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This page contains summaries of Notice of Incident (NI) reports received by WorkSafeBC. This information may help you to prevent similar accidents in your workplace.

THE NI INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Some details have been edited to protect the privacy of workers involved.

Completed WorkSafeBC investigation reports for selected incidents are available online, sorted by industry sector.

All Sectors - Incident Summaries

All Sectors incident summaries from other dates

2010 October - December

Injury Type : Exposure to/contact with hazardous substance
Core Activity : Oil and gas production
Location : Northern B.C.
ID Number : 2011154930314
Date of Incident : 2011-Oct

Workers were opening a pipeline flange on a 14-inch sour gas piping system. One worker moved closer to the flange to attach a hoisting sling and was exposed to an unknown concentration of hydrogen sulphide gas. Aware of the exposure, the worker moved away to fresh air but was still rendered unconscious for a very short period of time.

Injury Type : Close call

Core Activity : Coil tubing operations
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2011144250117
Date of Incident : 2011-Jun

On an oil and gas site, during a coil tubing operation (using a continuous steel pipe for well completions) in which the unit was pulling the pipe out of a gas well, the drive motor for the coil tubing unit stopped running. The loss of power then resulted in the loss of hydraulic power/pressure and a subsequent loss of control of the pipe. The pipe fell back down the well, resulting in possible shock loading to the attached crane.

Injury Type : Broken bone

Core Activity : Oil and gas drilling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2011165800099
Date of Incident : 2011-May

After completing a connection on the drill rig floor, a worker operating the breakout side tongs (winch-operated wrench located on the far side of the rig floor, used to tighten/loosen threaded pipe connections) tried to secure the tongs in the idle position. The worker requested additional slack in the line and when activated the tongs swung back and struck the worker in the chest.

Injury Type : Serious eye injury
Core Activity : Plywood or veneer mill
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2011111110001
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A young worker was injured while performing maintenance on a pneumatic jackhammer that was still connected to the air supply source.

Injury Type : Fractured leg, soft-tissue injuries to arm and back
Core Activity : Welding/Maintenance work
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2011163050002
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

Maintenance work was being conducted outside of a welding shop by a welder, who was in the process of heating a shaft on a large air supply blower, weighing about 300 pounds. The blower unit was standing on edge, as the shaft was being cut off. The blower tipped over, striking the worker.

Injury Type : Concussion, bruising
Core Activity : Chip hauling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2011140970010
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker was tarping the load of a chip truck trailer. The worker fell about 18 feet from the top of the trailer into a roadside drainage ditch. The worker was not using a personal fall protection system.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Acute care facility
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2011150180004
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A person drove their vehicle into the side entrance of an emergency department.

Injury Type : Abrasions, soft-tissue injuries
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2011160530003
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

The wheels of a logging truck's trailer slid off the side of a forest resource road, causing the trailer and truck to roll over an embankment. The driver, a young worker, sustained minor injuries.

Injury Type : Contusions to face, back, neck; facial lacerations
Core Activity : Residential care of high-risk youth
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165930223
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A caregiver in a residential facility for high-risk youth was attacked during a home invasion of the facility. The assailants entered the house, and attacked and beat the worker.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to upper body
Core Activity : Pulp and paper mill
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010113820363
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker accessed a pit underneath a paper machine (winder pit) to remove broken paper. The air-activated winder knife assembly (weighing about 2000 pounds) lowered onto the worker. The winder knife assembly was not locked out.

Injury Type : Concussion; fractured skull and vertebra
Core Activity : Cleaning gutters
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2011112010002
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker fell 6 to 8 feet from a fully extended "multi-way" aluminum stepladder.

Injury Type : Undetermined injuries to chest
Core Activity : Ski hill operation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010137290351
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker was caught in an avalanche.

Injury Type : Multiple fractures of arm, pelvis
Core Activity : Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165810371
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker who was installing insulation on corrugated metal roof decking fell through a roof opening and landed on concrete at grade, 18 feet below. The opening had been covered by an unsecured sheet of 3/4-inch plywood.

Injury Type : Fractures (2 workers)
Core Activity : Rock scaling
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2011137103139
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

Two rock scalers (one a young worker) were seriously injured when their primary and secondary anchor points failed and the workers fell about 6 metres.

Injury Type : Ranging from burns to face and hands to leg injuries (6 workers, including 2 young workers)
Core Activity : Motion picture production
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163410108
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A propane supply company worker was filling a 20-pound cylinder outdoors, near a holding tent for background performers (movie extras). During filling, the filler adaptor on the supply hose suddenly disconnected from the cylinder. Propane was released for an estimated 3 to 5 seconds before the worker was able to turn off the gas. The released gas moved downwind 20 to 25 feet, where an undetermined ignition source caused a flash explosion. Six workers (including 2 young workers) who were in the holding tent and a food tent near the ignition source suffered injuries.

Injury Type : Concussion, leg injuries
Core Activity : Window installation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010136970304
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker was installing a window in a residential construction project. Co-workers heard a disturbance and found the worker lying on the ground 25 feet below the window.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Pulp and paper
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010166970173
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A hoist operator was positioning a reel of paper over the unwind stand (framework that holds paper reels). As the operator lowered the reel, the hoist brake failed, and the load descended onto the unwind stand. No one was injured.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160530303
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A logging truck transporting overlength logs lost traction on an adverse incline. The truck slid back down the hill and the trailer went over an embankment.

Injury Type : Compressed vertebrae
Core Activity : Building concrete forms
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010154930495
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker wearing fall protection equipment was assembling scaffolding as part of setting up concrete forms. The worker fell about 9 feet as the lifeline being used was too long.

Injury Type : Exposure to airborne chrysotile asbestos (3 workers)
Core Activity : Building management and maintenance
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2011112840011
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

Two maintenance workers were searching for the source of a water leak. Vinyl tiles were removed and examination portals were cut in flooring with a reciprocating saw. The flooring was not inspected for asbestos - but it consisted of vinyl tiles over sheet linoleum containing 30 percent chrysotile asbestos. The asbestos flooring was further disturbed when the opening was expanded by a pipefitter called in to repair the water leak. None of the workers used effective dust control measures or respiratory protection.

Injury Type : Fatal (1 worker); wrist and ankle injuries (1 worker)
Core Activity : Residential wood frame construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010114050380
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

Two workers were standing on a job-built wooden scaffold on the outside of a building, about 14 feet above grade. One of the scaffolding supports failed and the workers fell. One worker fell 6.5 feet and landed on a jut-out on the first floor of the building. The other worker hit the same jut-out and then fell another 8 feet, to the frozen ground below.

Injury Type : Penetrating wound of leg
Core Activity : Log processing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010143950323
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A log process operator was processing logs on a landing. A broken chain link shot through the polycarbonate safety glass window of the processor cab and struck the operator's leg.

Injury Type : Exposure to airborne chrysotile asbestos (3 workers)
Core Activity : Flood restoration
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2011112840003
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

Laboratory analysis of sheet linoleum were incorrectly transcribed and reported as "Chrysotile 0%". The flooring sample actually contained 25% chrysotile asbestos. Three workers were exposed to the asbestos-containing material when they removed the flooring without any dust control measures or respiratory protection.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavator operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2011112850011
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

Workers were excavating to locate a water main break when the excavator contacted an underground 25-kV conductor.

Injury Type : Fractured leg
Core Activity : Bridge construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010143950326
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A carpenter was working near an augered hole measuring about 34 feet deep, and about 4.5 feet in diameter at the top, tapering to about 2.5 feet at the bottom. The worker fell into the excavation and was rescued by the local fire department.

Injury Type : Fracture
Core Activity : Bakery
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157410303
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker sustained a fracture when he slipped on a wet floor and fell.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Wood pellet manufacture
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010140710685
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A dust explosion in the wood fibre system caused extensive damage to the exterior cladding of a wood pellet mill.

Injury Type : Electrical burns (1 worker); temporary vision impairment (1 worker)
Core Activity : Installation of utility electricity supply
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165880501
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

Two power line technicians (PLTs) were completing a drop from a 5400-volt overhead primary circuit to an underground distribution vault. The final connection required connection to an energized junction bar. The PLT working in the underground distribution vault installed a 200-amp elbow to the grounded cable. Barehanded, he subsequently attached the grounded elbow to the energized-5400 volt junction bar. The resulting fault to ground created an explosion and electric arc flash.

Injury Type : Contusions to hands
Core Activity : Soil testing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155010170
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A platform loaded with a 50-kilogram weight on a soil testing apparatus fell onto a young worker's hands.

Injury Type : Puncture wound to finger
Core Activity : Commercial building construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010131490450
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A young worker was operating a nailgun at a construction site when a nail from the gun penetrated his finger.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log harvesting
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010126770218
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

An avalanche estimated to cover 1.5 hectares and to be 10 metres deep came down on a forest service road. The slide mostly buried the pickup truck of a worker who had just arrived at the site. The worker was able to exit the truck through the driver's side window.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Mechanized tree falling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010143950319
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A feller/buncher was on a slope in a cut block, harvesting trees. The feller/buncher started to slide down the slope and struck a tree stump, causing it to flip on its side. The feller/buncher continued to slide, rolled onto its roof, and caught on fire. The operator exited the cab in the early stages of losing control and escaped without injury.

Injury Type : Soft-tissue injuries (2 workers)
Core Activity : Ambulance service
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160850345
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

An ambulance travelling on a highway was involved in a motor vehicle accident with an oncoming transport truck. The driver of the transport truck was not injured.

Injury Type : Electrical burns
Core Activity : Municipal wastewater treatment plant
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010109150518
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A young worker was troubleshooting a low-voltage (24-volt DC) electrical soft-start control/communication system inside an energized electrical panel. The worker inadvertently contacted a live 600-volt bus with a small precision-type screwdriver, resulting in an electrical arc flash.

Injury Type : Back injury; bruising and soreness
Core Activity : On-site surveying
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155070252
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker fell through a floor opening and landed in a garbage bin 15 feet, 3 inches below.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Demolition
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156240315
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

Several sections of wood hoarding (4x8 feet) on the perimeter of a demolition site were blown over onto an adjacent sidewalk in high winds. No workers were on site, and no other persons were injured.

Injury Type : Fatal (non-worker)
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450404
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A passenger (non-worker) in a log transporter assisted the driver to hammer the logs. After the passenger returned to the cab of the log transporter, he suffered a fatal heart attack.

Injury Type : Multiple fractures
Core Activity : Barge maintenance
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010114550242
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker fell about 9 feet, 8 inches from a barge on a drydock. The worker was in the process of opening hatches on the exterior of the barge.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158880387
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker fell 13 metres to a concrete deck.

Injury Type : Exposure to asbestos fibres (1 worker, 1 non-worker)
Core Activity : Installing furnace
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2011109750007
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker was removing an old furnace in preparation for installing a new one. The homeowner had improperly removed asbestos-containing duct tape from the old furnace prior to this worker starting work. Work was stopped and proper cleanup was conducted by a qualified contractor after the employer was made aware of the asbestos-containing material.

Injury Type : Minor head injuries
Core Activity : Forklift operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163730266
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A young worker fell out of a forklift and struck his head on the concrete floor.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Parcel delivery
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160850346
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker (delivery driver) delivering parcels parked on the side of the road in front of a residence. The worker was crushed when the delivery truck unexpectedly rolled forward and pinned him against a pickup truck parked in front of the delivery truck. He later died of his injuries.

Injury Type : Broken ribs, internal injuries
Core Activity : Masonry
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157530422
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker stepped onto a tarped skylight, believing it was a stack of bricks, and fell through the skylight to the concrete floor 11 feet below.

Injury Type : Head and shoulder injuries
Core Activity : Gas station and convenience store
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010120030413
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A young worker fell from a stepladder while stocking shelves with merchandise.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Hotel
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010116090092
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker fell down a flight of stairs and later died from the injuries.

Injury Type : Serious burns
Core Activity : Low slope roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157560393
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

Flammable vapours from a roofing primer accumulated in a hoarding enclosure and ignited when a torch was lit nearby. One of two workers in the area was engulfed in flames and had to run through the flames to safety.

Injury Type : Fractured skull, shoulder, wrist
Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010116110248
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker was preparing roof sheathing for the shingles by nailing on an ice and water shielding membrane at the edge of the roof. The worker was kneeling on the membrane when the nails released. The worker slid off the roof and fell to grade (9 feet, 10 inches).

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Window and gutter cleaning
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010112010110
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

As a worker was cleaning gutters at a private residence, an aluminum ladder contacted 120-volt service wires. The fuse of the transformer supplying power to the service wires blew.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to hand
Core Activity : Drilling
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010154890286
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker was assisting the operator of a drilling rig and was using a wrench to break the drill steel. The worker's hand became caught between the head of the drill and the table.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Manual falling
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010158930336
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A faller's leg was struck by a short portion (long butt) of a log that he had bucked off a felled tree.

