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Injury Type: Serious internal injury and fractures
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Core Activity: Low slope roofing
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Feb
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ID Number: 2015171890096
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A worker fell about 15 feet from a roof to a concrete sidewalk while inspecting a roof.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Residential demolition
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Feb
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ID Number: 2015158910008
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Workers at a residential duplex under demolition noticed the odour of natural gas and contacted emergency services, who responded and determined that neither the gas nor the electrical utility services had been properly disconnected. The utility service providers attended the site and isolated the services.
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Injury Type: Concussion, upper-body fracture
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Core Activity: Framing or residential forming
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Feb
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ID Number: 2015157620061
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A worker was on a ladder, using a crowbar to remove a piece of plywood. When the plywood released, the worker fell from the ladder to the ground below.
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Injury Type: Suspected head injury
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Core Activity: Construction labour supply
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Feb
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ID Number: 2015171900009
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Half a sheet of oriented strand board struck the back of a worker’s head. The board was dropped by a worker who was above the other worker on a scaffold system. It was reported that the board slipped out of the higher worker’s hands and fell about 3 feet before striking the worker who was bending over. The injured worker was wearing safety headgear.
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Injury Type: Possible concussion; head laceration
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame general contracting, construction, or renovation work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Feb
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ID Number: 2015175370010
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A worker was using an extension ladder to access a window to take measurements. The base of the ladder slipped out and the worker fell 8-9 feet to the floor.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries to finger
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Core Activity: Plumbing installation or repair / Excavator operation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Jan
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ID Number: 2015170150027
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A mini excavator was backfilling a trench when the operator’s finger got caught between the base of the control lever and the trunk of a tree beside the excavator. (The excavator was not equipped with a cab.)
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Injury Type: Fatal
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame general contracting, construction, or renovation work
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Location: Northern B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Jan
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ID Number: 2015160670009
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As a mini excavator was being offloaded from a flat-deck trailer attached to a pickup truck, the pickup and trailer began to roll down the sloped residential street. The operator jumped from the mini excavator, which was still on the trailer, sustaining multiple injuries. The worker later succumbed to these injuries.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential general contracting
or construction
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Dec
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ID Number: 2015163750099
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During anchor drilling activities to re-shore a bulk excavation, a 13-foot anchor penetrated a concrete-encased electrical duct bank. The anchor contacted a 12-kV high-voltage conductor, resulting in loss of power to a nearby building.
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