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.
Injury Type: Temporary loss of consciousness, fractured ribs
Core Activity: Low slope roofing
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Feb
A worker was on an extension ladder, trying to secure it from inadvertent movement, when the worker fell about 8 feet to grade.
Injury Type: Bruising, possible fracture
Core Activity: Wood frame construction or renovation work / Commercial construction
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Jan
A set of temporary stairs between the second and third floors collapsed with a worker on it. The worker fell about 16 feet, hitting framing members on the way down.
Injury Type: Laceration to head
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 conducting framing activities on an open floor about 13 feet 9 inches above grade when the worker fell through the floor joists to the ground.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Blasting
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Jan
During blasting operations, fly material travelled about 90 metres, striking two vehicles and a house outside the jobsite.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Building demolition
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Jan
A 39-foot end-dump garbage truck was unloading its bin. To get all the garbage out, the truck pulled forward with the bin in the air. As the truck pulled forward, the bin contacted overheard 25 kV power lines. The system became overloaded and tripped, and the power lines became de-energized. No injuries were reported.
Injury Type: Burns
Core Activity: Electrical work
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Jan
A worker was testing a newly installed, de-energized 25 kV switch in an electrical vault. The worker inadvertently contacted an energized part of a 12.5 kV transformer, which was located behind the area where the worker was performing the testing.
Injury Type: Injuries to upper body
Core Activity: Traffic control / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Jan
A worker conducting traffic control on a municipal roadway was struck by a motor vehicle driven by a member of the public.
A crane operator was moving a load and attempting to place it through an opening in the ground floor slab to the floor below. The load contacted the guardrails and protruding rebar dowels and the load dropped and landed on the parkade level about 15 feet below.
Injury Type: Burns
Core Activity: Low slope roofing / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Jan
A worker was applying torch-on roofing membrane at a residential construction site. A portion of the roof ignited. The worker sustained burn injuries while removing tools and equipment from the roof.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Jan
A large concrete panel (similar to those used in tilt-up construction) fell to the ground from its standing, un-braced position. The panel struck a self-propelled elevating work platform parked in the area and came to rest partially on it. No one was injured as a result of the panel failure.
Injury Type: Cuts and bruising
Core Activity: Excavator operation
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Jan
An excavator doing snow removal work was positioned on a snow pile. As the excavator bucket was swinging, the snow pile gave way and the excavator rolled over, injuring the operator.
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