The following construction 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.
A worker driving a vehicle was involved in a motor vehicle incident.
Injury Type: Injuries to fingers
Core Activity: Framing or residential forming / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Jan
A worker was drilling holes in a floor with a large half-inch drill when the worker’s glove became caught on the drill bit.
Injury Type: Fatal
Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Northern B.C.
Date of Incident: 2021-Dec
A worker entered a house under construction to refuel a gasoline-powered generator that was powering an electric heater. The worker was later found unresponsive. Carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected.
Injury Type: Fractured finger
Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2021-Dec
A worker was using an air blower to blow snow from suspended slab formwork in preparation for a concrete pour when the worker fell, landing on the same level.
A tower crane was rotating when its counter-jib contacted the load line of another tower crane in the overlapping operating zone.
Injury Type: Injury to lower body (1 worker)
Core Activity: Bridge, overpass, or viaduct construction or repair
Location: Northern B.C.
Date of Incident: 2021-Sep
Workers were accessing a newly installed bridge deck to cordon off areas related to a high-wind shut-down. During a wind gust, formwork that was part of the bridge deck and also part of the construction of a walkway became partially airborne and flipped onto the bridge deck, striking one of the workers.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Power pole, powerline, or transmission line installation, service, or repair / Excavator operation
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2021-Apr
During preparations for installing municipal street lighting, an excavator struck a 14 kV energized electrical line. Several feet of line were pulled from the ground but there was no release of hazardous energy. The excavator operator had slightly adjusted the route of the trench they were digging to avoid a road sign.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Excavator operation
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2021-Mar
During preparations for installing a new sewer line, an excavator struck and ruptured a 2.5-inch gas line, resulting in a release of natural gas. A locate had not been done that day, and the BC One Call information, which included the existence of the gas main in the location of the excavation, had not been checked. The utility owner attended the scene and repaired the damaged line.
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