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: General labour supply / Garbage, debris, industrial waste, or recyclable material removal
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2021-Jul
The cardboard and paper compactor ram of a recycling truck contacted and injured one of a worker’s legs.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Low slope roofing / Wood frame general contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2021-Jul
Torch-on roll-roofing was being applied to a wood frame townhouse project under construction when a fire started. The fire spread from the roof of one unit to three adjacent units before it was extinguished by local fire departments.
Workers were dismantling a tower crane when it became unstable and collapsed to the ground. Four workers on the construction site (including one young worker) were fatally injured as was one worker in a neighbouring building not associated with the site. Another young worker on the construction site was injured.
Injury Type: Injuries to head
Core Activity: Concrete reinforcing
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2021-Jul
A worker was walking on a walkway close to a threading machine. The worker tripped on the base of a metal post attached to the threading machine, fell, and struck the adjoining post.
Injury Type: Fatal
Core Activity: Steep slope roofing
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2021-Jul
A worker was on a steep-sloped roof, pressure washing, when an anchor to which the worker was attached failed. The worker fell 15 to 25 feet to a wooden deck below and sustained fatal injuries.
Injury Type: Injury to head
Core Activity: Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2021-Jun
A worker was installing exterior cladding from a manufactured scaffold plank (12 inches wide) that was supported on the fifth rung of an extension ladder. The worker fell about 4.5 feet to the concrete surface below.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Excavation operation / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2020-Aug
An excavator grading a trench on a residential construction site contacted and ruptured a gas line. Natural gas was released for about 2 hours, until the utility owner shut off the gas and made the repair. The local fire department attended.
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