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: Oil or gas pipeline construction or repair / Oil or gas field servicing
Location: Northern B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Dec
ID Number: 2025183109992
Three workers were applying a protective coating to natural gas pipelines under construction when a vacuum truck struck the pipes, which in turn struck the workers.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Structural concrete forming / Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Dec
ID Number: 2025182139997
During preparation of a shotcrete mock-up panel (10 by 10 feet), bracing components were removed and a worker placed an extension ladder against the panel. As the worker climbed the ladder, the panel shifted and fell over, striking and damaging a concrete bucket. No injuries were reported.
Injury Type: Fractures (1 worker)
Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Dec
ID Number: 2025192869998
Workers were setting joist trusses on the top plates of framed exterior walls of the lower level. Three of the walls suddenly fell outward, causing the trusses, and a worker on a scaffold, to fall to the surface below.
Injury Type: Multiple injuries
Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
Location: Interior B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Dec
ID Number: 2025210820026
A worker was climbing a ladder when they fell, landing on concrete stairs.
Injury Type: Fracture
Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Dec
ID Number: 2025200810036
A young worker fell from the third step of a stepladder.
Injury Type: Close call
Core Activity: Crane operation / Framing or residential forming / Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Dec
ID Number: 2025200810035
A tower crane was moving ganged formwork panels in a blind lift. A worker was holding the chains and lifting clamps away from a panel that had just been lowered. As the chains and clamps were being lifted to connect to another panel, a clamp hooked onto the worker’s pant leg. The worker grabbed the chains and was subsequently lifted about 30 feet above the ground. Another worker saw the elevated worker and signalled the crane operator to stop and lower the worker to the ground. No injuries were reported.
Injury Type: Injuries to head
Core Activity: Structural concrete forming
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Nov
ID Number: 2025186470015
While performing concrete column formwork stripping activities, a worker fell 5 to 8 feet to a concrete surface below.
Injury Type: Fractures (1 worker)
Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Nov
ID Number: 2025166920011
Siding workers on an elevating work platform lost control of a 4×8 panel of fibre cement siding. It fell about 40 feet, striking a worker below.
Injury Type: Injuries to hand
Core Activity: Finishing carpentry / Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Nov
ID Number: 2025182130020
A worker was pushing a piece of lumber through a table saw when one hand slipped and contacted the blade.
Injury Type: Injury to leg
Core Activity: Plastering, lathing, or stucco work
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Nov
ID Number: 2025214349999
A young worker was applying stucco on an exterior balcony while standing on an aluminum sawhorse trestle ladder. Descending from the sawhorse, the worker lost their balance and fell from the balcony to grade, landing on protruding rebar.
Injury Type: Injuries to head (1 worker)
Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Nov
ID Number: 2025155079998
Workers were installing a fabricated steel stud channel beam, working from two scissors lifts (stationed at each end of the beam). A young worker below, standing below one of the lifts, was struck when the beam came out of the support pocket at that end.
Injury Type: Injuries to hand
Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
Date of Incident: 2025-Nov
ID Number: 2025155279999
A young worker was using a circular saw to cut a 2×4 at an angle. The worker had one hand on the handle/trigger and one hand lifting the guard when the saw kicked back and the blade contacted the hand holding the guard.
Injury Type: Electric shock
Core Activity: Siding, awning, or gutter installation / Residential contracting or construction / Industrial waste or recyclable material removal / Structural concrete forming
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Nov
ID Number: 2025182130019
A worker was unloading debris into a metal disposal bin. The bin had been placed on top of an energized electrical cable. When the worker contacted the bin, they received an electric shock.
Injury Type: Puncture wound
Core Activity: Framing or residential forming
Location: Lower Mainland
Date of Incident: 2025-Nov
ID Number: 2025214469999
A young worker was using a nailgun when they were struck by a discharged nail.
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