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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Paving services or asphalt manufacture
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Oct
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ID Number: 2014161480080
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A 2-inch gas line was punctured by a metal stake that a worker drove into the ground to secure a section of curb formwork. When the stake was pulled out, a gas leak occurred. The utility company responded and fixed the leak.
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Injury Type: Ankle injury
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Core Activity: Crane operation / Low slope roofing
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2014-Sep
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ID Number: 2014161290093
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A 22-ton crane was unloading gravel for a roofing operation when it tipped forward and came to rest against a newly constructed commercial structure. A roofer suffered a minor injury while moving away from the crane.
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Injury Type: Injuries to back; lacerated hand
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2014-Sep
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ID Number: 2014110750118
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A worker fell 15 feet from a rain-soaked deck.
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Injury Type: Broken bone in upper body
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Core Activity: Glass installation for highrise
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Sep
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ID Number: 2014117080079
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A worker was struck by an aluminum beam that fell from the 22nd floor of a building under construction.
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Injury Type: Lower body bruising and strains
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential construction
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Sep
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ID Number: 2014117080080
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A young worker was climbing a column form, without the use of a ladder, when one side of the form fell over, pinning the worker’s lower body between the slab and the form.
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Injury Type: Bruising and abrasions to leg, abrasions to arm
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Core Activity: Building envelope remediation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Sep
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ID Number: 2014155270038
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A worker fell about 8 feet to a lower scaffold platform when he stepped onto a sheet of plywood that had been placed on scaffold tie-backs for temporary storage.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting, construction, or renovation work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Sep
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ID Number: 2014163750084
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An articulating boom crane was being used to install a steel column (28 feet long; weighing 1,200 pounds). The hoisting sling failed, and the steel column dropped about 12 inches to the surface below, coming to rest in a vertical position against an adjacent wall.
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Injury Type: Sore shoulder
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Core Activity: Concrete pumping
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2014-Sep
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ID Number: 2014174090084
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When a blockage in a concrete pump hose suddenly cleared, the pump operator was thrown from an elevated position.
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Injury Type: Serious injuries to head
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Core Activity: Performing re-roofing activities on commercial flat roof
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Sep
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ID Number: 2014161950057
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A worker performing roofing tasks on a flat roof fell 12 feet and sustained serious injuries.
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Injury Type: Back pain
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Core Activity: Painting
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Sep
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ID Number: 2014157410065
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A worker was standing on a landing above a basement patio door entrance, painting a section of fascia board. The landing had guardrails. While painting, the worker reached past the railing. The guardrail failed and the worker fell about 7 feet to the surface below.
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Injury Type: Electric shock
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Core Activity: Low slope roofing
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Location: Interior B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2014-Sep
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ID Number: 2014156240058
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A roofer was installing shingles around a metal service mast (120-240 volts) on a residential roof. The worker received a shock when he touched the mast. The worker broke contact with the circuit and was driven to medical care. An electrician later found the electrical service to be defective and replaced the conductors.
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Injury Type: Back injury; multiple bruises; undetermined neck injury
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Core Activity: Building envelope remediation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Sep
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ID Number: 2014155270036
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A carpenter fell about 8 feet through the mid-rail of a scaffold work platform, landing on the concrete slab below.
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Injury Type: Bruising, injury to facial bone
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential construction
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2014-Apr
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ID Number: 2014117540322
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A worker lifted a sheet of roofing material, stepped through a floor opening, and fell 13 feet to the lower floor level. The worker was using a fall arrest harness, lanyard, and lifeline, but excess slack in the lifeline allowed the worker to free-fall to the floor below.
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