July 10, 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: Fatal (1 worker); suspected exposure to a hazardous substance (1 worker) |
| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Jun |
| Two workers were renovating the interior ground level of a two-storey house. The owner of the house returned to find one of the workers unresponsive on the floor and the second worker ill. Emergency health services attended the scene but were unable to revive the first worker. |
| Injury Type: Bruising, possible concussion (1 worker) |
| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Jun |
| A temporary wall brace on a gang form was dislodged while being hoisted by a tower crane. The wall brace struck a young worker. The worker was lowered to grade level in the site-designated emergency platform. |
| Injury Type: Lacerated arm |
| Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Jun |
| A worker was using a material dolly to transfer expanded metal sheets (4 by 8 feet; 9-gauge steel) from a stockpile onto the back of a flatdeck delivery truck. The dolly tipped backward and part of the load struck the worker’s arm. |
| Injury Type: Bruising |
| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Jun |
| A telehandler/lift truck rolled over as an operator was repositioning it over a small ditch. |
| Injury Type: Undetermined injuries |
| Core Activity: Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Jun |
| Pump jack scaffolding had just been erected at a residential renovation worksite. While removing siding, a worker stepped onto scaffold planks that were chained but still loose. The worker, who was not wearing fall protection, fell about 18 feet to the grassy, sloped grade. |
| Injury Type: Injury to head |
| Core Activity: Pile driving |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-May |
| A worker performing maintenance on a 250-ton lattice boom crane fell from the top of the rotating crane platform. The worker fell to grade, about 9 feet below, striking the crane’s track on the way down. |
| Injury Type: Undetermined injuries |
| Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2019-May |
| A worker was preparing to install a steel stud track when the worker fell through a floor opening (20 by 21 inches). The worker fell about 14 feet to the concrete floor below. |
| Injury Type: Upper body fracture, contusions |
| Core Activity: Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair |
| Location: Northern B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2019-Apr |
| At a newly constructed apartment building, a gust of wind dislodged a 12-foot-long temporary wooden guardrail. The guardrail fell six storeys and struck a worker, who was wearing a hard hat, on the back. |
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