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: Multiple injuries
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| Core Activity: Commercial refrigeration or commercial air conditioning work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-May |
ID Number: 2018155500026 |
| A worker using a fixed ladder to access a roof fell about 15 feet to the parking lot below. |
Injury Type: Electrical burns
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| Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering / Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-May |
ID Number: 2018177720008 |
| A worker was in a boom lift painting an apartment building when the boom contacted a 14.4 kV energized overhead conductor. |
Injury Type: Suspected head injury, soft tissue injuries
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| Core Activity: Construction labour supply or general labour supply |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2018-May |
ID Number: 2018171900022 |
| A temporary worker, who was performing suspended slab-stripping activities, fell about 6 feet to the ground from a work platform positioned on falsework scaffolding. |
Injury Type: Puncture wound (1 worker)
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| Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2018-May |
ID Number: 2018173340005 |
| An argument between two workers escalated over the course of a workday, resulting in one worker shooting the other worker with a pneumatic nail gun. Police attended and intervened. |
Injury Type: Head injury
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| Core Activity: Plumbing, heating, vent, residential air conditioning, or central vacuum system installation or repair |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2018-May |
ID Number: 2018163500015 |
| While removing ducting, a worker inadvertently stepped through ceiling drywall and fell 13 feet to a concrete slab below. |
Injury Type: Injury to head
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| Core Activity: Plumbing, heating, vent, residential air conditioning, or central vacuum system installation or repair |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-May |
ID Number: 2018165370016 |
| A young worker was using a 4 1/2-inch angle grinder equipped with a cut-off disc to cut a cable. The disc broke during the operation and struck the worker. |
Injury Type: Multiple fractures, internal injuries (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-Apr |
ID Number: 2018181740005 |
| A young worker was on an aluminum extension ladder, handing a skylight (2 by 4 feet) to another worker. The unsecured ladder kicked out and the young worker fell about 21 feet. |
Injury Type: Leg fractures
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| Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Apr |
ID Number: 2018174000048 |
| While climbing down to the main deck from a work platform supported by outriggers, a worker fell about 2 feet. |
Injury Type: Multiple fractures
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| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Interior B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Apr |
ID Number: 2018183330002 |
| While performing framing duties on the flat roof of a commercial building, a worker fell through a roof opening 25 to 30 feet to grade. |
Injury Type: Bruising
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| Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Apr |
ID Number: 2018170660014 |
| A worker was moving a sand pot on wheels (about 1,500 pounds) when the sand pot tipped, pinning the worker’s leg to the floor. |
Injury Type: Chemical burns
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| Core Activity: Scaffolding, tent, staging, or display booth rental and installation |
| Location: Northern B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Apr |
ID Number: 2018124120020 |
| As a young worker was erecting scaffolding over a chemical storage tank, a fibreglass pipe broke. The worker was sprayed with a solution of 20 percent sodium hydroxide. |
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