Injury Type : Violence in the workplace (3 workers)
Core Activity : Fast food outlet
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010111080148
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

Three workers were held hostage during a robbery.

Injury Type : Back pain and strain
Core Activity : Residential framing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010113830267
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A young worker stepped on a middle wooden stair stringer and fell 12.5 feet to basement level as the stringer broke.

Injury Type : Injury to head, fractures
Core Activity : Log processing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010147050290
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

While operating an edger saw, a young worker was struck and injured by a piece of wood ejected from the edger. The worker fell, struck his head, and lost consciousness.
See a slide show about a worker who was fatally injured when a saw kicked back and a piece of wood was ejected:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Multimedia/SlideShows.asp?reportid=35934

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Concrete formwork
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010117080327
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A wall form (gang form) fell over onto a worker.

Injury Type : Exposure to H2S gas
Core Activity : Oilfield hauling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490162
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A worker operating a tank truck (large oilfield truck and trailer used to haul oilfield fluids) opened a vent line attached to the trailer of the unit. The opening of the vent line resulted in the worker being directly exposed to a release of sour vapours (H2S gas) venting from the tank. The worker experienced nausea and dizziness and was transported to hospital for treatment.

Injury Type : Head injury, concussion
Core Activity : Stucco envelope upgrade
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161290676
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A stucco applicator was cleaning excess material from fascia boards and skirt roofing using a hand brush and water hose. The worker was working from a 7.5-foot aluminum sawhorse when he fell to the ground and struck his head on the concrete driveway.

Injury Type : Undetermined (1 worker); head abrasion (1 worker)
Core Activity : Oil and gas well drilling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010158820235
Date of Accident : 2010-Dec

Two workers were conducting an equalizing procedure between the tubing and casing on a gas well when the high-pressure gas pipeline parted.

Injury Type : Broken bone, bruised leg
Core Activity : Oil and gas well drilling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010158820234
Date of Accident : 2010-Dec

The travelling blocks of a drilling rig contacted the top crown bumper block as a result of a safety device malfunction.

Injury Type : Serious leg injury
Core Activity : Natural gas well drilling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010153370307
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A drilling rig crew was preparing a drilling rig for a move to a new location. The crew had secured the travelling blocks (hoisting blocks used to hoist the drill string) and the top drive unit (device used to turn the drill pipe) by chaining the blocks to the rig's derrick. After the travelling blocks had been secured, the crew removed the wire rope drill line from the draw works (hoisting drums of the drilling rig) and coiled the line on the rig floor. As the line was being coiled on the rig floor, the chain securing the blocks broke, allowing the blocks and top drive to fall. The falling blocks rapidly drew the coiled line back up into the derrick. A worker on the drill floor became entangled in the line, resulting in a serious injury to his leg.

Injury Type : Broken bone, bruised leg
Core Activity : Well snubbing
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490168
Date of Accident : 2010-Dec

A worker on a snubbing unit (machine used to hydraulically move pipe in or out of an oil or gas well) was using a controlled-descent device to get down to the ground when the clip attached to the descent device detached. The worker then fell about 5 metres to the ground.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Natural gas production
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010153370306
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A small stream of gas was observed coming from the ground in the vicinity of a 4-inch raw natural gas gathering pipeline. The raw gas contained 2.7 percent hydrogen sulfide (H2S). The area was secured, and the pipeline was shut in, de-pressured, and repaired.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Gas plant commissioning
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010154930458
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

While servicing an air compressor as part of bringing a new gas plant online, a worker may have been exposed to an oxygen-deficient atmosphere in a small compressor building. The air compressor was being serviced at the same time that another worker was performing a nitrogen gas purge and an air system drying operation. First responders on the site dealt with the potentially unsafe atmosphere and rendered first aid. The first worker was unresponsive and could not be revived.

Injury Type : Life-threatening injuries
Core Activity : Traffic control
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157410285
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A traffic control person was sitting in a work truck to keep warm. The truck was parked near a rail crossing at a job site. An approaching train activated the rail-crossing signal, causing the crossing arms to lower. One crossing arm lowered onto the truck. The worker tried to move the truck but truck crossed into the path of the oncoming train. The truck was pushed about 30 metres down the track and into the rail-crossing control shed.

Injury Type : Broken leg bones
Core Activity : Pipeline construction
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010154930445
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

During pipeline construction, a heavy pipeline assembly became unsupported and fell on a worker's leg. The worker also slipped in his effort to get out of the way.

Injury Type : Head injuries, broken bones (non-worker)
Core Activity : Metal recycling
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010110750708
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A member of the public started across the intersection in a scooter. The light changed and the scooter stopped directly in front of a truck pulling a trailer (total length 75 feet). The light changed to green and the truck pulled ahead, striking the scooter. The scooter and its occupant were dragged about 150 feet, before trucker stopped because people were shouting and waving at him. The truck driver discovered the scooter and occupant under his front bumper. Measurements revealed the height of the scooter was 1.5 metres and the height of the truck's hood was 2.24 metres.

Injury Type : Head injury, broken arm and leg
Core Activity : Drywall installation and finishing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157410276
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A lone worker fell 11 feet down an unguarded elevator shaft at a house under construction. A contractor later arrived on site and found the injured worker sitting in his vehicle in a confused state.

Injury Type : Serious neck and head injuries
Core Activity : Furnace servicing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010110210195
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

While servicing a furnace, a worker fell through the T-bar ceiling to the floor 8 feet below.

Injury Type : Broken leg, hip pain, soft-tissue injuries
Core Activity : Coal transportation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010158820216
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A highway maintenance snow plow was clearing snow on a public highway when it sideswiped a coal truck that had spun out and was parked on a hill. The plow hit the side of the coal truck as its driver was entering the cab.

Injury Type : Exposure to ammonia (4 workers)
Core Activity : Concrete manufacture
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010166940159
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

An ammonia release occurred when ice-melting pellets (ammonium sulfate) were distributed on snow-covered walkways and contacted residual cement dust (alkaline). Four workers were treated for exposure to ammonia.

Injury Type : Mild compression injuries of chest, hand contusions
Core Activity : Delivery truck operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010070890085
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A delivery truck driver had exited the truck to inspect a parking space. As he turned, he observed that the truck had begun to roll forward into the parking space. The worker attempted to re-enter the cab, but was unable to gain entry before being trapped between the box of the delivery truck and an adjacent truck.

Injury Type : Neck sprain/strain (worker); undetermined injuries (2 non-workers)
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010166950362
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

As a loaded logging truck rounded a corner, it rolled onto its side and spilled its load. An oncoming passenger vehicle swerved into the ditch to avoid the truck. The truck subsequently slid into the ditch and struck the passenger vehicle. The worker and two passengers of the other vehicle (non-workers) were injured.

Injury Type : Broken arm
Core Activity : Constructing temporary kiosks
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010112010089
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker drilling a hole (quarter-inch diameter) in an object inadvertently drilled through the object and through the wall of a 100-pound propane cylinder behind it. As liquid propane escaped, workers were told to evacuate the area. A kiosk worker who tripped while running away injured one arm. The propane subsequently ignited and the fire damaged equipment and several kiosks on the site.

Injury Type : Bruising to head, arm, hand
Core Activity : Pretrial centre
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165890241
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A correctional officer was physically assaulted by an inmate.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Fire brigade
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010157380433
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A member of a volunteer fire department was en route to a fire callout at the fire hall in his personal vehicle. The vehicle failed to negotiate a curve in the road and collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle.

Injury Type : Exposure to ammonia
Core Activity : Ice rink maintenance
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010165540180
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker was adding oil to an ammonia compressor. The drain valve was opened without the oil hose being attached first, and the oil and ammonia were released with pressure.

Injury Type : Broken leg bones
Core Activity : Pipeline construction
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010154930445
Date of Accident : 2010-Nov

During pipeline construction, a heavy pipeline assembly became unsupported and fell on a worker's leg. The worker also slipped in his effort to get out of the way.

Injury Type : Injuries to face, back, ribs
Core Activity : Pipeline tie-in
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010165800241
Date of Accident : 2010-Nov

Workers were purging a pipeline through a riser into a tank truck using a rubber pig (device used to clean the inside of a pipeline). The fitting connecting the tank truck to the pipeline separated under pressure and struck a worker in the face. The worker fell backward onto a capped pile.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Oil or gas well drilling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010144250135
Date of Accident : 2010-Nov

During drilling operations, the driller (worker controlling the hoisting assembly) lifted the travelling block assembly to where the blocks contacted the crown assembly (two-blocked). The travelling blocks then fell to the rig floor. There were no injuries in this incident.

Injury Type : Bumps and contusions; possible fractured bone
Core Activity : Gas well completion
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010165800233
Date of Accident : 2010-Nov

A worker was conducting maintenance on a boiler used to provide steam and heat to activities on an oil and gas wellsite. The worker was blowing down the boiler and when the auto restart process was initiated, an explosion occurred in the fire tube. The worker was beside the boiler and was knocked down by the concussion.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to hand
Core Activity : Drilling for shale gas
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490148
Date of Accident : 2010-Nov

A drilling rig crew was running drill collars (large pipes used in the drilling process) into the drill hole. The crew was using a rope to swing the pipes into position to allow them to stab the elevated joint of pipe onto the joint of pipe positioned in the well bore. A young worker was standing to the side of the pipe when the rope slipped out of his hand. In an attempt to stop the elevated joint of pipe from moving farther, the worker tried to stabilize the pipe with his hand. His hand was pinched between the drill collars and the mechanical pipe connector (iron roughneck).

Injury Type : Upper body injuries
Core Activity : Oil or gas pipeline construction
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2011154930038
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A young worker was working some 20 feet below another worker, who was working from a ladder on a tank. A pipe wrench fell off the tank, hitting the young worker's hardhat, neck, and face. His hardhat cracked and he was injured.

Injury Type : Back injury
Core Activity : Community health services
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010163500154
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker was leaving a client's home during evening hours and slipped on ice.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161740472
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

While working on a construction project in an old rock quarry, a blasting crew exposed some undetonated explosives believed to be from the time the quarry was developed. Primed explosives were destroyed by the blaster of record. The next day the blasting crew discovered a loose detonator and two sticks of explosives. The site was shut down, and WorkSafeBC attended to assist the blaster of record with safe work procedures to clear the site of unfired explosives before work resumed.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to hand, amputated fingertips
Core Activity : Forklift operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163730263
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

While a forklift was operating, its mast became jammed in the elevated position. When the operator attempted to release the mast, it suddenly became free and dropped onto the worker's hand.

Injury Type : Hip injuries
Core Activity : Shingle roofing
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010146890196
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker was applying shingles to a 4/12 pitch roof when he slipped and fell 18 feet to grade. The worker was using a personal fall protection system at the time of the accident, but he struck the ground as the system was arresting.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450392
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A loaded log transporter entered a resource road from a spur, after calling "27.5 kilometres down." The loaded transporter collided head-on with a returning empty log transporter, at 26.25 km of the resource road. Both drivers were wearing seat belts and neither driver was injured.

Injury Type : Bruised midsection
Core Activity : Water well, foundational, or directional drilling
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165810343
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker was pinned against the back of a trailer wall by a tracked carrier. The worker had started the ignition of the carrier while standing in front of the machine. The carrier climbed the chocks and pinned the worker before finally stalling out. A nearby co-worker assisted immediately.

Injury Type : Mild concussion, facial lacerations and bruising
Core Activity : Landscaping
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010122700333
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker was inflating the rubber tire of a wheelbarrow when the rim exploded.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Highway hauling of wood chips
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010152480280
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A loaded chip truck crashed on a highway. The driver sustained fatal injuries.

Injury Type : Bruised hand
Core Activity : Manufacturer of cabinets and cabinet components
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165890234
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker's hand was caught in a drilling machine hold-down clamp as the clamp returned to the upright position.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160530274
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

An empty logging truck went off the side of a resource road and rolled over onto its roof.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Car wash or auto detailing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980306
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker fell down a flight of 16 stairs and landed on the concrete below. The worker later succumbed to the injuries.

Injury Type : Head contusion
Core Activity : Cranberry field work
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158910218
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker was connecting a sand pumper (a trailer-mounted machine for dispensing large volumes of sand) to a farm tractor via a hitch system consisting of three linkage arms. The worker was struck on the head by the upper linkage arm while connecting one of the two lower linkage arms.

Injury Type : Electrical shock
Core Activity : Residential demolition
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161761316
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A young worker sustained an electrical shock when the screwdriver he was using contacted an energized 120-volt conductor.

