Construction incident summaries are based on information obtained as soon as possible after the incidents: they are preliminary and subject to change. Details have been edited to protect workers’ privacy.
Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Jun
ID Number: 2025203080008
A worker was on an elevated scissor lift, installing a component to an overhead beam in a warehouse ceiling. Contact was made with an overhead gas line, causing damage and a release of gas. Workers were evacuated from the building. The utility owner shut off the gas and repaired the line.
Injury Type: Multiple injuries
Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation / Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Jun
ID Number: 2025203080007
A young worker was applying drywall mud to the ceiling of a unit on the fifth floor. The worker was working on stilts in an area adjacent to an unguarded window opening. The worker fell 50 feet to grade below.
Injury Type: Injury to head and arm
Core Activity: Structural concrete forming
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Jun
ID Number: 2025210660002
A worker was doing routine cleaning when they inadvertently removed a piece of plywood covering an access point to a vault and fell about 8 feet into the vault. The worker was wearing a safety helmet when they fell.
Injury Type: Fractures
Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-May
ID Number: 2025200810012
A worker without personal fall protection accessed an unguarded exterior deck. The worker fell from the deck to gravel 11 feet below.
Injury Type: Injury to upper body
Core Activity: Traffic control
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-May
ID Number: 2025210670007
A traffic control person (TCP) was monitoring alternating single-vehicle traffic when they were struck by a passing vehicle.
Injury Type: Injuries to arm
Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work / Highrise residential contracting or construction / Structural concrete forming
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-May
ID Number: 2025165370016
A young worker was standing about 6 feet up a 10-foot ladder when the ladder support failed, causing the worker to fall to a concrete floor.
Injury Type: Injuries to fingers
Core Activity: Framing or residential forming
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-May
ID Number: 2025206820002
A worker was using a cordless circular saw to cut 2×4 lumber when one of their hands contacted the blade.
Injury Type: Injuries to upper body
Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-May
ID Number: 2025186470007
A worker was working from an 8-foot ladder. While adjusting their position, they fell about 5 feet to grade.
Injury Type: Injuries to head and lower body (1 worker)
Core Activity: Window or glass installation, replacement, or repair
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-May
ID Number: 2025165370015
A crew was on a manufactured scaffold system, removing damaged glass panels from an overhead awning on an occupied highrise building. Workers above passed a piece of glass down to a worker standing on scaffolding without guardrails. The worker (a young worker) lost balance and fell backward, landing on concrete about 11 feet below.
Injury Type: Injuries to arm
Core Activity: Low slope roofing
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-May
ID Number: 2025207240011
During torch on roofing, a small fire occurred. A worker who tried to extinguish it sustained injuries from the hot membrane. The fire department attended, evacuated the building, and ensured that any hot spots were extinguished.
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