September 5, 2019
These summaries of selected Construction work-related incidents recently reported to WorkSafeBC may help you to prevent similar incidents.
See additional summaries online.
| Injury Type: Close call |
| Core Activity: Electrical work |
| Location: Interior B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Aug |
| After loading a utility pole using a truck-mounted derrick boom, the truck’s operator drove away with the boom still raised. The boom struck overhead 25 kV energized power lines. The operator remained in the vehicle until the power line circuit was grounded and confirmed by the utility owner. |
| Injury Type: Injury to upper body |
| Core Activity: Excavation operation |
| Location: Interior B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Aug |
| A worker was using a concrete cut-off saw on a section of pre-cast concrete drain trough. The saw became bound and kicked back, striking the worker. |
| Injury Type: Fatal |
| Core Activity: Excavation operation |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Aug |
| An articulating rock truck left a loading area before loading was complete and travelled about 200 metres down a haul road (10 percent grade). The truck left the road and collided with a tree. The operator of the truck was fatally injured. |
| Injury Type: Close call |
| Core Activity: Blasting or avalanche control |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Aug |
| During a blasting operation, uncontrolled fly rock was propelled about 120 metres out of the blast area, landing on a roadway and in the yards of occupied houses. No injuries or property damage was reported. |
| Injury Type: Lower body fractures |
| Core Activity: Steep slope roofing |
| Location: Interior B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Aug |
| A worker was removing toe boards and cleaning a newly installed tile roof. The worker slipped on some water and fell about 14 feet to grade. |
| Injury Type: Injury to head |
| Core Activity: Asbestos abatement or mould remediation |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Aug |
| A worker standing on a stepladder was reaching to access an item from a shelf and fell from the ladder to the concrete floor. |
| Injury Type: Fractured vertebra |
| Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation |
| Location: Interior B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Aug |
| While climbing down from a baker’s scaffold, a worker lost his grip and fell to the concrete floor below. |
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