Injury Type : Lacerated finger
Core Activity : Heavy equipment sales, rental, and service
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163730253
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A young worker was removing shrink wrap from a pallet containing equipment parts. The worker's finger was cut by the steel strapping used to hold the boxes on the pallet.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Data collection
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010117640629
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

Three of eight 200-feet-high communication towers installed for the collection of wind speed data collapsed. The towers were located on different mountains and supported by 24 guy lines.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Veneer manufacture
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010111970288
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

Welders were installing a dust collection system. A stray spark started a fire that was not noticed until after the workers left the site.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Mobile crane operations
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010117080322
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A mobile crane was moving the crane between R9 and R10 masts to reposition the base plates for the crane base. A spotter with radio contact to the crane operator was positioned on the centre tower. Another spotter was positioned at grade level. The mobile crane operator proceeded to back up between the temporary supporting roof cables and reportedly made minor contact with the crane boom tip and one temporary supporting roof cable. The spotter, who was positioned on the centre tower, immediately made radio contact with the crane operator to stop movement of the crane.

Injury Type : Fatal (worker); undetermined injuries (non-worker)
Core Activity : Insurance, actuarial, or bonding services
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010166950370
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker was travelling on a highway, heading to a jobsite. The worker's vehicle slid across the centre line into an oncoming vehicle. The worker was fatally injured in the accident; the driver of the oncoming vehicle was injured.

Injury Type : Contusions to chest, leg
Core Activity : Warehouse
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155010160
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A forklift collided with a steel post in a warehouse. The operator was not wearing a seatbelt.

Injury Type : Head injury
Core Activity : Manufacturing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010122700340
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker fell 12.5 feet from a ladder to a concrete floor.

Injury Type : Fatal (2 non-workers); serious injuries (2 non-workers); minor injuries (1 non-worker)
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010113820341
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A private vehicle with five non-worker occupants collided with an empty log hauling truck. The truck driver was not injured.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Pulp and paper mill
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010147050287
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

While plowing wood waste hog fuel on a hog fuel storage pile, a tractor slid over the edge of the pile and rolled over.

Injury Type : Minor injury to head, bruised tailbone
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010112850306
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker fell from a gang form wall to grade (about 6 feet).

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Transport trucking
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010147100144
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker was trying to align a shifted load of 2x8 lumber on a B-train flat deck trailer using a ratchet binder, chains, and an 8-foot-long piece of 4x4 lumber. The worker was struck by an unknown object when the system being used to align the load failed.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Concrete placing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010143950282
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker was backing up a concrete truck and struck a utility pole. The pole was damaged and low-voltage lines fell onto the truck. The worker remained in the truck until the fire department and gas utility crew attended the scene.

Injury Type : Lacerated hand, head, face; contusion to lower limb, face, neck; sprains and strains
Core Activity : Logging
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010161980354
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A spruce tree had fallen across a logging road and the driver of an ETV (emergency transport vehicle) was forced to stop. A second tree then fell across the road. As the driver was backing out of the area, a third spruce tree fell and crushed the cab of the ETV.

Injury Type : Bruised arm
Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010137290315
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker slipped on wet roofing paper and slid down a steeply sloped roof, falling to the concrete sidewalk below.

Injury Type : Broken bones
Core Activity : Commercial refrigeration work
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010064400014
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker fell about 10 feet from a vertical ladder while accessing a work platform.

Injury Type : Fractured ribs, soft-tissue injuries to lower body
Core Activity : Roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010110110541
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker fell about 25 feet from an unguarded 7:12 sloped apartment building roof and landed on a section of flat roof below.

Injury Type : Leg and groin injuries
Core Activity : Compressed gas delivery
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010104270264
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A delivery driver was pulling a top-loaded four-wheeled cart (27 inches by 34 inches by 74 inches high) full of empty compressed gas cylinders off a truck at a loading ramp. Two of the cart wheels hit an obstruction, causing the 1,100-pound cart to fall on and trap the worker.

Injury Type : Fractured skull
Core Activity : Tree services
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010167040209
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker was ascending a large cedar tree in preparation for bolting and cabling the upper 3 vertical branches to help support the tree. The worker was using a single-rope climbing system when he fell to grade (25 to 30 feet).

Injury Type : Injury to eye area
Core Activity : Preparation for siding installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156730503
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A worker was installing strapping for siding when a nail from the worker's nail gun ricocheted and struck the worker in the eye area. The worker was not wearing safety glasses and the air nailer was not equipped with a shroud.

Injury Type : Crush injury, fractures, internal injuries
Core Activity : Travelling to/from worksite
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010144250129
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A young worker driving home from a worksite lost control of his pickup truck when crossing a wood-decked bridge. The worker was ejected from the vehicle when it rolled over into a ditch.

Injury Type : Serious hand injuries
Core Activity : Shake and shingle mill
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157600254
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A shingle sawyer was running a "checked" (cracked in the vertical plane) cedar block through the circular shingle saw. Due to the check in the block, two pieces of shingle - one narrower than the other - were created with each cut of the shingle saw. The worker then attempted to trim a 4- to 5-inch-wide shingle, gripped in his hand, on the adjacent circular clipper saw. The worker's hand contacted the running clipper saw.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Crab fishing
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010139050068
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A crab fishing vessel had just retrieved the last trap on board and made a porthand turn. During the turn, a series of large waves spilled onto the deck, laying the vessel over. Gear on the deck slid and blocked the scuppers, preventing the water from exiting the deck. Water then began to flood through the open galley door. The three crew members were able to depart in a life vessel before the crab fishing vessel sunk.

Injury Type : Fractured finger
Core Activity : Finger-jointed lumber manufacture
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010136900206
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A young worker lifted a hinged boot guard on the tail spool of a belt conveyor. The worker then used a stick to sweep sawdust out from underneath the tail spool. The worker's sleeve was caught by the belt and his hand and the stick were pinched between the belt and the floor.

Injury Type : Abdominal injuries
Core Activity : Pressure washing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156730474
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A worker was pressure washing on a 2-storey roof. He unhooked his fall protection system to move his lifeline, stepped on a rain runner (piece of metal which channels water from the downspout to the gutter to protect the roof shingle), and slipped off the roof. The worker fell about 18 feet and landed on large rocks

Injury Type : Serious hand injuries
Core Activity : Integrated forest management
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010160670232
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A feller buncher tipped over onto its side while exiting the logging block at shift end. The machine was working (side sloping) on a 15-degree slope and encountered wind-felled trees. The operator's hand was crushed between the window and a handhold, due to the machine settling on a stump. The operator, a young worker, used the roof escape hatch to exit the machine.

Injury Type : Serious burns
Core Activity : Erecting steel frame structures
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450344
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A welder, standing in a man-lift bucket, was completing overhead connections on structural steel. When sparks and slag dropped down the welder's outer protective clothing, the polyester shirt he was wearing underneath caught fire.

Injury Type : Fractured leg, bruises
Core Activity : Bridge building
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010158920224
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A worker changed the grinding stone on a handheld 5-inch grinder and proceeded to remove some excess concrete. The grinding wheel shattered and flying pieces struck the worker. The grinding wheel was rated at 6,000 rpm and the grinder at 10,000 rpm.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010157620246
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A bridge collapsed as a loaded highway logging truck was crossing. The rear axle fell about 12 feet to the river below. The driver, who was wearing a seat belt, was uninjured.

Injury Type : Puncture wound to leg
Core Activity : Framing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155730149
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A worker using a pneumatic air nailer inadvertently fired a 3-inch nail into his leg.

Injury Type : Multiple fractures, collapsed lung
Core Activity : Installing metal grating
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165410308
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

Two workers were installing metal grating on top of a ventilation shaft. One of the workers lost his balance and fell 19.6 feet.

Injury Type : Bruising, soreness
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010111110457
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A worker was conducting wood bundle shipping checks when he was struck and partially run over by a 30-ton forklift.

Injury Type : Head and neck trauma
Core Activity : Video production and editing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010112010082
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A worker's head was caught between a fixed wall and a movable wall that other workers were pushing.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Pile driving
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2011163790043
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A gravity pile driver unit was lifting the gravity hammer up to the top of the leed, so that a new pile could be placed into the system, when the hammer brake failed. The hammer fell through the leed to the ground, sheering off a leed guyline.

Injury Type : Fractured vertebrae
Core Activity : Roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2011157410019
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A worker fell about 15 feet while descending a ladder.

Injury Type : Amputated fingertips
Core Activity : Plastic bag manufacturing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980299
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A new worker was packing new plastic bags into boxes for a sealer bag machine. When the bags jammed, the worker reached into the machine to remove the jam. The machine's cutting blade contacted the worker's hand.

Injury Type : Penetrating chest injury
Core Activity : Framing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155270229
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A framer was standing on an 8-foot stepladder, nailing two wood frame exterior corner wall sections together. As he pointed a pneumatic partial-sequential nail gun toward himself to reverse-nail through the exterior plywood sheathing into the wall frames, he slipped. The nail gun's muzzle contacted his chest, discharging a 3-inch nail.

Injury Type : Probable exposure to asbestos fibres (3 workers)
Core Activity : Maintenance work on the furnace duct
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010162590193
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

Tape containing 85 percent asbestos fibre was removed from the ducting of a furnace. No safe work practices were used to ensure that fibre would not be released.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Hauling and dumping brush
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010166520392
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A rock truck was dumping a load of brush when its raised box contacted overhead telecommunications and power lines (14.4-kV). Only the power lines were severed.

Injury Type : Fractures, soft-tissue injuries (1 worker); soft-tissue injuries (3 workers)
Core Activity : Vegetable farming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010093690291
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A farm tractor was towing an open, flat-deck trailer on a 2-lane roadway. Eight farm workers were riding on the rear of the trailer. Another vehicle approached from the rear and tried to pass but hit the rear of the trailer.

Injury Type : Undetermined head, back and leg injuries
Core Activity : Heavy equipment or machinery rental
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165890212
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A worker fell about 7 feet from a scissor lift work platform.

Injury Type : Temporary loss of consciousness, multiple facial fractures
Core Activity : Garbage disposal
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010159110366
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

The driver of a roll-off compactor container truck was opening the rear door of a new design of container to dump a load of garbage. The pressure of the load against the door loaded the release handle, and when the driver released the safety latch on the handle, it sprang out, striking him in the face.

Injury Type : Back and shoulder bruising and pain
Core Activity : Mill site expansion
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010157440271
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

While tightening drive belts on a newly installed sawmill debarker, a worker stepped onto a girder on the side of the unfinished building to gain more leverage. The girder released from the structure, and the worker fell 12 feet, to a conveyor trough below. The worker was not using fall protection at the time of the incident.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavator operation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161740448
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

During repair of a water leak near a residence, an excavator ruptured a gas service line.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Concrete delivery
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160530262
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A concrete mix truck failed to negotiate a right-hand corner. The vehicle flipped over and come to rest off the shoulder of the highway. The driver died of his injuries.

Injury Type : Sore ribs, minor cut to hand
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010128230429
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A framer was working from a stepladder, setting a beam at the outside edge of the fourth floor of a wood-frame townhouse. The framer lost his balance and fell from the ladder and over the edge of the building. His fall was arrested by his personal fall protection equipment.

Injury Type : Fractures and soft-tissue injuries to arm; multiple contusions
Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010137290304
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A worker fell from a portable extension ladder.

Injury Type : Burns to face and hands, possible flash injury to eyes
Core Activity : Road repairs
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010114550209
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A worker cut into what was thought to be a black plastic residential water line but was actually an energized single-phase 14.4-kV conductor.

Injury Type : Exposure to mercury (39 workers)
Core Activity : Vessel repair and maintenance
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010111970267
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

For five days, 39 workers worked on a process vessel and ancillary equipment for removal of mercury in zinc-feed process material. Thirteen of the workers were subsequently found to have elevated levels of mercury in their blood.

Injury Type : Injuries to both hands
Core Activity : Framing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155730147
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A young worker was closing in a framed skylight when he stepped onto an unsupported piece of half-inch plywood. The plywood broke, and the worker fell 18 feet to the concrete floor below.

Injury Type : Severe puncture wound to arm
Core Activity : Framing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156580385
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A young worker shot himself in the arm with a nail gun. The 3-inch nail penetrated completely through the arm.

Injury Type : Back and neck injuries (1 worker); fractured ankle (1 worker)
Core Activity : General construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155070240
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

Two workers fell about 7 feet when one of the bearers supporting a job-built wooden platform failed.

Injury Type : Exposure to isocyanates
Core Activity : Application of spray insulation foam
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010107200190
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A worker was spray applying two-component, isocyanate-containing foam insulation in a newly constructed house when he experienced a severe asthmatic reaction.

Injury Type : Bruising
Core Activity : Scaffold dismantling
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163730236
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A worker was dismantling a scaffold assembly when he slipped and fell to grade (about 10 feet).

