January 17, 2019
These summaries of selected Construction work-related incidents recently reported to WorkSafeBC may help you to prevent similar incidents.
See additional summaries online.
| Injury Type: Puncture wound to leg |
| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Dec |
| While framing a gable end on a residential construction project, a worker operating a pneumatic nail gun inadvertently discharged a nail (3 1/4 inches) into his leg. |
| Injury Type: Head injury |
| Core Activity: Structural concrete forming / House or other wood frame contracting, construction or renovation work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Dec |
| A worker on a straight aluminum ladder fell about 6 feet to the concrete slab below. |
| Injury Type: Lower body fractures |
| Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation / Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Dec |
| A worker inspecting the walls of a site prior to insulation being applied went under a barrier and fell through a duct opening. |
| Injury Type: Electric shock |
| Core Activity: Electrical work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Dec |
| A young worker removing wire from the conduit of a disconnected light fixture received an electric shock from a 347-volt single-phase feed. |
| Injury Type: Injury to back, bruising (1 worker) |
| Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Dec |
| A worker was halfway up a 12-foot ladder, painting an outside wall near a garage door. Another worker opened the garage door, and a recreational vehicle that was in for repair backed out and struck the ladder. The first worker fell to grade. |
| Injury Type: Puncture wound to leg |
| Core Activity: Steep slope roofing |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Nov |
| While installing asphalt shingles on a four-storey apartment building, a worker inadvertently discharged a roofing nail (1 1/4 inches) from a pneumatic nail gun into his leg. |
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