worksite

noun

work·​site ˈwərk-ˌsīt 

variants or work site

plural worksites or work sites

1

: a place where construction, demolition, renovation, or repair work is in progress

The course will make site workers aware of the differences between disaster sites and regular construction or demolition worksites …

—North Country Now (Potsdam, New York)

"We have started to install erosion controls at the worksite off of Oakdale Avenue and crews have completed the installation of one rock entrance to the worksite …," said Energy Transfer spokesperson Joe Massaro.

—Damon C. Williams

The new, permanent repairs will consist of removing the two existing bridge spans and installing two new ones. … Crews will also replace gravel and rails as well as perform some minor resurfacing at the work site.

—Christopher Cann

MHBA [=Manitoba Home Builder's Association] renovator members take worksite safety just as seriously.

—Lanny McInnes

2

: a place (such as an office or factory) where people work : workplace

The … survey covers 131,000 businesses and government agencies which make up 670,000 worksites …

—Nate DiCamillo

… large numbers of employees have only a virtual presence at their worksites.

—The Victoria (British Columbia) Times Colonist

Examples of worksite in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Average worksite employees paid by professional employer organization services increased 3% over the previous quarter to about 742,000. —Trefis Team, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024

An inspector with the Mississippi Department of Transportation who was at the worksite when the bridge collapsed was unharmed, the department said. —Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2024

Thursday’s lawsuit, filed on behalf of Julian Hagins, says that roughly 295 employees who worked at its New York headquarters and at least 50 employees who were based in surrounding worksites were terminated, effective Sept. 30. —Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024

But the understaffed Cal/OSHA has in recent years conducted 1,000 fewer heat inspections of worksites a year, and issued hundreds fewer violations, compared to pre-pandemic, CalMatters reported this summer. —Calmatters, The Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined at sense 1