Injury Type : Neck pain
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010157440260
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A young worker was pushing a bandsaw cart on an elevated walkway when the cart struck a clipboard lying on the walkway, dislodging a bandsaw guide (7.5 pounds). The bandsaw guide fell 5 feet and struck the head of a young worker whose workstation was directly below the walkway. The young worker was wearing a hard hat.

Injury Type : Head injury, broken collar bone and ribs
Core Activity : Framing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157410249
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A worker fell about 18 feet down an open stairwell in a townhouse building under construction. The board previously covering the stairwell opening had been removed because it interfered with chalk lines being snapped for framing layout.

Injury Type : Respiratory issues due to toxic fume (2 workers); smoke inhalation (2 workers)
Core Activity : Construction material recycling
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010117640590
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

Four workers, including two young workers, were exposed to smoke and toxic fumes that developed when a piece of treated wood piling jammed in the wood grinder.

Injury Type : Broken arm, soft-tissue injury to leg (1 worker); sore neck and back (1 worker)
Core Activity : Re-paving of highway
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980285
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

Two gravel trucks collided head-on at a corner in a traffic control zone on a highway.

Injury Type : Soft-tissue injuries to shoulder, arm, leg
Core Activity : Traffic control
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010112850292
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A traffic control person (TCP) was struck by a vehicle that failed to yield to the direction of the traffic control person while travelling through the traffic control zone.

Injury Type : Fractured skull, elbow
Core Activity : House framing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980301
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A worker doing carpentry work from a stepladder fell about 5 feet. The worker has no memory of events leading up to the fall or the cause.

Injury Type : Multiple fractures, internal injuries
Core Activity : Mobile home park operation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010136970231
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A mobile home that was being lifted with hydraulic jacks became unstable and fell on a young worker.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Oil well servicing
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010158820209
Date of Accident : 2010-Oct

A service rig (a hoisting unit used to service existing oil or gas wells) was servicing an existing well when a brake failure on the main draw works drum caused the crown (pulley assembly) to free fall. No workers were injured in this incident but it had high potential for serious injuries to workers employed on the rig.

Injury Type : Fracture and crush injuries to leg
Core Activity : Oil or gas field servicing
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490134
Date of Accident : 2010-Oct

Workers at an oil and gas well site had just competed a frac (well completions operation) and were rigging out the well control equipment. As they were preparing to hoist the BOP (blow out preventer) stack onto the back of a truck, the BOP stack toppled over and struck a young worker.

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Injury Type : Crush injuries to hand
Core Activity : Log processing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010112850267
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

During attempts to diagnose and adjust the boom proximity switches, a worker placed his hand on the boom extension cable. The boom was being extended out and the tail-end cable sheave contacted the worker's hand.

Injury Type : Violence in the workplace
Core Activity : Beer, wine, or liquor store
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010137290277
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

An individual threatened to use a weapon during a robbery.

Injury Type : Fatal (non-worker)
Core Activity : Hay farming
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010140970321
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A farm tractor was ascending a 21 percent slope when the tractor apparently stopped, rolled backwards 16 metres, and rolled onto its side, pinning the operator underneath.

Injury Type : Neck soreness and pain (1 worker)
Core Activity : Extended care facility
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010116080028
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

Two workers were caring for a resident near the end of life. As one of the workers was turning the resident, the resident reached out and placed their thumb against the worker's neck and squeezed hard. The resident was also kicking out at both care providers. The resident was not known to be aggressive.

Injury Type : Amputation of fingertip
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156580345
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker removed a guard to make adjustments to a belt drive. The stored energy in the system advanced the belt assembly and caught the worker's hand in the pulley system.

Injury Type : Amputation of fingertip
Core Activity : Cranberry farming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158910185
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

Two workers were moving a cranberry beater (a walk-behind gas-powered machine used for harvesting cranberries). One of the workers tried to push the machine from the side to get it to turn, not realizing that the other worker had started the machine, causing a chain sprocket drive to engage. The first worker's finger was caught in the nip point of the unguarded chain sprocket drive.

Injury Type : Lacerated head
Core Activity : Installing steel reinforcement beam
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165410264
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A 2000-pound capacity come-a-long was rigged to hold a beam (6-inch square tubing, 12.5 feet long, weighing about 250 pounds) in place prior to a weld. The come-along released, causing the beam to swing. A young worker sustained an injury to his head when struck by the beam. Another worker reported that his hard hat was struck, but he was not injured.

Injury Type : Penetration wound of leg
Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010154890213
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker was using a pneumatic roofing nailer when a nail struck the worker's leg.

Injury Type : Deep laceration of hand
Core Activity : Siding installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010114550182
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

It was reported that an altercation occurred between two to four workers. During the altercation, a young worker's hand was injured by the blade of a running chop saw.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Lifting discharge pipe for drill rig
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010126770155
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A well drilling rig was to be moved to a new location. Workers were lifting a discharge hose weighing about 400 pounds. The discharge hose was suspended by a cable-style whip-check device. The cable on this device failed where it is clamped together and the discharge hose fell to the ground, narrowly missing two workers.

Injury Type : Concussion, facial injury, bruising
Core Activity : Accounting firm
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010157580289
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker tripped at the top of a stairwell and fell down the stairs.

Injury Type : Needlestick injury
Core Activity : Medical clinic
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165700142
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker was suturing a wound. As the worker unclipped the suture from the needle driver, the needle poked one of the worker's fingers. The patient had a bloodborne disease.

Injury Type : Dizziness, disorientation (2 workers)
Core Activity : Industrial catering
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010090822276
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

Two workers were exposed to carbon monoxide emitted by a gas-fired "booster heater" used to maintain dishwasher water temperatures.

Injury Type : Concussion, facial injuries, strained neck
Core Activity : Convenience store
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154960442
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A lone worker on the night shift at a 24-hour convenience store was physically assaulted during an attempted robbery (single robber). The worker was able to activate the emergency response system, which resulted in police response.

Injury Type : Possible exposure to asbestos (3 workers)
Core Activity : Renovating
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165930156
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

Workers who were not wearing respirators or other protective equipment were removing building materials (flooring, drywall, roofing) from a wooden structure. The hazardous materials survey conducted after the work was nearly completed found that one of the materials removed contained asbestos.

Injury Type : Amputated finger, crush injuries to hand
Core Activity : Oil or gas well construction
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010154930351
Date of Accident : 2010-Sep

Workers were handling coiled tubing (a continuous string of flexible steel tubing) as part of well construction operations when a segment of the coiled tubing slipped and struck a young worker's hand.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Feed trucking/delivery
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161480379
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

After making a delivery, a feed delivery truck drove off the property. The truck's stinger delivery arm contacted a neutral wire and a residential power line hanging across the road. The utility pole was pulled down and the power lines landed across the truck. The driver was not injured.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Roadside excavating and repair of sewer system
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165540157
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

As a trench cage was being lowered into an excavation, it contacted a gas line coupler, causing the gas line to rupture.

Injury Type : Soft-tissue injuries to arm, leg
Core Activity : Stock moving
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158910172
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker was transferring a case of produce from a floor pallet to a nearby two-wheeled hand truck when the worker tripped on the pallet. The worker fell onto the pallet, then rolled onto the concrete floor.

Injury Type : Partial amputation of fingers
Core Activity : Commercial fishing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010157490225
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker's hand contacted the rotating belt on a hydraulic clutch system.

Injury Type : Bruising to both legs
Core Activity : General trucking
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154970386
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker was removing dunnage from the top of a load of 90 mm x 270 mm rough green fir, in preparation for a forklift loading it onto the truck deck. When the forklift dropped the load to the ground, the strapping band broke, and the outside row collapsed onto the worker. The lumber struck the worker's legs, knocking the worker to the ground.

Injury Type : Contusions to head, face, hands
Core Activity : Vehicle fuelling
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010139860235
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A municipal worker drove a recycling truck to the city refuelling station. The truck hit a pillar while travelling at less than 10 km/h. The worker fell from a 1-m (3-foot) step inside the truck cab and struck his head on the concrete ground.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Storm drain installation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010112840136
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A new storm drain main was being installed in a municipality. Service gas lines were fed from a gas main running parallel to the storm drain main. The gas main and 13 of 14 gas service lines were marked on drawings before excavating began. A corner lot that was serviced from the service corridor on one road but with a civic address on the other road was missed during the locate. During excavating, a 3/4-inch service line was severed. The utility company was contacted and repairs were made. There were no injuries.

Injury Type : Extensive bruising and lacerations
Core Activity : Traffic control services
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010111770139
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A traffic control person (TCP) was working at an intersection late at night. The TCP was struck by the left side-view mirror of a car driven by a drunk driver. The worker sustained extensive bruising and lacerations. A second TCP narrowly escaped being hit by the drunk driver's car. The driver remained at the scene and was taken into police custody.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161740382
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

While excavating at a construction site, an excavator operator uncovered a stick of unfired explosive. The finding was reported to the site supervisor, who eventually removed the stick of explosive. The site supervisor was not a certified blaster. A certified blaster should have been called to examine the site and determine if there were any other signs of explosives on the work site, as well as to properly dispose of the found explosives.

Injury Type : Broken bones in hand
Core Activity : Manual falling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010140970286
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A faller felled an assessed danger tree that brushed the limbs of another assessed danger tree. The faller waited a few moments, then reached down to pick up the falling wedges. The brushed tree then fell towards the faller and struck his hand.

Injury Type : Lacerations, undetermined musculoskeletal injuries
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010147280187
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

Three workers were changing blades on a vertical bandmill resaw. One of the workers was lowering the saw cradle through an opening in the floor above the resaw. He fell through the opening and landed on the saw frame about 14.5 feet below, then fell another 9 feet to the conveyor chuting below the frame, and finally fell another 3.5 feet to a running box-link waste conveyor. He travelled about 20 feet on the conveyor before it was stopped by another worker.

Injury Type : Small puncture wound to leg
Core Activity : Sheet metal forming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158750154
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker was operating a nail gun to assemble shipping crates. As he pulled on the air line to untangle it, the nail gun tip brushed his leg and ejected a 3-inch nail.

Injury Type : Broken legs, multiple scrapes
Core Activity : Installing patio doors
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154970380
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

Workers were moving patio doors on a sundeck when one door started to fall over. A young worker tried to prevent the door from falling and was knocked through the guardrails. The worker fell 10 feet to grade, and the door landed on top of him.

Injury Type : Fractured shoulder, possible internal and head injuries
Core Activity : Preparing building for paint
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010166710190
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A painter fell 9.5 feet to grade while powerwashing a roof.

Injury Type : Broken wrist, shoulder; internal injuries
Core Activity : Exterior building cleaning
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158880307
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A window washer in a boatswains chair fell 70 feet when his suspension line broke and his Prusik sling did not engage his vertical lifeline.

Injury Type : Minor lacerations
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010114050242
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A loaded logging truck travelling on a highway left the road after its right front (steering) tire deflated. The truck went into an adjacent ditch, overturned, and spilled its load of logs over the truck's cab and the highway.

Injury Type : Neck injury
Core Activity : Integrated forest management
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161750205
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker was driving pickup truck down a resource road (with grades ranging from 2 to 14 percent) when he lost control. The truck rolled and came to rest on its wheels on the low side of the road.

Injury Type : Cracked rib
Core Activity : Painting preparations
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158880303
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker on a ladder was preparing the underside of an overhead walkway for painting. The ladder was set up in front of a vehicle-activated motorized gate. When a vehicle caused the gate to activate, the gate pulled the ladder over and the worker fell 12 feet to the asphalt.

Injury Type : Injuries to feet, wrist
Core Activity : Interior cleaning
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010110110482
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

An interior cleaning worker descending an extension ladder fell 8 to 10 feet, landing on a hardwood floor.

Injury Type : Possible exposure to asbestos (undetermined number of workers)
Core Activity : Removal of vinyl tile flooring
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010166880150
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

Over several days, a number of workers may have been exposed to airborne asbestos fibres released from vinyl tile flooring that was removed by mechanical means.

Injury Type : Amputated fingertips
Core Activity : Food production
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010128220110
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker reached into a forming machine during setup and inadvertently activated the start control.

Injury Type : Fractured skull
Core Activity : Gravel pit operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010157380297
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

During a rock crushing operation, a large rock jammed the rock crusher. While the rock crusher was in operation, a worker tried to force it open with a breaker bar and smaller rocks, to allow the jammed rock to fall through. The jaw forcibly clamped down on the breaker bar which then struck the worker.

Injury Type : Fractured facial bones, fractured ankle
Core Activity : School construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010138190228
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker fell 13 feet from the flat roof of a building under construction. The worker slipped on loose plywood while he was installing a guardrail.

