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January 24, 2024
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.
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Injury Type: Multiple injuries
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Core Activity: Manual tree falling and bucking |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023158820018 |
A faller was struck by a dead poplar tree after falling a green spruce tree.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries (2 workers)
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Core Activity: Integrated forest management |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023166950042 |
Two workers were driving on a public roadway, travelling to work at a logging operation. Their vehicle encountered ice and rolled over an embankment.
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Injury Type: Fractured leg
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Core Activity: Manual tree falling and bucking / Integrated forest management |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023194910046 |
A worker was falling a dangerous tree. An adjacent live tree affected the tree being felled, which struck the worker.
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Injury Type: Fractures in upper body
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Core Activity: Manual tree falling and bucking |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023162930012 |
A faller felled a hemlock tree (33 inches in diameter) that had a Douglas fir snag leaning into it. As the hemlock fell, the snag struck the faller. The faller walked out to the crew vehicle and the employer transported the faller to a waiting ambulance.
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Injury Type: Burns
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Core Activity: Integrated forest management |
Location: Northern B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023174590024 |
A worker was inside a portable bunkhouse trailer when a propane gas stove used for cooking ignited into a fireball.
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Injury Type: Multiple injuries
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Core Activity: Integrated forest management |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Nov |
ID Number: 2023166950041 |
The operator of a log loader was hoe chucking (moving logs) on a 50 percent slope. The loader rolled about 25 metres downhill.
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Injury Type: Lacerations, contusions (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Structural metal product fabrication |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023175370011 |
A worker was assisting an overhead crane operator to lift rigging chains (21 feet long, 3/4 inch wide) when one of the hook tips caught the edge of a sawhorse. When the chain released from the sawhorse, it sprang back and struck the worker, then swung around and struck the worker again.
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Injury Type: Head injury, injury to back (1 worker); Head injury (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Sheet metal fabrication |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023195030007 |
A young worker was operating a forklift, moving a pallet of metal sheets (5 by 16 feet, stacked about 6 feet high) with a plywood sheet resting on the top. As the operator lowered the pallet, the top of the load tilted on an angle. The operator and another worker tried to straighten and centre the shifted materials by pushing them from one side. The shifted materials tilted and fell, striking both workers.
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Injury Type: Lacerated arm
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Core Activity: Ready mix concrete manufacture and delivery |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023194900056 |
Before leaving a batch plant to deliver a full load of ready-mix concrete, a worker identified that the truck's day tank (a pressurized water tank) was leaking. As the worker was trying to depressurize the tank, the end cap of the tank failed, bursting outward and striking them.
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Injury Type: Fractures in upper body
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Core Activity: Structural metal product fabrication / Structural concrete reservoir, dam, dyke, or tunnel construction or repair / Electrical utilities |
Location: Northern B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023178760032 |
A worker at a construction site was using a temporary work platform positioned on an upper stair landing when they lost their balance and fell down the flight of stairs.
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Injury Type: Lacerated fingers
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Core Activity: Pulp and paper mill |
Location: B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Nov |
ID Number: 2023182160002 |
A worker was cutting cardboard spindle cores (tubes) with a powered mitre saw when the saw blade jammed on a tube and one of the worker's hands contacted the spinning blade.
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Injury Type: Lacerated finger, possible fracture
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Core Activity: Food product manufacture (commercial bakery) |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Nov |
ID Number: 2023200670023 |
As worker reached into a dough chunker of a laminator line, one of their hands was caught between the chunker paddle and the side wall of the chunker.
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Injury Type: Burns
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Core Activity: Machine shop |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Nov |
ID Number: 2023203000009 |
As a worker was using an oxyacetylene torch to cut a gear off a shaft, the worker's coveralls caught fire.
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Injury Type: Injuries to arm
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Core Activity: Veneer or plywood manufacture |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Nov |
ID Number: 2023166950040 |
A worker was trying to clear a jam at a plywood strapping machine (equipment that compresses and straps lifts of finished plywood). When the equipment activated, it caught one of the worker's arms.
