Incident summaries are based on information obtained as soon as possible after the incidents: they are preliminary and subject to change. Details have been edited to protect workers’ privacy.
Injury Type: Multiple fractures, possible concussion
Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2021-Feb
While unloading plywood from the forks of a telehandler, a worker stepped on an unsecured piece of plywood and fell through an opening in the slab. The worker landed about 12 feet below, on the second floor.
Injury Type: Injury to upper body (1 worker)
Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2021-Feb
Workers were using a telehandler with a lifting attachment to place 20-foot vertical rebar columns. During one lift, the lifting attachment detached from the telehandler. The column and lifting attachment collapsed to the ground near three workers. One of the workers was struck and injured.
Injury Type: Bruising and swelling
Core Activity: Traffic control / Local government and related operations
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2021-Feb
A traffic control person (TCP) was working in a work zone adjacent to a roadway. A passing dump truck lost its rear dual-tire assembly from the axle. The TCP was struck by a wheel stud and nut that was ejected from the axle hub.
Injury Type: Fractured leg
Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Northern B.C.
Date of Incident: 2021-Feb
Nine steel trusses (each about 20 feet long, 2.5 feet high, weighing 1,200 pounds) were being unloaded from a trailer and placed on the ground. After the unloading, one fell over, striking a worker’s leg.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2021-Jan
As a crane was offloading multiple prefabricated rebar cages from a flatbed truck, the load separated and some of the rebar cages fell about 15 feet to grade.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2021-Jan
A fire occurred in a house that was undergoing a large renovation. The house was just about to receive the windows to complete the lock-up when the fire occurred. The cause is under investigation.
Injury Type: Fractured ribs, internal injuries
Core Activity: Framing or residential forming
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2021-Jan
A worker stepped out of a second-floor window, onto a skirt roof on a new three-storey house. The worker slid 8-10 feet to the roof edge and fell about 16 feet to grade. The roof was sheathed but not fully papered and may have been icy.
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