Injury Type : Minor burn
Core Activity : Oil and gas drilling operations
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010165800184
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

Workers on a drilling rig were removing the drill string from the well to replace the mud motor (hydraulic downhole device that turns the drill bit while drilling horizontally). A snubbing unit (attachment used to move drill pipe or tools into or out of a well while under pressure) was being used. The drill bit was being drawn into the BOP stack (series of blowout prevention valves attached to the well, used to control well pressure while drilling) when a sudden volume of sweet natural gas (natural gas not containing hydrogen sulfide) escaped from the annulus. The gas cloud ignited within seconds. Workers initiated emergency procedures to shut in the well, but the drilling rig was destroyed in the fire. One worker was injured.

Injury Type : Exposure to mercury (4 workers)
Core Activity : Retail store
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010112840120
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A mercury sphygmomanometer (blood pressure measuring unit) was donated to second-hand store for resale. When a customer picked up the unit, it separated, resulting in a loss of mercury. Customers were evacuated, then the four workers went to a room where their footwear was retained. The area of the spill was barricaded and spill-handling procedures for mercury provided on WorkSafeBC's website were consulted. The Ministry of Environment and a spill response team were contacted, then clean-up was initiated by the spill response team. About 20 grams of mercury was recovered.

Injury Type : Injury to lower back, scrapes, cuts
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163270228
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker fell about 12 feet from scaffolding under construction to ground level. The unsecured handrail folded/collapsed as the worker pulled it while accessing the work platform from the scaffold ladder.

Injury Type : Fractured leg, lacerated head, bruising and contusions
Core Activity : Replacing flat roof surface of commercial building
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161950199
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker was installing a base sheet as part of a roofing membrane being applied to the edge of the flat roof on a single-storey commercial building. The worker was walking backwards towards the edge of the roof when he tripped on a 16-inch-high parapet and fell 17.5 feet to an asphalt-covered surface at grade.

Injury Type : Exposure to asbestos (undetermined number of workers)
Core Activity : Vessel refit
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010118870554
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

During a vessel refit, workers removing shipboard valves were exposed to asbestos gasket material.

Injury Type : Injuries to face and back
Core Activity : Oil and gas road/lease construction
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010163790129
Date of Accident : 2010-Aug

A first aid attendant was verbally and physically assaulted by two unknown persons. Police are investigating.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Drilling for natural gas
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010153370209
Date of Accident : 2010-Aug

A drilling rig crew was changing from an oil-based drilling fluid system to a water-based system when a flash fire ignited a tarp over the drilling fluid tank (mud tank). The drilling crew was able to quickly extinguish the fire. No workers were injured, and there was no damage to the drilling rig.

Injury Type : Minor burn
Core Activity : Oil and gas drilling operations
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010165800184
Date of Accident : 2010-Aug

Workers on a drilling rig were removing the drill string from the well to replace the mud motor (hydraulic downhole device that turns the drill bit while drilling horizontally). A snubbing unit (attachment used to move drill pipe or tools into or out of a well while under pressure) was being used. The drill bit was being drawn into the BOP stack (series of blowout prevention valves attached to the well, used to control well pressure while drilling) when a sudden volume of sweet natural gas (natural gas not containing hydrogen sulfide) escaped from the annulus. The gas cloud ignited within seconds. Workers initiated emergency procedures to shut in the well, but the drilling rig was destroyed in the fire. One worker was injured.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Well servicing
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010165800179
Date of Accident : 2010-Aug

A service rig (small truck-mounted rig designed for well servicing) was beginning to hoist a snubbing unit (attachment used to move tools and tubing into or out of a well while under pressure) into position when the derrick started to lean. Operations were stopped and no workers were injured.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Saw change
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156240209
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A 1-tonne powered hoist was being used to raise two band saw blades from the mill floor to the upstairs filing room when the hoist cable broke. One saw blade fell to the machine below and the hoist cradle (below the hook lifting device) struck the guardrail around the floor opening. The falling saw blade narrowly missed two workers on the lower level.

Injury Type : Undetermined
Core Activity : Residential framing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010152480191
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker had one foot on a truss assembly and one foot on the top plate of a second-storey wall. The truss assembly collapsed and the worker and truss assembly fell about 17 feet.

Injury Type : Electrical burns
Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010116090072
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was removing old flashing from the mast of an active electrical service to a house when he sustained electrical burns.

Injury Type : Crush injuries
Core Activity : General trucking
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157410171
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

The operator of a delivery truck was pinned between a loading dock and his truck when the truck rolled backwards.

Injury Type : Minor injuries (1 worker)
Core Activity : Brewery
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010161970148
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A 32,000-litre fermentation tank containing about 29,000 litres of beer ruptured under pressure.

Injury Type : Smoke inhalation, minor burn
Core Activity : Transport truck
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160530185
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A transport truck failed to negotiate a highway corner and slid down a 25-metre embankment before catching fire.

Injury Type : Chemical exposure, bruising (1 worker); chemical exposure (1 worker)
Core Activity : Meter proving
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490103
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

Two workers at an oil and gas compressor site were running a meter proving test (a weights and measures requirement for sales of oil and gas products) when one of the high-pressure metering hoses ruptured and broke in half. The high-pressure hose then flailed around, striking one worker and spraying sour condensate (a light hydrocarbon liquid entrained with H2S gas) onto both workers.

Injury Type : Scrapes, bruises
Core Activity : Tree services
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010114050205
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A utility company hired a subcontractor to remove beetle-killed trees adjacent to energized high-voltage power lines. A young worker climbed a 14-inch diameter tree (about 65 feet tall) to cut limbs between that tree and a smaller tree growing close to it, because the two trees were limb tied. After removing the connecting limbs and the top of the smaller tree, the worker started to descend the tree. At about 39 feet above the ground, the worker felt movement in the tree as the tree began to uproot. The tree then fell over downslope into an adjacent energized high-voltage (25-kV) power line.

Injury Type : Mild concussion, lacerations, soft-tissue injuries
Core Activity : Painting
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154970304
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A young worker was on a ladder, painting fascia. The unsecured ladder slipped out on the loose gravel. The worker fell about 10 feed to hard, compacted soil.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavator operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010152480190
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

An excavator equipped with a clean-up bucket dug up a 14.4-kV underground conductor.

Injury Type : Broken ribs, fractured vertebra
Core Activity : Stripping forms
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157270228
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

As a worker was dismantling a work platform, the platform slipped off the horizontal support member. The worker and platform fell about 8 feet to grade.

Injury Type : Head laceration
Core Activity : Replacement of wood deck and stairs
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010110110471
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

As a worker stepped onto a flight of 5 wooden stairs extending between a deck and a stair landing, the stairs collapsed. The worker fell to the ground.

Injury Type : Fatal (worker); undetermined injuries (non-worker)
Core Activity : Newspaper delivery
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156580245
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A newspaper carrier was delivering papers on a rural street in the early morning. His vehicle was parked facing oncoming traffic while he inserted a newspaper into a residential mailbox. An oncoming vehicle struck his parked vehicle head on. The worker died of his injuries; a passenger in the car was also injured.

Injury Type : Serious burns
Core Activity : Vacuum truck operation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010140970236
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A young worker was vacuuming out a multicone hopper at a wood products plant. Hot ash that was bridged above the access hatch dislodged, exited the hatch, and contacted the worker, who was standing on an adjacent catwalk.

Injury Type : Soft-tissue injuries
Core Activity : Masonry
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155070167
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A masonry worker fell 6.5 feet from a scaffold, landing on the deck below.

Injury Type : Serious burns
Core Activity : Auto sales and service
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010116120178
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A young worker was using a plasma cutter to cut the top off a 45-gallon metal drum containing windshield washer concentrate. The drum exploded, burning the worker.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Logging
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160530179
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A grapple skidder drove off a forest resource road and rolled, fatally injuring the operator.

Injury Type : Crush injury to chest
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010147280161
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was working in the outfeed area downstream of an end stacker. The worker became caught between two loads of lumber on a package outfeed transfer.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Traffic control
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010108440134
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A traffic control person was struck and killed by a vehicle while directing traffic.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Commercial crab fishing operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161530093
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A 7.2-metre commercial crab fishing vessel with 50 traps aboard took on water and sank in waters near land. Four crew members were evacuated from the vessel.

Injury Type : Violence in the workplace
Core Activity : Retail sales
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161750168
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

Two individuals, one armed with a gun, robbed two stores over two days (one each evening). There were no physical injuries to workers.

Injury Type : Broken foot, fractured wrist
Core Activity : Cedar hedge trimming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010167040119
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was preparing to trim a section of a hedge, working from a 16-foot orchard ladder. The worker was positioned about 10 feet above grade when he fell backwards with the ladder and landed 22 feet from the hedge, on a downward-sloping concrete driveway.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Servicing hay-making equipment
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010110750468
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was servicing a rotary hay-cutting machine. The equipment was lifted using a tractor with a 3-point hitch and propped up with a piece of wood (6.25 inches wide, 2 inches thick, 24.75 inches long). While the worker was underneath the mower, the wood kicked out and the equipment dropped, crushing the worker. The equipment weighed 1,200 to 1,500 pounds.

Injury Type : Serious electrical burns
Core Activity : Construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010157380266
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A neutral line had to be raised to accommodate a hopper which was to be placed underneath it to pour cement. Instead of waiting for the utility company to raise the line, a worker climbed onto the jib of crane, tied a rope onto a high-voltage (19.9-kV) power line, and attempted to lift the neutral line higher by cinching the two lines. As he did so, the power arced. The worker was electrocuted, then fell about 30 feet from the crane jib to the ground and a further 6 feet over an embankment.

Injury Type : Fractured ankle
Core Activity : Residential roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010110110465
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was descending a roof after disconnecting his harness from the safety line so he could access a ladder placed against the edge of the roof. He slipped on some loose debris on the roof and fell about 13 feet to the ground below.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Pressure washing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010167040115
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was pressure washing the side of a 3-storey building, working from an extension ladder. The ladder base slid out and the worker fell about 11 feet to grade.

Injury Type : Cuts, bruising
Core Activity : Transporting timber cruisers
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010152480192
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

As a helicopter attempted to land on a heli-pad to pick up a timber cruiser, one skid snagged on a dead tree. The helicopter crashed and rolled over.

Injury Type : Electric shock, loss of consciousness
Core Activity : Window cleaning
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010110750467
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was standing on wet lawn while using an aluminum pole to wash windows on the third floor of a hotel. The pole was extended to 32 feet. The worker was moving from one set of windows to the next, holding the pole upright. The pole contacted a 120-volt street-light power line 22 feet above grade.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Asphalt cutting
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163710151
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A concrete cutting machine was cutting asphalt when the 36-inch diamond saw blade separated from the machine and landed in a nearby excavation.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Tower crane erection
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155400172
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A self-erecting tower crane had been completely erected. As the load and trolley moment (tip load) limiting switches were being set with an 1100-kilogram concrete block and 100-kilogram kicker block (at a 42-metre radius), a top jib-cord connection failed. The two test blocks fell to the ground and the outer 15 metres of the jib collapsed and was hanging down at 90 degrees from the remaining inner 30 metres of horizontal jib.

Injury Type : Electric shock causing serious injuries
Core Activity : Cleaning
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980195
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker performing housekeeping duties in a newly constructed suite contacted an exposed energized 120-volt wire.

Injury Type : Lacerated fingers
Core Activity : House construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010120030220
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was ripping an 18-inch 2x4 on a 10-foot table saw without any guards in place. The worker was cutting a strip about 1.5 inches wide and using a push stick. The worker reached around the blade to retrieve the piece of 2x4 and his fingers contacted the blade.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010112850205
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A fire started in the hog fuel pile and quickly spread to the log storage yard due to strong winds.

Injury Type : Chest, leg, and abdominal injuries
Core Activity : Orchard
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165880323
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker operating a 3-wheeled orchard manlift was harvesting fruit. The worker repositioned the equipment to access another tree. The manlift toppled over, pinning the worker to the ground for 40 minutes. The worker was extricated by emergency personnel using the jaws of life.

Injury Type : Burns
Core Activity : Vineyard operations
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165880322
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A seasonal agricultural worker (a young worker) was preparing a meal using a propane oven in a travel trailer provided by the vineyard owner. The worker's butane camp stove sitting on top of the propane cooktop exploded.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010140710393
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

Three millwrights applied lockout to a log canter, then left the area. Some time later, two electricians needed to energize one of the canter feed-roll motors to perform a diagnostic function. Rather than contacting the millwrights and having the lockout removed, the electricians electrically bypassed the locked-out disconnect and energized the motor.

Injury Type : Fractured pelvis (1 worker); fractured vertebra (2 workers)
Core Activity : Vegetable farming
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010166950202
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A 60 foot by 200 foot barn under construction collapsed onto three farm workers who were inside the building.

Injury Type : Burns
Core Activity : Marine pleasure craft manufacture
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010093690230
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was using a heat gun near the fuel system and bilge area of a vessel when an explosion and fire occurred.

