Recent Work Related Incidents Reported to WorkSafeBC

Injury Type: Multiple injuries
Core Activity: Structural concrete forming
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2018-Jan	ID Number: 2018178110001
A young worker was using an aluminum ladder to access a column form for rigging purposes. The worker fell about 4 feet to the concrete slab below.

Injury Type: Lower body fracture
Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2017-Dec	ID Number: 2017166920022
While installing sheathing on a 3:12 sloped roof, a young worker fell about 18 feet to grade.

Injury Type: Fractured arm, bruising to head
Core Activity: Low slope roofing
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2017-Dec	ID Number: 2017161290024
A worker stepped onto a new residential roof from a skylight access at a height of about 23 feet. The worker put on his fall protection harness to connect to the already installed lifeline and slipped on the frost-covered plywood. The worker fell onto an unfinished deck on the second level.

Injury Type: Injury to head
Core Activity: Framing or residential forming
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2017-Nov	ID Number: 2017181740011
A young worker was using a pneumatic nail gun to attach plywood sheeting to an exterior wall. A small wire discharged from the nail gun, striking the worker.