| Injury Type: Broken leg |
| Core Activity: Wood frame construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Apr |
ID Number: 2014166920051 |
| A worker fell about 20 feet to grade from a second-storey balcony when the guardrail he was leaning against failed. |
Injury Type: Concussion (1 worker); head laceration and soft-tissue injury to
upper body (1 worker) |
Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential general
contracting or construction |
| Location: Northern B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Apr |
ID Number: 2014140710082 |
| An articulating boom crane was lifting into place an assembly of five second-storey floor trusses. As they were about to be placed on first-floor wall supports, the load broke free from the rigging, falling to the ground and striking the crane operator and a carpenter in the area. |
| Injury Type: Injury to one hand, bruising |
| Core Activity: House or other wood frame general contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Apr |
ID Number: 2014155270026 |
| A worker was installing sub-fascia trim at the outer edge of a roof truss system while standing on the 2×6 lumber top plate. When the worker stepped onto a 2×4 piece of sub-fascia, it broke away and the worker fell 19 feet to the ground due to excess slack in his fall protection lifeline. |
| Injury Type: Multiple fractures (1 worker) |
| Core Activity: House or other wood frame general contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Apr |
ID Number: 2014155270025 |
| A worker was using a 10-foot stepladder to install pot lights under an upper-level roof soffit about 20 feet above grade. The base of the ladder was about 16 feet above grade, on a 6:6:12-sloped cedar shingle eyebrow roof section and was being held by a worker standing on the eyebrow roof. The ladder slipped out at the base and both workers fell to grade. The worker who had been on the ladder was seriously injured. |
| Injury Type: Back pain |
| Core Activity: Steep slope roofing |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Apr |
ID Number: 2014165630044 |
| A worker fell 25 feet to grade from a 6:12 sloped roof while adjusting his rope grab. The worker was still holding the device after the fall. |
| Injury Type: Close call |
| Core Activity: Tower crane operation / Structural concrete forming |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Apr |
ID Number: 2014161950041 |
| Two tower cranes were operating within the same working radius. The boom jib of the lower tower crane collided with the hoist load line of the higher tower crane. |
| Injury Type: Close call |
| Core Activity: Tower crane operation / Structural concrete forming |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Apr |
ID Number: 2014155070032 |
| While flying a loaded concrete bucket over a construction office trailer, a tower crane lost control of the load. The bucket dropped 10-15 feet and struck the edge of the trailer’s roof. The bucket then tipped sideways, and dumped half the load of ready-mix into the open excavation below. |
| Injury Type: Close call |
| Core Activity: Concrete cutting |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Apr |
ID Number: 2014163710050 |
| A concrete cutting saw was being used to cut pavement in front of a residence when the saw’s blade contacted a gas line. |
| Injury Type: Close call |
| Core Activity: Structural concrete forming |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Mar |
ID Number: 2014163750064 |
| During the table (fly form) stripping process, workers were stripping lumber from under the tables when a 5-foot-long piece of 4×6 timber was dropped 23 storeys. |
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