WorkSafeBC’s Construction High Risk Strategy (HRS) is designed to reduce the construction industry’s serious injury rate and the high volume of claims by taking a risk-based approach. The construction general injury rate and serious injury rate are consistently higher than overall provincial injury rates. Serious injuries account for approximately 19 percent of claims in construction.
2022 Areas of Focus:
- Falls from elevation
Falls from elevation continue to drive the serious injury rate in construction. - Struck-by mobile equipment
Struck-by injuries continue to drive the serious injury rate and are currently surpassing falls from elevation in terms of the number of injury claims. - High voltage limits of approach
Working in proximity to high voltage power lines is a high risk work activity and inadequate controls continue to put workers at risk of serious injury or death during the construction phase of building structures, during ongoing maintenance of building structures, and during ongoing movement of equipment and materials on a worksite.
Learn more about this risk in the “Plan for 10” campaign. - Musculoskeletal and repetitive strain injuries (MSI and RSI)
Overexertion and repetitive strain injury are the main accident types driving the number of musculoskeletal injury claims in the construction industry.