational Health and Safety said there was a serious incident at approximately 9 p.m.

Colton Quast, who was an employee of A Circuit Electric Ltd., suffered life-threatening injuries last Thursday while working at the site in Nisku, Alta.

A family friend told Global News the 25-year-old remains in critical condition and is in a medically-induced coma while his injuries are assessed. 

A man was taken to hospital in critical, life-threatening condition after being electrocuted while working at the Amazon warehouse at the southern edge of Edmonton.

According to the site's owner, the worker slipped on ice on the top floor of the development at 370 Gary Martin Drive.

The crane came down in high winds on Sept. 7, 2019.

Halifax police had earlier charged supervisor Jeff Scott Gooch with criminal negligence causing the death of 22-year-old Brandon Alcorn in the March 13, 2018, incident.