Injury Type : Lacerated finger, sore wrist
Core Activity : Residential care
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010113830176
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was in the nursing station updating charts when he was assaulted by a resident using an electric wheelchair and throwing objects (stapler, charts).

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Road construction or repair
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010137160033
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

An excavator was moving overburden when its bucket ruptured a 1/2-inch natural gas service line.

Injury Type : Broken ribs, punctured lung
Core Activity : Digging holes for utility poles
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010113210093
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A young worker was transporting three sheets of plywood (30 inches by 48 inches) on the back rack of an all-terrain vehicle. As the ATV was travelling up a steep slope, it rolled over.

Injury Type : Concussion, head laceration, fractured rib
Core Activity : Concrete reinforcing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165410216
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was injured when the 10-foot ladder he was descending slipped out.

Injury Type : Cut to head, loss of consciousness
Core Activity : Heavy equipment servicing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010116270169
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was standing on top of a loader tire when he stepped onto the top step of an unsecured 6-foot stepladder that was leaning against the loader's tire. When the ladder slipped out, the worker fell to the concrete floor and struck his head.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Truck service and repair
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010154930291
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A compressor fell while being hoisted onto an elevated storage platform, strking and fatally injuring a worker.

Injury Type : Bruising
Core Activity : Installing drywall against exterior wall
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161950166
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was standing on a portable scaffold work platform, installing drywall. The worker fell about 6 feet to the concrete slab at grade when a wheel at the base of the platform entered an opening in the slab's surface.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Retail pet food store
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165570119
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

Workers managed to evade two robbery suspects and summon assistance. The would-be robbers fled the scene.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Integrated forest management
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010140710340
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker in a pickup truck was fatally injured when the truck left the road and rolled over.

Injury Type : Minor head injuries, loss of consciousness
Core Activity : Oil field hauling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490095
Date of Accident : 2010-Jul

A mobile picker truck was travelling a resource road when it encountered an unannounced oncoming vehicle (the resource road is a 2-way radio assist road). In manoeuvring to avoid a collision with the oncoming vehicle, the truck entered the ditch and rolled onto its side. The driver was knocked unconscious and suffered minor head injuries.

Injury Type : Leg injuries
Core Activity : Water hauling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490096
Date of Accident : 2010-Jul

A B-train truck (truck with 2 trailer units) was hauling water to an oil and gas site when it caught the soft shoulder of a new resource road, resulting in the truck running off the road and rolling onto its side. The driver was pinned under the steering wheel of the truck and had to be extracted by emergency services.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Testing of well frac equipment
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010154930319
Date of Accident : 2010-Jul

A high-pressure oil and gas well pump was being tested up to 10,043 psi when an end cap failed and was violently discharged across the work area. Red and green testing safety zones succeeded in preventing workers from being in the dangerous areas and there were no injuries.

Injury Type : Amputated fingertips
Core Activity : Metal recycling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010116120176
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A young worker operating an alligator shear bent over to pick up a piece of material. For stability, he placed one hand in the point of operation. The worker's foot was still on the switch of the shrouded foot control and the shear inadvertently actuated.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Saw cutting municipal roadway
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161950193
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

During saw-cutting of a roadway, an underground 2-inch gas line was ruptured, releasing natural gas.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Fire brigade
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165890157
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

After hose practice, a fire crew lifted the fire truck ladder in order to stow away the hose. The ladder was not lowered again, and it contacted overhead power and communications lines when the truck exited the fire hall parking lot.

Injury Type : Severely lacerated arm
Core Activity : Glass cutting
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010112850294
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker was picking up a piece of untempered glass he had just cut to size from the cutting trim table when it broke in half. The upper half of the glass sheet slid down the lower half and contacted the worker's arm.

Injury Type : Broken tooth, facial laceration
Core Activity : Water main installation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010129161204
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A compression-type 2-inch-diameter ball valve curb stop was installed at the end of a polyethylene pipe and held under pressure of about 130 psi. A plastic cone was placed on top of the valve for marking. A worker was removing the cone when the valve unexpectedly released from the pipe and struck him in the face.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Building site preparation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154970434
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

An excavator was levelling a pile of rock on a backfilled building lot. In the pile of rock, the operator encountered buried used explosive packaging waste. As the operator pulled the bucket towards him, an explosion occurred. Preliminary investigation indicates the blast was caused by a detonator.

Injury Type : Mild concussion, br/
Core Activity : Manual tree falling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160530238
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A young worker was cutting alder with a chainsaw when he was struck on the hard hat by a danger tree that another worker had felled.

Injury Type : Multiple broken bones
Core Activity : Electrical installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010117080266
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker fell about 13 feet to grade through an elevated drywall ceiling.

Injury Type : Broken hip, shoulder, arms
Core Activity : Movie set disassembly
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010110210166
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker fell about 20 feet through an opening in the floor while disassembling the perimeter catwalk of a movie set.

Injury Type : Broken arm, lacerated hand
Core Activity : Steel frame erection
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156730454
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker was working on the edge of a structural steel building with a fall protection system in place. The worker unhooked himself from his fall protection system to walk the main girder. He slipped on the steel, which was wet from earlier rain, and fell 17 feet, 9 inches to grade. He narrowly missed a worker below and landed on stacked steel tube bracing.

Injury Type : Lacerated finger
Core Activity : House renovation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154960441
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A young worker was cutting wooden stakes to be used to secure footing formwork. The stakes were being cut with a handheld circular saw when the saw blade contacted the worker's hand.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to lower body
Core Activity : Electrical work
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160850322
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker was pinned between a 1-ton truck and a highway tractor unit that unexpectedly and inadvertently moved towards the 1-ton truck.

Injury Type : Bruising
Core Activity : Warehouse operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156680109
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker was struck from behind and pinned against a workstation by a walkie-rider pallet jack.

Injury Type : Broken ribs, punctured lung
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980252
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker was going to do work from a temporary work platform. When the worker began walking on the platform, it collapsed, causing the worker to fall about 13 feet, 8 inches. It was later found that the frame bracket at the end of the walkway was not installed correctly.

Injury Type : Broken leg
Core Activity : Stucco work
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010114550173
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker fell about 7 feet from a scaffold system.

Injury Type : Puncture wounds to foot
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010136960322
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker tripped while holding a nailgun and shot two nails into his foot.

Injury Type : Fractured foot
Core Activity : Cold storage plant
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010113830220
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A young worker was training on a stand-up forklift. When it veered towards racking, he jumped off the forklift and caught his foot between the forklift and the racking.

Injury Type : Bruising to back and chest
Core Activity : Water treatment plant
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010153370228
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

During backfilling around stand pipes for a municipal water supply upgrade, a worker was struck from behind by a large piece of clay (about 90 kilograms). The worker had been wrapping a newly installed valve in the same excavation.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Bridge construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010152480259
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker was removing bolts from an overhanging bracket used to support a work platform. As the worker was loosening the last bolt on the bracket, the bracket swung away from the bridge and the worker fell 15 to 18 feet before his personal fall protection gear arrested his fall.

Injury Type : Soft-tissue injuries to neck, shoulder, arm
Core Activity : Residential framing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161480382
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker was setting up a fall protection system when he slipped on a wet top plate section of an exterior wall and fell to the ground (about 14 feet).

Injury Type : Bruising to back, shoulder, arm, leg
Core Activity : Framing new residential house
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010113830219
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

Trusses were being installed when a gust of wind caused a truss to fall. The truss struck a worker who was working from a work platform 10 inches wide. The worker fell about 8 feet to the ground.

Injury Type : Soft-tissue injuries to knees, hip
Core Activity : Traffic control and site safety after MVI
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165870320
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

At the site of a motor vehicle incident, a worker went over to the tow truck to speak to the driver. Meanwhile, a worker from another employer cut the last guy wire securing a severed utility pole. The pole and cables pinned the first worker against the door of the tow truck.

Injury Type : Fractured pelvis and arm
Core Activity : House construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156240225
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker was installing metal soffit from an elevated work platform that was supported by a ladder jack on one end and a wooden 2x6 bearer on the other end. The nails holding the horizontal wooden bearer were not hammered into solid wood and pulled out when weight was applied to the platform. The worker, who was not using a fall protection system, fell about 13 feet to the ground.

Injury Type : Head laceration, sore neck
Core Activity : Integrated forestry management
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980243
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

An excavator was deactivating back spar trails on a slope of about 60 percent. When the excavator slid on a rock outcropping, the machine rolled over and came to rest on the haul road below. The operator was wearing a seat belt.

Injury Type : Fractured pelvis, sprains
Core Activity : Roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156580326
Date of Incident : 2010-Sep

A worker was on a roof, in the process of setting up and attaching the lifeline to the harness of a fall-arrest system. The worker slipped on the roofing paper, which was wet from the morning dew, and fell about 17 feet to the ground.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Hauling fill
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163710176
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A dump truck driven with its box raised contacted a 25-kV power line.

Injury Type : Fatal (non-worker)
Core Activity : General trucking
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010120030292
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A pedestrian tried to cross an open stretch of highway and was struck by an empty gravel truck. The worker driving the truck was not injured.

Injury Type : Fractured foot, sprained ankle
Core Activity : Road and lease construction
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490120
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A scraper (large earth-moving mobile equipment) drove over a large rock. When the operator exited the scraper to investigate possible damage to the machine, he slipped on the access ladder and fell to the ground.

Injury Type : Fatal (1 worker); fractured foot (1 worker); undetermined injuries (1 worker)
Core Activity : Residential construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010166720146
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

As a metal I beam was being delivered to a residential construction site, the stinger crane detached from the chassis of the carrier. The crane's jib landed on the main floor of the building.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010122700263
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A backhoe with a tamping/compacting attachment on the digger arm was travelling, carrying a metal excavation shoring cage. The backhoe flipped over onto the driver's side.

Injury Type : Fatal (non-worker)
Core Activity : Dairy farming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010125400204
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A farm truck collided with an oncoming motor vehicle. The driver of the oncoming vehicle died.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Salmon gillnet fishing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161530119
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A commercial salmon gillnetter with 5 persons on board began taking on water at the mouth of a river. It issued a distress call (flares), and the Canadian Coast Guard and a life boat assisted the vessel and towed it to port.

Injury Type : Lacerated head, abrasions
Core Activity : Maintenance yard
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161480356
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker was lifting a rubber tote bin containing about 50 pounds of broken glass, to dump it into a waste bin. To reach the waste bin, the worker stood on top of a toolbox in the back of a pickup truck. As he lifted the tote bin over his shoulders, he slipped and lost his footing. The tote bin fell backwards, striking the worker and knocking him to the ground.

Injury Type : Fractured skull, hip, finger
Core Activity : Storage of tools and equipment
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157570143
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker fell from an undetermined height and landed on a concrete floor.

Injury Type : Broken ankle, soft-tissue injury to arm
Core Activity : Tree services
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010147280189
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

Workers were removing and chipping a tree. The top portion of the tree had been removed. The remaining standing piece of the tree, 8 to 10 inches in diameter and 19 to 21 feet tall, was being removed by a worker using a chainsaw. A second worker was feeding the removed top into a chipper. As he walked to the end that had been positioned farthest from the chipper, to align the top with the chipper, he was struck by the remaining piece being removed.

Injury Type : Dizziness, loss of balance
Core Activity : Sports and entertainment facility
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010160310102
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

While on a lunch break, a worker bought a bottle of water from an on-site retailer. The worker had consumed a quarter of the water when he noticed that there was a pin-hole perforation in the bottle's lid. The worker was concerned that the water bottle might have been tampered with and provided the bottle and remaining water to the site operations office to investigate further. Shortly afterward, the worker began to feel ill.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Commercial fishing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161530117
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A crew member collapsed while engaged in seine fishing operations.

Injury Type : Burns to upper body
Core Activity : Propane system inspection
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010113920204
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

As a worker was inspecting an enclosed propane system at a new home site, a small explosion and fire occurred.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Lime manufacture
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010128230339
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A rubber-tired loader rolled onto its side when the roadway up a stock pile sloughed out.

Injury Type : Broken ribs and wrist, laceration
Core Activity : Waterproofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010117080223
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker fell 18 feet into a parkade exhaust well ventilation shaft.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Road construction
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010163800107
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

An excavator was removing materials from a road bed when it punctured a 4-inch gas line. Gas was released but no workers were injured.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010128230328
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A backhoe excavating adjacent to an electrical kiosk contacted and broke an underground electrical conductor.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Cutting roadside grass
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010152480222
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A tractor cutting grass on the shoulder of a road was struck from behind by a semi-truck.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Dewatering of logs from lake
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160850272
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A log haul truck and trailer was backing into the log-loading area at a lake when the trailer was backed over the unguarded edge of a 15-foot-high seawall. The log-hauling trailer fell into the log sorting area of the lake, pulling the tractor unit in with it.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Shipping container storage yard
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156680101
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker was moving a top pick container handler in a shipping container storage yard, to make repairs on the machine. The machine's mast contacted a 230-kV power line, tripping the circuit. No one was injured.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Tree trimming
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010112850229
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A company was removing tree limbs growing into 25-kV power lines. The operator was working between the neutral and primary when he contacted the 25-kV primary power line with the insulated boom of the bucket truck. The line was severed and dropped to the ground but no one was injured.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Relocation of existing gas line
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010128230326
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A 3/4-inch gas line was broken as it was being re-routed.

