Recent work-related incidents reported to WorkSafeBC ~ April & May 2016

Injury Type: Upper body injury, laceration

Core Activity: Structural concrete forming

Location: Lower Mainland

Date of Incident: 2016-May

ID Number: 2016117080007

A worker fell from a work platform and was injured. The work platform on which the worker was standing was not secured against separation from the supporting end-frame scaffold to which it was attached.

Injury Type: Injuries to the head and back

Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation

Location: Lower Mainland

Date of Incident: 2016-May

ID Number: 2016117080006

A worker fell from a baker scaffold work platform, landing on a concrete floor about 5 feet below.

Injury Type: Deep laceration to lower arm

Core Activity: Excavation, or private landfill or transfer station operation

Location: Lower Mainland

Date of Incident: 2016-Apr

ID Number: 2016166920012

A worker contacted the rotating blade of a handheld angle grinder.

Injury Type: Lacerated arm

Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work

Location: Northern B.C.

Date of Incident: 2016-Apr

ID Number: 2016166350039

A worker was moving a toilet when he slipped and dropped it. His arm contacted broken porcelain, resulting in a laceration.

Injury Type: Bruises and abrasions

Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work

Location: Lower Mainland

Date of Incident: 2016-Apr

ID Number: 2016175270005

A worker was helping to land a bundle of trusses while standing on the top plate of an interior wall. The worker fell 9.5 feet to the wood floor below.

Injury Type: Concussion and laceration of head (1 worker); fractures (1 worker); bruising (1 worker)

Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work

Location: Lower Mainland

Date of Incident: 2016-Mar

ID Number: 2016155070006

Three workers were standing on a suspended aluminum ladder-jack platform installing an overhead 2-ply, 2×10 beam. The platform was supported by a ladder and jack at one end, and a job-built wooden bearer at the other. The job-built bearer failed and the platform collapsed. The three workers, including one young worker, fell about 8 feet to grade.

Injury Type: Fractured vertebra

Core Activity: Steep slope roofing

Location: Lower Mainland

Date of Incident: 2016-Mar

ID Number: 2016155070005

A worker fell 13.5 feet from a ladder to grade while descending, having completed chimney flashing work.

Injury Type: Crush injuries to hand

Core Activity: Concrete placing, finishing, surfacing, or repair

Location: Lower Mainland

Date of Incident: 2016-Mar

ID Number: 2016165370015

As a worker was positioning a load of plywood, his hand was caught between a roof truss and a pallet of material stacked on trusses.