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 raising or structural moving of buildings or heavy equipment
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Apr
ID Number: 2025188200002
As a jacked-up house was being lowered onto a newly framed foundation extension, the structure collapsed.
Injury Type: Fatal
Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Apr
ID Number: 2025181570004
A worker was on an extension ladder, performing electrical work on the second floor of a house under renovation. The worker, who was working alone, fell from the ladder through an opening of a staircase to the basement floor about 25 feet below.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Bridge, overpass, or viaduct construction or repair
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Apr
ID Number: 2025157560001
The second of two 45 m steel bridge I-beams was being installed. During rigging tensioning, the primary anchor bolt on the far side of the ravine failed. This shock load caused a second anchor to fail as well. A third safety anchor held the load. The entire system was engineered, and the anchor bolts were tested according to specifications. No injuries were reported.
Injury Type: Fracture in lower body
Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work / Excavation, or private landfill or transfer station operation
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Mar
ID Number: 2025203080004
A worker entered an electrical room and, while looking up to locate pipes in the wall, stepped off a concrete ledge and fell about 4 feet to grade.
Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
Core Activity: Masonry
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Mar
ID Number: 2025211920002
A worker fell from the roof of a building to the concrete surface about 19 feet below.
Injury Type: Laceration
Core Activity: Framing or residential forming
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Mar
ID Number: 2025207220001
A worker was cutting a 2×4 with a circular saw when the saw skipped and its blade contacted the hand guiding the wood.
Injury Type: Laceration
Core Activity: Plumbing, heating, vent, residential air conditioning, or central vacuum system installation or repair
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Mar
ID Number: 2025171900005
A worker was working from a 6-foot stepladder when they lost their balance and fell, striking a metal object on the ground.
Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Mar
ID Number: 2025197990003
As a worker was working from a rolling scaffold, they hit their head on a beam, lost their balance, and fell about 6 feet to the ground.
Injury Type: Multiple injuries
Core Activity: Welding services or ornamental metal installation
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Mar
ID Number: 2025155070003
While assisting with the installation of an overhead structural steel I-beam, a worker stepped onto a job-built wooden scaffolding deck. The deck collapsed, and the worker fell about 6 feet to the floor.
Injury Type: Injury to leg (1 worker)
Core Activity: Concrete reinforcing
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Mar
ID Number: 2025171900004
A gantry crane was being used to lift and remove rebar from a delivery truck. The driver had exited the truck and was speaking to someone on their headset. The gantry crane is electric and makes minimal noise. The operator of the crane was unaware of the driver’s position, and the driver was unaware they were in the path of the crane. The gantry crane moved forward, injuring the delivery driver.
Injury Type: Injury to leg (1 worker)
Core Activity: Traffic control
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Feb
ID Number: 2025180550004
A young worker was putting cones and signs back into a traffic control truck when a semi-truck collided with it. The traffic control truck spun and hit the worker.
Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
Core Activity: Steep slope roofing
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Jan
ID Number: 2025190520001
A worker fell off the roof of a house and landed on a concrete driveway just over 11 feet below.
Injury Type: Back pain
Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct
ID Number: 2024203080020
A worker was on a two-step ladder placed on a baker’s scaffold. The baker’s scaffold moved, causing the worker to fall about 8 feet to the ground.
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