Injury Type : Fractured pelvis, multiple fractures of arm/hand
Core Activity : Hydro project construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010166950261
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker climbed up an unsecured 8-metre gang form panel to attach it to the crane (for removal). A 7-metre panel was attached to the 8-metre panel with an expansion anchor. Concrete had not been placed in the form. As the carpenter neared the top of the form, it tipped and fell over toward a concrete wall on the opposite side of the structure. The worker was pinned between the panels and the wall.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Street light installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010122700257
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A backhoe ruptured an unmarked 1-inch gas line.

Injury Type : Amputated fingertip
Core Activity : Works yard
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010114050241
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker was ripping (cutting lengthwise) a 12-foot pressure-treated 2x4 on a 10-inch table saw. As the operator reached around the saw blade's safety guard to hold the 2x4, one finger contacted the saw's blade.

Injury Type : Fractured ribs and arm, shoulder injury
Core Activity : Site servicing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450266
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker was placing boundary stakes for residential lots. The terraced lots increased in elevation by 10 feet for each pad. Taking measurements while standing on a 1.5:1 riprap (rock) slope, the worker lost his footing and fell backwards onto the blasted, 12-inch riprap. During the 8-foot fall, the worker tried to prevent damage to his electronic devices.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Ship repair
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010118870576
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

As a crane lowered a job box to the shop floor, it inadvertently struck a scaffolding system, causing the load to drop about 25 feet.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Substation control room
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010163050202
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

While working in a substation control room, a worker contacted an unknown electrical source and fell. The worker succumbed to the injuries.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Commercial crab fishing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161530105
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker fell from the deck of his moving vessel and swam to shore.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Supermarket
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158750152
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

An interior sign fell from the wall to the store floor, about 3 metres (10 feet). The sign was about 8 metres (24 feet) long and weighed 150 kilograms (400 pounds). No one was injured.

Injury Type : Fractures, internal injuries
Core Activity : Plumbing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010122700253
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker was injured when the structural support for a steel 200-gallon water storage tank failed. Workers had undermined the support foundation.

Injury Type : Soft-tissue injuries to shoulder, neck
Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161290506
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker hooked into what he thought was one of several lifelines installed on a roof (slope of 10:12). In fact he had attached to a terminal, unanchored end of a lifeline that had been thrown to the other side of the roof. The end knot of the line had lodged against a roof vent. When the worker later placed more tension on the line, the knot came free and he fell 8 feet, landing on the waste pile of shingles below (somewhat breaking his fall). The fall restraint rope grab did not deploy as it was now installed upside down.

Injury Type : Electric shock
Core Activity : Concrete product manufacture
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010166520297
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

As a worker was re-setting a breaker, he received a shock from the energized electrical panel.

Injury Type : Fractured elbow
Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155070192
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A roofer fell about 18 feet from a roof edge to grade.

Injury Type : Partial amputation of fingers
Core Activity : Commercial fishing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010157490211
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

As a worker was drumming back (hauling) a seine net, his hand was caught between the boat's stern ramp (which was being raised hydraulically) and the vessel's gunnel.

Injury Type : Open wounds of fingers
Core Activity : Foundry work
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165880389
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A young worker operating a load conveyor tried to clear debris from an area behind the hopper. One hand was caught in the power transmission parts of the machine.

Injury Type : Bruising to face, arm, leg
Core Activity : Painting
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156730374
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A young worker was painting the doorway to an upstairs room when he fell 12 feet from an unguarded raised floor.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Power line decommissioning
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010163050193
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A bucket truck was turning onto a right-of-way road off of a main forest service road. The truck's rear wheels slid into a ditch concealed by undergrowth, causing the bucket truck to roll over onto its side.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Land clearing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010166970096
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A mechanical feller buncher was clearing land for a residential development. As it was falling a tree, a section of the tree broke off and contacted an overhead energized high-voltage power line. This caused a power outage in the immediate area but no one was injured.

Injury Type : Head and spinal injuries
Core Activity : Painting
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010118870558
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker was painting at an elevation of about 12 feet. The worker was found unconscious at the base of a ladder.

Injury Type : Minor injuries (2 workers)
Core Activity : Traffic control
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165810255
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A motor vehicle collided with a flat-deck truck on a highway. The truck was used as a traffic control buffer vehicle and was moving slowly in the fast lane inside the construction zone. Two workers in the truck sustained minor injuries from the impact.

Injury Type : Head injury, fractured wrist
Core Activity : Framing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010112840114
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A young worker was cutting plywood on a work bench on the second floor of a new house under construction. He carried the 2 feet by 4 feet sheets of plywood first across a walkway that did not have guardrails and then downstairs to another worker for installation. While returning to the work bench area, the young worker fell 3 metres and landed at the front entrance.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Site surface preparation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010122700247
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A backhoe dug up an underground 12-kV conductor, pulling it off the overhead connection.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating and site surface preparation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010140710429
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

An excavator was removing surface material from atop a buried 2-inch gas line when its bucket snagged the line and pulled it from the gas meter, causing a release of natural gas. The site was evacuated and the gas was shut off within 10 minutes.

Injury Type : Broken bones in feet
Core Activity : Wind turbine installation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010158820160
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A 90-ton mobile crane was loading wind turbine components onto a transport truck. The truck moved ahead before the last sling was disconnected. The truck's forward movement caused the crane's rear stabilizers to lift. The crane operator tried to reel out main line, but he was not able to do so fast enough so he decided to jump clear of the crane. He jumped about 11 feet from a height of 7.5 feet, breaking bones in both feet. The crane did not tip over.

Injury Type : Fractured arms
Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165420253
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A worker was removing old roof shingles when he fell about 10 feet and landed on a concrete sidewalk.

Injury Type : Injuries to leg and back (1 worker); injuries to leg and shoulder (1 worker)
Core Activity : Ferry service
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010118870531
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

As a ferry approached the terminal, a mechanical problem resulted in a hard landing of the vessel. Several crew members and passengers were injured.

Injury Type : Missing (1 worker, 3 non-workers)
Core Activity : Commercial sport fishing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010157490204
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A 19-foot commercial sport fishing vessel with one guide and three guests failed to return to a fishing lodge. The vessel was located several days later but an extensive search has not located the missing people.

Injury Type : SO2 exposure causing headache, sore throat (4 workers)
Core Activity : Pulp and paper mill
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010116080018
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A sulfur dioxide (SO2) leak occurred during railcar unloading. As the site was being evacuated, 11 workers reported exposure to SO2 but only 4 required treatment with oxygen.

Injury Type : Exposure to carbon monoxide
Core Activity : Train operator
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163210243
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

While operating a passenger train that has an internal combustion engine powered by propane, a young worker experienced symptoms including severe headaches, dizziness, and vomiting.

Injury Type : Exposure to refrigerant gas (2 young workers)
Core Activity : Public swimming and exercise
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010111770126
Date of Incident : 2010-Aug

A new dehumidifier unit had recently been installed in an indoor swimming pool complex. The dehumidifier uses highly pressurized refrigerant. A rupture in an extruded copper pipe "T" fitting caused refrigerant to be released into the pool area while the pool was open for public swimming. The pool complex was evacuated and the fire department and paramedics were called. Of the five pool workers on duty, two (both young workers) reported symptoms of exposure to the refrigerant.

Injury Type : Crushing injuries to upper body
Core Activity : Horse racing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158880285
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A riderless race horse ran into the winner's circle during a race and struck a worker.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Chemical wholesale
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010166930146
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A fire destroyed a building occupied by an agricultural supply warehouse and other businesses. The fire caused a release of chemicals including pesticides, flammables, and oils stored in the building.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Customs brokerage or freight forwarding
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165890172
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker fell about 3 feet from the cab of a transport truck. The worker's head struck the asphalt, and the worker later died of his injuries.

Injury Type : Abrasions, bruises, laceration
Core Activity : Exterior masonry
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010110110480
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker under a 5-foot-high section of steel scaffolding reached for materials. As he stood up, he bumped the scaffold brace, and the section of scaffolding and the materials on it collapsed onto him.

Injury Type : Injuries to shoulder, arm (1 worker); eye injury (1 worker)
Core Activity : Residential care facility
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165930117
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

Two separate incidents of violence occurred in one day with the same worker and client in a residential care facility. In the first incident, the client grabbed the worker's arm and held the worker. (Another worker intervened and was able to extract the first worker from the client's hold.) In the second incident, later in the day, the worker was again grabbed by the client and unable to get free from the client's hold. Law enforcement officials were called and they assisted in releasing the worker from the client.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to lower body
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156240211
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was changing saws on a twin band log canter. The worker completed the placing and tightening of the saws and removed the lockout locks (thereby energizing the equipment) in order to set the machine in the "run" position. The saws failed to move into the set position. The worker entered the energized equipment to clean a photoelectric device. When the photocell was cleared, the equipment cycled automatically, crushing the worker in a 7-inch opening in the frame.

Injury Type : Punctured lung, back
Core Activity : Gutter installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165420244
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was installing gutters using a cordless drill fitted with a 6-inch long bit. The worker was repositioning an extension ladder from the ground when a drill situated at the top of the ladder fell, striking the worker.

Injury Type : Abrasions
Core Activity : Road testing a motorcycle
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161940205
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A young worker was on a test ride of a motorcycle that was being repaired. The worker lost control of the motorcycle and crashed. No other vehicle was involved.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Paving services
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010114050221
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

At a work site, a line locate had been conducted and the line location had been determined and marked on the pavement. During a re-paving project, some of this marked pavement was removed. An excavator subsequently ruptured a 2-inch gas line in the area where the marked pavement had been removed.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating a trench for electrical install
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165870290
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A backhoe was excavating a trench for an electrical installation when its bucket severed a half-inch gas line.

Injury Type : Contusions
Core Activity : Orchard
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010161970183
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was struck by a fruit bin loaded on a trailer pulled by a tractor.

Injury Type : Puncture wounds (non-worker)
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010117640450
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A volunteer was moving a rubber-tired crane down a ramp (grade of 25 percent) into an underground parking area under construction. An excavator was assisting to move the crane. The excavator was placed at a severe angle to the ramp due to a pile of building materials in the area. When a snubbing strap became tight, the crane's rear wheels were pulled to the left off the ramp. The crane rolled onto the cab side, trapping the operator inside and impaling him on reinforcing steel dowels. The operator was extracted from the cab by emergency personnel.

Injury Type : Lacerated leg
Core Activity : Warehouse storage rack installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165830121
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

Two workers were standing a 25-foot-tall warehouse storage rack end frame. One worker was lifting the end frame when it fell to one side and struck the other worker.

Injury Type : Concussion, laceration
Core Activity : Exterior painting
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155730116
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was painting siding around a lower 5:12 sloped roof section. The worker was not using any fall protection. He tripped backward and fell about 12 feet to the uneven rocky ground below.

Injury Type : Shoulder injury, lacerations, contusions
Core Activity : Installation of metal piling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010163790111
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

During the installation of metal piling for bridge construction, a worker was cutting off excess vertical piling (125 inches by 16 inches by 3/8 inch metal pipe, weighing about 700 pounds). An excavator was holding this pipe while it was being cut off, using the teeth on the outside of the pipe and the thumb on the inside. The pipe twisted and sprang back, striking the worker and throwing him into a rock pile.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Boat refuelling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010160670133
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker fell from the tailgate of a pickup truck, striking the back of his head. The worker later succumbed to his injuries.

Injury Type : Injuries to hand, exposure to asbestos (2 workers); exposure to asbestos (up to 40 workers)
Core Activity : Pulp mill
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010162590147
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

As workers were removing transite siding from the outside wall of a pulp dryer, the wall collapsed. Two workers were injured and the transite was damaged, releasing asbestos fibres that potentially exposed up to 40 other workers.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Mobile crane operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010113820246
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A privately owned aircraft on floats crashed into water on takeoff. As a boom truck was recovering the aircraft, the rigging failed.

Injury Type : Injured knee, laceration, bruises
Core Activity : Erecting scaffolding
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010120030242
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

While erecting access frame scaffolding, a worker fell about 30 feet to an area covered with soil and concrete.

