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.
Core Activity: Plumbing, heating, vent, or residential air conditioning installation or repair / Chemical wholesale
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Apr
A worker used an extension ladder (about 10 feet long) to access a mezzanine and turn off a hot water tank. As the worker descended the ladder, it slipped out and the worker fell 8 to 9 feet to the ground.
Injury Type: Multiple fractures, laceration
Core Activity: Welding services or ornamental metal installation
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Apr
A worker was preparing to install an aftermarket flatdeck onto the chassis of a large pickup truck. As the worker was repositioning the flatdeck, it tipped over, striking, pinning, and injuring them. Workers of a neighbouring business provided first aid until an ambulance arrived to transport the worker to hospital.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Excavation operation
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Apr
While excavating in the backyard of an existing home, an excavator contacted a half-inch gas line. The utility owner and fire department were called. No injuries occurred. The utility owner controlled the release of natural gas and repaired the damaged line.
Injury Type: Injury to finger
Core Activity: Crane operation / Oil or gas production
Location: Northern B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Apr
A worker was trying to move a crane counterweight using a lifting arm. As the slide section of the lifting arm was being lowered, one of the worker’s fingers was pinched.
Injury Type: Laceration to head, soft tissue injuries to hand
Core Activity: Structural concrete forming / Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Apr
A worker was installing suspended slab formwork when the wooden 4×6 the worker was working from slipped. The worker fell 8 feet 2 inches to the ground.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Blasting / Excavation operation
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Mar
Workers initiated a blast at a construction site. Fly rock struck an occupied house about 60 metres from the blast area. No one was injured.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Concrete pumping / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Mar
As a concrete pump truck was delivering cast-in-place concrete, suspended concrete slab formwork partially collapsed.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Excavator operation
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Mar
As a trench was being excavated in preparation for the installation of underground utilities, a tooth on the excavator’s bucket hooked a junction in a natural gas line. The line ruptured, and the area was evacuated until the utility owner had repaired the line. No one was injured.
Injury Type: Fractured wrist
Core Activity: Structural concrete forming
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Mar
A young worker was on an extension ladder set on a work platform, trying to connect hardware on a high-lift elevator core formwork wall. The worker fell about 20 feet to the deck.
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
While attempting to locate a municipal sewer line connection, a contractor penetrated a 1.5-inch natural gas line. Emergency services attended and evacuated the residents on either side of the project. To repair the line, the utility owner disconnected the line from a 4-inch service line. As a result, the utility owner later also had to re-light the gas services in more than ten other residences. No one was injured.
Injury Type: Fatal
Core Activity: Excavation operation
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Mar
As a worker was driving on a public highway, transporting construction equipment to a jobsite, the worker’s vehicle was struck by a large boulder. The worker was fatally injured.
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