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Injury Type: Amputation injury to finger
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Core Activity: Sawmill |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Oct |
ID Number: 2023160850033 |
A worker was operating a 4-inch edger system when one of their hands contacted the nip point of the "live fence" chain system's partially guarded end sprocket.
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Injury Type: Injury to head
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Core Activity: Concrete placing / concrete pumping / Commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023186420030 |
A worker was preparing to place concrete on the second-level slab of a commercial construction site when they were struck twice by the hose of the boom pipe (25 feet long, 3 inches in diameter).
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
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Core Activity: Low slope roofing |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023199250035 |
A worker was installing the ridge cap of a metal roof when they fell about 16 feet to grade.
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Injury Type: Multiple fractures
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Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023167730018 |
A worker was on an extension ladder painting a room's interior when the ladder slipped out and the worker fell.
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Injury Type: Burns
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Core Activity: Electrical work |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023155500018 |
As a worker was securing the cover panel to a 600-volt junction box, a screw contacted one of the interior electrical conduits and an arc flash occurred.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
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Core Activity: Concrete reinforcing |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023198150011 |
After returning from break, a worker went to retrieve their tools. As they walked across the work area, they stepped onto a tarp covering an unguarded floor opening in the suspended slab. The worker landed on the deck 9 feet below.
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Injury Type: Possible fractures
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential or construction |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023160850036 |
A worker was climbing a concrete formwork wall, using a work positioning restraint system. As they were transferring from one anchor point to another, they fell about 10 feet to grade.
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Injury Type: Injury to leg
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Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation / Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023155070027 |
A worker was elevated on stilts, applying drywall joint compound. A mud-covered glove lying on the ground caused them to slip and fall about 3 feet to the concrete floor.
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Injury Type: Injuries to back and hand
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Core Activity: Structural concrete forming / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Nov |
ID Number: 2023197940004 |
A worker was dismantling a gang form column panel. One side had been dismantled the day before, after the concrete had been placed. As the worker removed the last of three lateral bracings, the panel detached from the concrete and fell onto the worker.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries (1 worker)
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Nov |
ID Number: 2023166920005 |
Three workers were trying to stand a wood framed wall (made of 2x8 lumber; about 14 feet long and 10 feet high). The workers lost control of the wall, causing it to fall backward, injuring one of the workers.
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Injury Type: Multiple injuries (1 worker); Injury to vertebrae (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Power pole, powerline, or transmission line installation, service, or repair |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Nov |
ID Number: 2023192870026 |
Wind conditions caused a fir tree to partially pull down power lines. The tree and lines remained suspended above the ground, with the tree resting on the lines. Two workers were in an elevating work platform, bucking the tree from about 15 feet back of where it lay on the lines. The holding wood snapped from the heavy bind, and the top end of a 15-foot section of the tree flipped back and onto the workers. The workers remained pinned in the work platform until rescued.
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Injury Type: Fatal (1 worker)
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame general contracting, construction, or renovation work |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Oct |
ID Number: 2023143950047 |
A worker who was working alone at a residential construction site was found unresponsive in a basement. The fire department attended and identified carbon monoxide in the area.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Concrete pumping |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Aug |
ID Number: 2023161950005 |
During the placement of concrete, a structural failure occurred between the third and fourth sections of the placing boom of a concrete pump. A fourth hydraulic cylinder, supporting the fourth boom section, became detached causing the fourth and fifth sections of the placing boom, including a flexible rubber hose at the discharge end, to fall uncontrolled to grade. Several workers were in the immediate work area but no injuries occurred.
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TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING
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Injury Type: Lacerations, abrasions
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Core Activity: Distribution centre |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023167090039 |
A worker was operating a stand-up lift truck. As they were turned a corner, they hit storage racking and fell off the lift truck.
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Injury Type: Fatal
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Core Activity: Loading or unloading goods / General trucking |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023202980008 |
A worker was working near a tractor-trailer unit and a loading dock when they were struck by the tractor-trailer, sustaining fatal injuries.
