March 28, 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: Injury to upper body |
| Core Activity: Masonry |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Mar |
| While positioning wooden scaffolding planks on a hop-up scaffolding bracket, a worker stepped on the unsupported end of a plank and fell about 7 feet, striking a concrete vent shaft. |
| Injury Type: Crush injuries to feet (1 worker) |
| Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Mar |
| On the deck of a barge, workers were welding pieces of steel pipe together. A large pipe (79 feet long, 30 inches in diameter, 5/8 inch thick; weghing about 13,588 pounds) was being rotated and lifted by a forklift. The pipe rolled off the forks and injured a worker. |
| Injury Type: Close call |
| Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Feb |
| As a worker positioned a 16-foot aluminum beam at the edge of suspended slab formwork on a concrete highrise building, the beam rolled, fell 32 storeys, and landed on a vehicle parked next to the jobsite. |
| Injury Type: Multiple fractures |
| Core Activity: Decking application or waterproofing |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Feb |
| A worker conducting balcony restoration work fell about 30 feet from an unguarded balcony edge to ground level. |
| Injury Type: Exposure to a hazardous substance |
| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Feb |
| A new, young worker was retrieving a 4 litre bottle of muriatic acid. It fell, causing the lid to come off and some acid to splash onto the worker. |
| Injury Type: Violence in the workplace (2 workers) |
| Core Activity: Excavation operation |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Jan |
| A worker approached another worker on a construction site. A confrontation resulted and punches were thrown by both workers. |
| Injury Type: Suspected concussion (1 worker) |
| Core Activity: Concrete reinforcing / Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential general contracting or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Jan |
| Workers were installing a 24-foot-high reinforcing zone when a “hairpin” (15 mm diameter by 13 inches long) fell from an undetermined work area above and struck a worker’s safety headgear. |
| Injury Type: Lacerated leg |
| Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Jan |
| A worker was cutting numerous sheets of plywood with a circular saw when it jammed and kicked back. The blade contacted the worker’s leg. |
| Injury Type: Multiple fractures |
| Core Activity: Low slope roofing |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Jan |
| A young worker was applying waterproofing membrane to a low sloped roof on a manufactured home. The worker walked backward off the unguarded roof surface and fell about 16 feet to grade. |
| Injury Type: Concussion, fractures |
| Core Activity: Framing or residential forming |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Dec |
| A worker was holding an interior 2×6 framed inside bearing wall, 9 feet high by 8 feet long, while modifications were being made. The wall panel fell over onto the worker. |
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