These summaries of selected Construction work-related incidents recently reported to WorkSafeBC may help you to prevent similar incidents.
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Injury Type: Close call
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| Core Activity: Excavation operation |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Mar |
ID Number: 2018178050004 |
| While workers were back-filling soil material in an excavation adjacent to an underground high-voltage utility line, the top edge of the excavation collapsed onto and broke the protective conduit sleeve covering the high-voltage line. |
Injury Type: Fatal
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| Core Activity: Steep slope roofing |
| Location: Interior B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Mar |
ID Number: 2018158880003 |
| A roofer was found deceased below a steep sloped roof at a new residential construction site. |
Injury Type: Fatal
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| Core Activity: Building demolition |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Mar |
ID Number: 2018178110006 |
| An excavator was carrying a spare bucket inside an attached bucket while transporting a rigged load of 2x4s. The spare bucket fell out of the attached bucket and struck a worker. |
Injury Type: Multiple fractures
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| Core Activity: Excavation operation |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Mar |
ID Number: 2018173340002 |
| During land-clearing activities, a dangerous tree (about 6 inches in diameter, 30 feet tall) fell onto a worker. |
Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
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| Core Activity: Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Mar |
ID Number: 2018180140007 |
| While cleaning plywood deck sheeting in preparation for vinyl membrane application, a worker fell about 10 feet to grade and lost consciousness. |
Injury Type: Multiple fractures
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| Core Activity: Framing or residential forming |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Mar |
ID Number: 2018163500011 |
| A young worker fell 20 feet from a sloped roof at a residential construction site. |
Injury Type: Concussion
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| Core Activity: Traffic control |
| Location: Interior B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Feb |
ID Number: 2018160850002 |
| A driver (non-worker) in a vehicle threw an unopened can of beer at a traffic control person (TCP). The can struck the TCP, knocking off the TCP’s hard hat and safety glasses. |
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