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Injury Type: Fractures, bruising
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Core Activity: Log hauling / Integrated forest management |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023194070025 |
A loaded highway log transporter with chains on was descending a snow-covered resource road when it lost traction. The vehicle went off the edge of the road, down a 45-foot bank.
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Injury Type: Fatal (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Log hauling / Integrated forest management |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023182750025 |
A log transport truck operator was removing wrappers from a loaded log transport truck. A log from the top of the load fell, striking and fatally injuring the operator.
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Injury Type: Injury to lower leg
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Core Activity: Distribution centre |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Nov |
ID Number: 2023181350026 |
A worker's foot was caught between the motorized pallet jack they were operating and a steel recycling bin.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Auto towing / Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair / Private investigation, process serving, collection, or bailiff services |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Nov |
ID Number: 2023173460006 |
As a worker was moving a boom lift, it contacted overhead high-voltage power lines. Equipment was damaged and the worker was transported to hospital for assessment.
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Injury Type: Temporary loss of consciousness, undetermined injuries
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Core Activity: Dump truck operation / Paving services or asphalt manufacture / Traffic control |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Oct |
ID Number: 2023158820016 |
The operator of a low-bed transport was taking off the safety chains of the trailer loading ramp. The operator was under the ramp when the last chain released. The hydraulics for lowering the ramp failed and the ramp fell, striking the worker.
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Injury Type: Fatal (1 worker)
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Core Activity: General trucking / Dump truck operation |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Oct |
ID Number: 2023177520042 |
Two transport trucks collided head-on on a highway. The driver of one of the trucks died.
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Injury Type: Fracture (1 worker); Contusions (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Mobile home sales or installation |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023178250017 |
A mobile home was being prepared for moving. Two workers were underneath it. During lifting operations, the temporary cribbing supports toppled over, and the mobile home fell onto the workers.
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Injury Type: Fracture, bruising (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Steel or metal wholesale (primary form) |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023145570054 |
Two forklift operators were standing beside a trailer while unloading assorted metal pipes and beams (about 24 feet long). As one of the workers tried to straighten a crossed metal pipe, the pipe rolled off the trailer deck, striking the second worker.
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Injury Type: Injuries to leg
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Core Activity: Steel or metal wholesale (primary form) |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023186420025 |
A worker was staging four steel pipes. Two of them (each 39 feet long, weighing 2,100 pounds) were banded together and on a slight slope. As the worker cut the bands, the pipes rolled, pinning the worker.
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Injury Type: Burns
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Core Activity: Restaurant or other dining establishment |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023115520004 |
A young worker was carrying a metal insert pan of gravy from the kitchen (first floor) up a set of stairs to the customer servery (second floor) when they tripped on the stairs, spilling the gravy onto themselves.
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Injury Type: Injury to finger
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Core Activity: Electric utilities |
Location: Northern B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023200680017 |
As a worker at a wind-power generating site was operating a chain hoist, one of their fingers was pinched between the chain block and hoist.
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Injury Type: Fractures (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Long-term care |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023192790026 |
As a worker was unloading equipment from the back of a bus transporting clients, the bus rolled back. The worker was pinned between the bus and a parked car.
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Injury Type: Burns
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Core Activity: Electric utilities |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023188330020 |
A worker was performing disconnect and reconnect work for a house via an underground single-phase transformer. As the worker was removing the lug connector, the worker's power tool inadvertently contacted another connector, causing an arc flash.
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Injury Type: Multiple injuries
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Core Activity: Private park, garden, or zoo |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Dec |
ID Number: 2023196540054 |
A young worker was walking across a public roadway at a marked pedestrian crosswalk. A vehicle failed to stop at the red traffic light and struck the worker.
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Injury Type: Bruising
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Core Activity: Residential social service facility |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2023-Nov |
ID Number: 2023200670024 |
A worker was bumped by a client and fell down 10 stairs to the landing.
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