These summaries of selected Construction work-related incidents recently reported to WorkSafeBC may help you to prevent similar incidents.
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Injury Type: Back and lower body injuries (1 worker)
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| Core Activity: Excavation, or private landfill or transfer station operation |
| Location: Northern B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Jul |
ID Number: 2018179460066 |
| A rubber-tracked mini-excavator was being used to expose a water line. The sides of the trench excavation (about 5 feet deep and 6 feet wide) were not sloped, benched, or shored. A young worker was in the trench moving a sump pump when the south side collapsed, trapping the worker above the waist in sand, clay, and rock. Workers at the site were able to quickly rescue the worker from the collapse. |
Injury Type: Lower body fracture
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| Core Activity: Traffic control |
| Location: Northern B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Jul |
ID Number: 2018179420013 |
| A traffic control person (a young worker) was struck by a vehicle driven by a non-worker. |
Injury Type: Fractured vertebra
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| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Interior B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Jun |
ID Number: 2018181920023 |
| A young worker on the top of a suspended ceiling system fell to grade. |
Injury Type: Laceration to arm (1 worker)
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| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Jun |
ID Number: 2018181740012 |
| A worker removed the plywood that was protecting the floor opening for a new staircase on the fourth floor of a modular unit. Another worker inadvertently walked into the opening and fell about 20 feet to the wooden landing below. |
Injury Type: Injury to leg
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| Core Activity: Structural concrete forming |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Jun |
ID Number: 2018114550039 |
| A young worker was on the sixth level at a construction site, installing casters to move a fly table. One side of the fly table dropped, striking the worker. The worker was attended to by on-site first aid and emergency personnel and brought to grade via the designated emergency platform. |
Injury Type: Injury to head, lower body fracture
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| Core Activity: Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Jun |
ID Number: 2018181740010 |
| A worker was using an extension ladder to access an upper balcony area. While positioned at about 15 feet, the worker fell off the ladder and onto the asphalt driveway below. |
Injury Type: Temporary loss of consciousness
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| Core Activity: Steep slope roofing |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Jun |
ID Number: 2018180140010 |
| A worker was working on the leading edge of a very narrow 12:12 sloped skirt roof when the metal toe-hold bracket installed on the roof broke free. The worker fell about 15 feet to grade. |
Injury Type: Undetermined injuries to upper body
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| Core Activity: Construction labour supply or general labour supply / Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting, or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-May |
ID Number: 2018147100005 |
| A worker fell off a scaffold and landed on the concrete floor about 7 feet below. The injured worker was brought down from the tenth floor of the highrise by crane. |
Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
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| Core Activity: Framing or residential forming |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Apr |
ID Number: 2018178050005 |
| A young worker fell 23 feet while installing subfascia board on second-storey overhanging trusses. |
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