May 23, 2019
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: Undetermined injury to head |
| Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-May |
| While installing exterior cladding on a building under construction, a worker fell. The worker was found on top of a planter box adjacent to the end-frame scaffolding the worker had been on when last seen. |
| Injury Type: Injury to lower body |
| Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-May |
| A worker was standing on a 5-foot stepladder removing a fixture from a wall. The worker fell and was injured. |
| Injury Type: Multiple fractures to arm |
| Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-May |
| A worker was helping to measure rebar pencil rod on a suspended slab that had an extensive rebar grid installed underfoot. The worker fell forward and landed on one arm. |
| Injury Type: Fatal (1 worker); electrical burns (1 worker) |
| Core Activity: Structural concrete forming |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-May |
| A rough-terrain forklift was extended at 45 degrees, with rigging hanging from the carriage close to an electrical distribution line. A worker was standing on a crane section resting on grade. While attaching the rigging chain to the crane section, the worker sustained a fatal electric shock. A second worker standing next to the crane section was injured when contacted by a guyline attached to the crane section. |
| Injury Type: Lower body fractures |
| Core Activity: Construction labour supply / Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-May |
| A worker entered a restricted demolition area where the underfoot steel q-deck had been cut and partially removed. The q-deck collapsed and the worker fell 12 feet to the concrete floor below. |
| Injury Type: Undetermined injuries |
| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-May |
| During construction of a residential staircase, a worker fell about 16 feet into the basement of the home. |
| Injury Type: Burns to hands |
| Core Activity: Plumbing, heating, vent, residential air conditioning, or central vacuum system installation or repair |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Apr |
| A worker installing a water heater in a residence sustained burns while handling a propane torch. |
| Injury Type: Bruising |
| Core Activity: Siding installation / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Apr |
| A worker was installing siding on the second floor of an apartment building under construction. The worker tripped and fell forward, hitting the guardrails installed on the balcony. The guardrails failed and the worker fell about 9 feet to grade. |
| Injury Type: Close call |
| Core Activity: Electrical work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Apr |
| An electrician was troubleshooting a 200-amp breaker due to a potential fault. The 200-amp breaker was replaced, and when the 347/600-volt power source was turned on, the power meter mounted below the breaker panel exploded, blowing off the panel and striking the worker. The worker remained on site. No injuries were reported. |
| Injury Type: Close call |
| Core Activity: Structural concrete forming / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Apr |
| A small section of suspended slab formwork and falsework, which was part of an undocumented field change, failed during a concrete pour. Two 10-foot aluminum beams and formwork were damaged as a result of having no shores under the beam spans. No injuries were reported. |
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