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.
While installing roof shingles, a worker fell from the roof.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Crane operation / Commercial or highrise residential contracting or construction / Structural concrete forming
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Mar
On a construction site, two conventional tower cranes had overlapping operating zones. The jib of the lower crane contacted the load line of the higher crane.
Injury Type: Temporary loss of consciousness
Core Activity: Structural concrete reservoir, dam, dyke, or tunnel construction or repair
Location: Northern B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Mar
A worker at a construction site was accessing an exterior walkway when they slipped and fell on an icy patch.
Injury Type: Injury to back
Core Activity: Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Mar
A worker was transferring from the ladder access to the platform of a manufactured scaffold (frames of 5 by 5 feet). The worker slipped and fell about 14 feet to a gravel surface.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Steel frame erection / Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Mar
Twenty-eight manufactured open web steel joists had been partially installed for a concrete tilt-up building. After hours, when no workers were present, 27 of the joists fell about 42 feet to the concrete slab below.
A worker was operating a mobile crane truck, flying a rigged bundle of form panels to its bed. The worker fell about 4 feet from a concrete foundation wall and sustained fatal injuries.
Injury Type: Fractured leg
Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Mar
A young worker was about to descend from a patio ledge using a rope access system when they slipped and swung into the building.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Crane operation / Framing or residential forming / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Mar
A tower crane was hoisting a load from a grade when the load inadvertently contacted a building under construction.
Injury Type: Injury to upper body
Core Activity: Plumbing, heating, vent, residential air conditioning, or central vacuum system installation or repair
Location: Northern B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Mar
A worker was on an extension ladder, installing a small gas valve for a radiant heater supply line. The valve was 15.5 feet above floor level. The base of the ladder was placed on three sheets of plywood that were stacked on top of one another, laying flat on the cement floor. The top piece of plywood slipped, causing the bottom of the ladder to slide out from the wall and the worker to fall to the ground.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Excavation operation / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Mar
An excavator was conducting backfilling activities around a residential foundation when the excavator’s boom contacted a 7.2 kV overhead power line. The operator was not injured.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Crane operation / Structural concrete forming / Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Feb
A scissor lift drove over a cable containing a 480 volt energized conductor supplying electrical power to a tower crane. The low-profile undercarriage of the scissor lift damaged the cable, resulting in a loss of power to the crane, an arc flash, and two blown fuses in the electrical room. The equipment was locked out and repaired.
Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
Core Activity: Concrete reinforcing / Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Feb
As a worker was climbing down from a stack of flyform panels, they stepped on a tear-away strip of one of the panels. The strip of plywood broke off the panel and the worker fell about 5 feet to the concrete surface below.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Pre-engineered steel building construction
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Feb
One wall of a partially constructed, prefabricated steel wastewater treatment shed collapsed.
Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
Core Activity: Window or glass installation, replacement, or repair
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Feb
A worker was dumping construction debris from a pickup with a hydraulic dump box. The box became stuck in the upright raised position and the worker got underneath it to try to fix it. The box dislodged and landed on the worker.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Road construction
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Jan
A rock truck was reversing to dump a box of material into a containment transfer zone. When the box was raised to complete the dump, the rear tires left the stable roadway and sank into soft adjacent ground. The resulting torque forced the front wheels off the ground, and the cab rotated 90 degrees and came to rest on its side. The driver exited the cab via an access ladder provided by other workers. No injuries were reported.
Injury Type: Fracture to upper body (1 worker)
Core Activity: Oil or gas pipeline construction or repair
Location: Northern B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Jan
A worker was helping a welder reposition a steel “H” beam. While turning the beam, the worker lost their footing on the slippery snow-packed surface and fell forward onto the beam’s flange. The worker, who temporarily lost consciousness, was transported to hospital by company ambulance.
Injury Type: Injury to head
Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2021-Sep
A worker fell about 9 feet from a ladder to concrete at grade.
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