Injury Type: Amputated fingers
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Core Activity: Pile driving
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Location: Northern B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2017-Jan
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ID Number: 2017175160001
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While conducting troubleshooting and repair activities on a skid-steer loader, a worker sustained injuries to one hand.
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Injury Type: Fractured vertebrae, fractured bone in lower body
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Core Activity: Structural concrete forming
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2017-Jan
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ID Number: 2017117080001
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A worker lifted a piece of unsecured and unidentified plywood on a floor opening and stepped into a mechanical shaft opening, falling about 19.5 feet from level 3 to level 1 at a construction site.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Excavator operation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2017-Jan
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ID Number: 2017175280001
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An excavator was digging a trench for the installation of electrical services to a new building. The excavator broke a tee connection from an active 2-inch natural gas line. No injuries were sustained, but four neighbouring businesses were evacuated by the local police and fire department.
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Injury Type: Fractured leg bones
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Core Activity: Low slope roofing
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2016-Dec
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ID Number: 2017174090002
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A worker attempting to throw a pallet from a roof became entangled in loose shipping straps attached to the pallet. A fall protection system was not in place and the worker fell about 30 feet to the ground.
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Injury Type: Fractured ankle
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Core Activity: Structural concrete forming
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Dec
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ID Number: 2016175270013
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A young worker was installing a formwork panel on a suspended slab when the main beam was pulled by another worker, causing the panel and worker to fall to the concrete slab about 9 feet below.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Excavator operation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Dec
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ID Number: 2016175280015
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A mini-excavator being used to prepare a residential area for landscaping ruptured a 4-inch natural gas line. No injuries were sustained, but 12 residential units had to be evacuated.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Structural concrete forming
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Dec
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ID Number: 2016165370054
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A carpenter was cutting off excess waterproofing membrane with a reciprocating saw. As the carpenter brought the saw down through the membrane, he cut into a 600-volt cable which was obscured by the membrane. No injuries occurred.
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Injury Type: Fractured bone in foot
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2016-Dec
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ID Number: 2016124800074
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A worker slipped on roof sheathing and fell 15 feet to frozen ground.
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Injury Type: Multiple lower-body fractures
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Core Activity: Steep slope roofing
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2016-Dec
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ID Number: 2016161290039
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A roofer climbed out of an unguarded dormer window to access the roofing worksite. The worker, who was wearing a personal fall protection harness but was not connected to his lifeline, slipped on the icy, wet roofing material on the roof (reported to have a pitch of 7:12). The worker fell 22 feet to compact ground, narrowly missing a steel dumpster.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Structural concrete forming
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Dec
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ID Number: 2016117080020
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A tower crane was hoisting a load using a crane fork. The load, which was not secured by the use of the chains that were mounted and attached to the equipment, slipped off of the forks and fell, landing on a flatbed truck and street below. No injuries occurred.
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Injury Type: Fractured vertebra, soft-tissue injuries
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Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2016-Dec
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ID Number: 2016173340008
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A worker was found unresponsive after he fell 12.5 feet, head first, into a stairwell, from the top plate of a framed wall on the second floor of a single-family residence.
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Injury Type: Serious injuries to legs
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Core Activity: Railway maintenance
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Dec
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ID Number: 2016112010018
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Two workers were at or near railway tracks cleaning snow from a track switch when a train, using the same railway tracks and travelling towards the workers, struck one of them. The other worker moved out of the way of the train and was not injured.
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Injury Type: Penetrating nail gun injury
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Core Activity: Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2016-Dec
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ID Number: 2016161290038
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A new, young worker was working beneath another worker who was standing on a waist-level scaffold. The elevated worker was installing siding with a pneumatic nail gun. The young worker came into close proximity to the siding installer as the installer lowered his nail gun. The young worker contacted the gun and was struck in the head by a nail as the nail gun discharged.
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Injury Type: Pain in back and shoulder
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Core Activity: Electrical work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Dec
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ID Number: 2016113830074
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A worker fell about 8 feet while descending from a rolling stocking ladder. The worker landed on his back on one of the stairs, and continued to slide down.
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Injury Type: Soft-tissue injuries to head and one hand
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Core Activity: Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Dec
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ID Number: 2016171890039
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A worker installing building paper to the exterior of a new wood-frame single-family dwelling fell about 6 feet from a manufactured portable ladder when the base of the ladder slipped on an icy surface.
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Injury Type: Fractured foot bones
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Core Activity: Water well, foundational, or directional drilling
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Dec
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ID Number: 2016163710021
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As a temporary I-beam structure was being used to lower bulkheads into a sewer treatment tank, the anchors supporting the I-beam failed. The I-beam and bulkhead fell and struck a worker’s foot.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries (3 workers)
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Nov
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ID Number: 2016178110046
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A mast-climbing work platform was being used to perform exterior renovation work on a building. A failure occurred and the mast-climbing work platform, with three workers on it, fell about 20 feet to the ground.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Scaffolding rental and installation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Nov
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ID Number: 2016175280012
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A stand-alone, shrink-wrapped scaffold system that had been set up on the flat roof of an existing building failed and collapsed during high wind conditions.
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