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: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Sep
A worker was performing framing activities when the tip of the air nailer contacted their body while their finger was on the trigger. A 3-inch nail was discharged.
Injury Type: Sore head (1 worker)
Core Activity: Concrete reinforcing / Structural concrete forming / Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Aug
Four workers were using two pieces of 4×4 lumber to roll a bundle of reinforcing steel toward the guardrails constructed around an open excavation. One piece of lumber dislodged and flew over the guardrail, striking a worker inside the excavation.
Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Aug
While painting the interior of a house, a worker stepped through an open doorway and into a floor opening. The worker fell about 5 feet into the crawlspace, landing on a concrete floor.
Injury Type: Injuries to upper body and wrist (1 worker)
Core Activity: Oil or gas pipeline construction or repair
Location: Northern B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Aug
As a worker was rotating an I-beam pipe support (weighing 450 pounds) on the deck of a welding truck, the beam slipped and pinned a second worker (a young worker) to the ground.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Excavation operation
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Aug
Workers were excavating a trench for a new sewer catch basin when the excavator bucket severed the 1-inch gas line to a house. Three neighbouring homes were evacuated and the utility owner was contacted.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Bridge, overpass, or viaduct construction or repair
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Aug
An excavator was trying to expose a water main when it struck and ruptured a 2-inch gas distribution line. Gas was released into the atmosphere for about two hours, until the utility owner was able to isolate the line and make the repair. The fire department was called and dispatched to the scene.
Injury Type: Fatal
Core Activity: Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2022-Aug
A worker was in an aerial work platform on a flatbed trailer. The aerial work platform moved and one end of it fell off the back of the trailer. The worker was ejected from the platform and fatally injured.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Crane operation
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Aug
During hoisting operations, the boom of a 200-ton crawler crane bent and collapsed.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Blasting or avalanche control / Road construction or repair
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Aug
A homeowner next to a major highway improvement project informed the prime contractor that fly rock had damaged their home. The blasting record confirmed that the damage was likely a result of fly rock from a blast sequence that had taken place on the opposite side of highway four days earlier.
Injury Type: Injury to foot
Core Activity: Paving services or asphalt manufacture
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Jul
A worker was operating a narrow sit-down drum roller (for compacting road base) on the shoulder of a road. The drum roller veered off the shoulder and rolled into the drainage ditch parallel to the road. One of the worker’s feet was crushed between the machine and the bank of the ditch.
Injury Type: Lacerations, possible fracture, soft tissue injuries
Core Activity: Excavator operation
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Jun
An excavator operator was ripping and bailing excavated material from a 50-foot embankment to the lower level. The excavator slid off the upper bench to the landing below and came to rest on its side.
Injury Type: Multiple fractures, concussion
Core Activity: Steep slope roofing
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2022-Mar
A worker was papering a steep slope roof when they lost their footing, slid off the edge, and fell about 20 feet to a wooden deck.
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