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: Plumbing, heating, vent, residential air conditioning, or central vacuum system installation or repair
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Mar
ID Number: 2025196490003
A young worker was operating a pipe roll grooving machine when their glove was drawn into the lower roller.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential general contracting or construction
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Mar
ID Number: 2025197990002
While installing telecommunications conduit underground, an excavator ruptured a gas line. Surrounding businesses were evacuated, and residents had to shelter in place until the release was controlled.
Injury Type: Injury to leg
Core Activity: Structural concrete forming
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Mar
ID Number: 2025210740005
A worker was standing on suspended concrete slab formwork system, raising the screw jacks to prepare for a concrete pour, when the worker fell about 14 feet to the concrete floor.
Injury Type: Lacerations, bruising
Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Mar
ID Number: 2025197970005
A worker lifted the hose from a concrete pump truck prior to the hose being charged. When the line was pressurized, a bend in the hose abruptly straightened, causing the hose to strike the worker.
Injury Type: Injuries to leg (1 worker)
Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Mar
ID Number: 2025194900008
Workers were placing concrete on formwork for a suspended slab. The supporting formwork failed and collapsed to the level below.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Blasting / Bridge, overpass, or viaduct construction or repair
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Feb
ID Number: 2025160850010
During blasting operations, material (fly rock and debris) was unexpectedly ejected from a blasting area onto the adjacent highway. The highway was closed to the public, and the blast hazard area was secured and cleared of all persons and workers. Before the blast, the blaster of record and the blasting consultant had deemed blast mats unnecessary. No injuries or property damage were reported.
Injury Type: Injuries to hand
Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Feb
ID Number: 2025207180002
A worker was ripping a piece of lumber on a table saw with the blade on a 45-degree angle toward the lumber. Near the end of the cut, the material became bound by the saw blade and drew the worker’s hand toward the blade.
Injury Type: Multiple injuries (2 workers)
Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Feb
ID Number: 2025186460012
Two workers were installing drywall from a temporary elevated work platform. The platform failed and both workers fell about 18 feet to grade.
Injury Type: Fracture, laceration
Core Activity: Window or glass installation, replacement, or repair
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Feb
ID Number: 2025181420003
A jib crane was being installed on a steel column that is part of a permanent structure of a warehouse building. A worker was standing on a raised fork of a forklift, using a wooden beam to support the jib crane’s boom. The wooden beam shifted, and the boom fell and struck the worker.
Injury Type: Multiple injuries
Core Activity: Electrical work
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Jan
ID Number: 2025196660001
A worker was performing overhead electrical work from a rolling scaffold system when the scaffold system began to roll. The worker was leaning over when they fell from the work platform, landing on concrete 6.5 to 7.5 feet below.
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