December 2016 – Recent Work Related Incidents Reported to WorkSafeBC

Injury Type: Suspected head injury

Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction

Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.

Date of Incident: 2016-Dec

ID Number: 2016171900088

A worker slipped on a frost-covered formwork deck of a building under construction and sustained a suspected head injury. The worker regained consciousness when the first aid attendant arrived on the scene. The worker was taken down from the 11th floor, where the incident occurred, by way of the dedicated emergency platform/tower crane.

Injury Type: Laceration to upper body (1 worker), soft-tissue injuries (1 worker)

Core Activity: Building demolition

Location: Lower Mainland

Date of Incident: 2016-Dec

ID Number: 2016171890038

Two workers were on a boom-supported elevating work platform. As they were removing components from an overhead roll-up door, the components, under tension, struck the workers.

Injury Type: Close call

Core Activity: Decking application or waterproofing

Location: Lower Mainland

Date of Incident: 2016-Nov

ID Number: 2016170880073

Three maintenance workers were on a suspended work platform replacing window gaskets on the 28th floor of a building. When the workers were unable to operate the work platform, the fire department assisted in their rescue.

Injury Type: Electrical burns

Core Activity: Concrete placing, finishing, surfacing, or repair

Location: Lower Mainland

Date of Incident: 2016-Nov

ID Number: 2016178000006

A worker received an electric shock while carrying an aluminum-handled concrete finishing float in close proximity to energized high voltage lines.

Injury Type: Injury to head

Core Activity: Structural concrete forming

Location: Lower Mainland

Date of Incident: 2016-Nov

ID Number: 2016166710035

A young worker walking across a horizontal concrete slab form was struck by rigging chains that were being lowered to pick up a load.