Injury Type : Fractured ankle
Core Activity : Exterior painting
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010162000267
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A ladder had been set up on a porch roof for exterior painting. A young worker was on the porch roof holding the ladder for the worker doing the painting. When the ladder slid from its position, the young worker fell just over 14 feet to a concrete sidewalk. The worker on the ladder fell a short distance onto the porch roof but was not injured.

Injury Type : Lacerated arm
Core Activity : Bin removal
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156580260
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was loading a 40-yard bin onto a truck when he realized that a tarp, sitting on the fender, was getting caught. He stopped the bin immediately and attempted to remove the tarp. While he reached between the fender and the bottom of the bin, the bin dropped down, pinning his arm.

Injury Type : Contusions, bruises, lacerations
Core Activity : Fuel transport
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161740313
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A fuel truck with a trailer was transporting gasoline on a highway. As the truck rounded a corner, an elk walked onto the road. The truck collided with the elk, lost control, and rolled over the bank on the side of the road. The driver sustained minor injuries.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Brush clearing
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010158820154
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

While brush was being cleared for a right-of-way, a tree fell onto a 4.16-kV power line. The power line had been de-energized before the faller proceeded to fell the tree. However, after the tree fell onto the de-energized power line, the whip of the lines caused the main line (144 kV) to blow a fuse.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Concrete formwork
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010160580198
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A tower crane was offloading sections of a man-lift mast from a delivery truck at a designated worksite load/offload area. The area was in the curb lane of a street with overhead, rubber-guarded, and flagged trolley bus electrical lines (600 volts DC). The tower crane offloaded one mast section from the delivery truck deck and placed it on the ground. The crane operator then tried to trolley and slew the tower crane load block back to the delivery truck to lift a second mast section. During this movement, the 3/8-inch by 20-foot lifting chains attached to the tower crane load block contacted the rear (back) area of a transit bus travelling in the second (middle lane). The crane operator quickly attempted to slew and trolley the tower crane, causing the lifting chains to contact the rubber-guarded trolley bus electrical lines located over the curb. No one was injured and no electrical arc occurred.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to head, shoulders, arm
Core Activity : Cleaning out old car parts
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157410172
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

As a non-worker was trying to dislodge a piece of metal caught in the mast of a forklift, he was crushed by the mast.

Injury Type : Injured arm
Core Activity : Site excavation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158880268
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

Excavation was taking place in an area where tensioned soil anchors were known to be. An unexposed anchor released from its holding ground and struck a worker.

Injury Type : Fatal (non-worker)
Core Activity : Hobby farming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163270206
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

The operator of a tractor was crushed when it rolled onto its side. The tractor was equipped with a rollover protective structure (ROPS) but it was not equipped with a seat belt.

Injury Type : Undetermined crush injuries
Core Activity : Excavation work
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010153370197
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was injured when the bank of a 7-foot-deep unsloped, unshored excavation collapsed. The worker was pinned between the bank of the excavation and the bucket of an excavator. Co-workers used shovels to manually free the injured worker.

Injury Type : Fractured facial bones
Core Activity : Vinyl window manufacture
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010144660216
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was repairing wiring at the top of a truck-mounted A-frame rack. The worker slipped on the racking and fell, landing on the back of the truck.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Poultry processing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010111770122
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

On a weekend, two maintenance workers replaced the solenoid valves on two evaporators in a "chiller room" (which houses ammonia refrigeration equipment) of a poultry processing plant. As the workers left the room, a highly corroded carbon steel bushing (threaded reducer) ruptured in the hot ammonia gas line strainer assembly for one of the other evaporators, causing a major ammonia gas leak. The two workers, and five other maintenance workers who were on shift, evacuated the building and called emergency services. The fire department, police, and ambulance service responded. An emergency hazardous materials response provider assisted the refrigeration contractor to isolate the leaking ammonia refrigeration system, change out the corroded bushing, and purge the processing plant of ammonia gas. The ammonia leak was not fully isolated until more than 12 hours after it began. No workers required treatment for exposure to ammonia but there was a risk of serious injury or death.

Injury Type : Fractured ankle
Core Activity : Clothing manufacture
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010070890063
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

Three workers were loading a blotting paper roll (weighing about 185 pounds) into position at the infeed end of the calender heat press fabric printer using a material lift with the platform accessory over the forks. The first worker operated the manual crank of the lift while each of the other two workers stood at one end of the roll to guide the spindle ends into position in the receivers. The blotter rolled forward and dropped 6 feet to the floor, grazing the second worker and striking the third worker.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Mechanized tree falling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156160177
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

While a mechanical head was processing logs, a cutting chain link broke away from the processing head bar at high velocity and cut through the equipment's 12-millimetre polycarbonate front windshield guard. The chain link hit the back of the steel internal computer box, denting it, then dropped to the floor. The processing head had a manufacturer's chain catcher installed. The polycarbonate guard was rated to the G603 standard.
See a slide show about an incident where a broken chain link nearly killed an operator:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Multimedia/SlideShows.asp?ReportID=33843 Read about chain shot and what can be done to lessen the risk:
http://www.oregonchain.ca/tech/chain_shot.htm

Injury Type : Smoke inhalation, undetermined injuries (1 worker); smoke inhalation (8 workers)
Core Activity : Electric utilities
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490104
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

Workers were conducting preventive maintenance on one of the turbines at a power generation facility. When the crew tried to re-start the generator, an explosion occurred in the unit's exciter (secondary generator used to start the main power generator). Nine workers, including one young worker, were treated for gas inhalation.

Injury Type : Injury to side of head
Core Activity : Liquor store
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010163100171
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A person entered a liquor store, walked up to the counter with a large bottle, and demanded that the worker give him all of the large bills. When the worker hesitated, the person struck the worker with the bottle.

Injury Type : Electrical burns
Core Activity : Pulp and paper mill
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010147050228
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was cleaning up in a two-sided precipitator. The worker entered the side of the precipitator that was not locked out and sustained an electric shock.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Trucking
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156240193
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A B-train-style truck loaded with lumber entered a banked corner. The rear trailer began to tip toward the outside of the roadway. The driver tried to correct the lean by steering toward the opposite ditch, at which point the trailer tipped over, pulling the forward trailer and tractor onto its side on the road surface. The driver was not injured.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Installing traffic light
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163710158
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

While excavating a trench to install conduit for a new traffic control sign, three electrical conduits were uncovered. Workers continued the digging by hand and uncovered one conduit that was damaged and the cable exposed.

Injury Type : Dislocated shoulder
Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980196
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker was on a 9:12 pitched roof installing plywood sheathing when he stepped on his lifeline and lost his balance. The worker fell about 4 feet below the eave before his fall was arrested by the lifeline.

Injury Type : Head laceration, exposure to pepper spray (1 worker); exposure to pepper spray (1 worker)
Core Activity : Convenience store
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154960315
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

During an attempted robbery, one worker was pepper sprayed by one assailant, and a second worker was pepper sprayed and struck with a hatchet by a second assailant.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Fire brigade
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165890157
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

After hose practice, a fire crew lifted the fire truck ladder in order to stow away the hose. The ladder was not lowered again, and it contacted overhead lines when the truck exited the fire hall parking lot.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Mechanical logging
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450242
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A crew cab was travelling on a forest service road when the driver attempted to pass a slow logging truck. As the crew cab pulled out, the steering box pitman shaft fractured completely. Out of control, the crew cab ran into the back of the loaded logging truck. The three workers inside were able to duck under the dash of the crew cab before the log ends broke through the windshield.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Dump truck operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156240189
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

The elevated box of a dump truck contacted a neutral overhead power line on a 25-kV circuit. The neutral line broke as the truck moved forward, and the resulting torque on the support structure caused a cross-arm on the 25-kV primary lines to break.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Tower crane operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010154890145
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

The operator of a tower crane was raising the chains when a hook got caught on a pedestrian walkway container, overturning it.

Injury Type : Sprains
Core Activity : Industrial food preparation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160850254
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

While carrying a tray of food, a worker slipped on a shock-absorbing mat and fell to the floor

Injury Type : Sore back (2 workers)
Core Activity : House painting
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163640151
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

Two workers had erected metal tubular scaffolding to a height of 10 feet and set up a 22-foot extension ladder on the top of the scaffolding. One worker stood on top of the scaffold, holding the base of the ladder, while the other worker climbed the ladder. The scaffolding became unstable and abruptly leaned to about a 45-degree angle before coming to rest on a small tree. Both workers fell to the ground.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to leg
Core Activity : Supermarket warehouse
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165890152
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A worker operating a motorized pallet jack was injured when the pallet jack and a forklift collided.

Injury Type : Spinal injury, upper body fractures (1 worker); cracked ribs (1 worker); neck and shoulder strains, contusion, laceration (1 worker)
Core Activity : Worker transport
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156240223
Date of Incident : 2010-Jul

A van transporting farm workers left the highway and rolled over. Seven workers were in the van; three workers were injured.

2010 April-June

Injury Type : Lacerated leg

Core Activity : Site excavation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010166920087
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A young worker approached an excavator, from the operator's blind side, while the machine was tracking backwards. The worker tried to avoid the machine but contacted the excavator's track.

Injury Type : Crush injuries (non-worker)

Core Activity : Marina boat rental
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980185
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

The brakes on a boat handler unexpectedly released and the boat hndler and pleasure boat rolled forward down the loading ramp. This unexpected movement of the pleasure boat caused the non-worker loading the boat to fall forward out of the boat and onto the boat launch ramp. The non-worker was caught between the rolling boat handler and the loading platform support structure.

Injury Type : Close call

Core Activity : Crane operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010160580174
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A 28-ton articulating boom crane was offloading a sling of 2-inch by 4-inch by 16-foot lumber (weighing about 5,000 pounds) when it overturned into a 30-foot shotcrete excavation.

Injury Type : Lacerations

Core Activity : Home improvement centre
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010166930148
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was sitting on a block wall in front of a hardware store fence panel display. The display had been partially disassembled by another worker. A fence panel fell over, striking the worker's head and shoulder.

Injury Type : Shoulder injury

Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156160174
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

The driver of a logging truck had lowered two trailer stakes via a pike pole and was trying to lower the first tractor stake when he injured his shoulder.

Injury Type : Broken ribs and shoulder

Core Activity : Residential construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155730111
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was descending a ladder when the shoulder strap from his water bottle slid off and became entangled with his foot. The worker fell about 8 feet to the ground.

Injury Type : Sore neck

Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980178
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

During heavy winds, numerous 15-foot and 9-foot outside and inside wall panels collapsed on the fourth floor of a newly constructed hotel. One worker was struck by a 5/8-inch plywood sheet that was blown across the floor.

Injury Type : Close call

Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154960272
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

An excavator was removing material to a suitable sub-base grade when the bucket contacted and ruptured a 3/4-inch-diameter gas line. The jobsite and surrounding buildings were evacuated. Gas utility representatives located the nearest gas shut-off valve, which was inaccessible due to construction demolition activity. About an hour later the utility provider authorized another valve location to be closed.

Injury Type : Head laceration

Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010131490234
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A loader stopped abruptly when its forks struck a set of railway tracks. The operator lurched forward in the seat and struck the windshield.

Injury Type : Close call

Core Activity : Power line installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161950157
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

Workers were installing a 1.8-kilometre suspended power line circuit adjacent to a highway. A rope failed during tension stringing, resulting in a new grounded overhead power line falling and contacting an energized high-voltage power line on an existing suspended circuit.

Injury Type : Facial lacerations, bruised arms

Core Activity : Residential forming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010154890132
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker jumped from one work platform to a second work platform. An H20 timber beam broke and two workers fell about 9 feet to grade. One worker was injured.

Injury Type : Close call

Core Activity : Skid-steer loader operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156240168
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A skid-steer loader was removing and levelling soil for the installation of a block wall. The loader's bucket contacted and ruptured a plastic 15-millimetre natural gas line. The area was evacuated and the line was repaired by the gas utility. The gas line had been previously located but not hand exposed.

Injury Type : Fractured legs
Core Activity : Roof replacement
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165880296
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker carrying toe-hold brackets on a roof fell 12 feet to grade. The roof slope was 8:12. The worker was not wearing fall protection gear.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to hand
Core Activity : Pulp and paper mill
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010116270166
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was uncrossing reel ropes on a paper machine when his hand became caught in a nip point between a sheave and the reel.

Injury Type : Multiple injuries (6 workers)
Core Activity : Tree planting
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450220
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

Six workers, including four young workers, were travelling in crew cab truck with a loaded fibreglass insulated seedling transport. The driver reached for the radio microphone and lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle left the road, rolling over completely before coming to rest on the wheels. All workers riding in the vehicle were belted.

Injury Type : Arm injuries
Core Activity : Warehouse operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010128220084
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was stacking steel load bars against a wall when the stack fell. The bars struck the worker, knocking him to the ground.

Injury Type : Amputated finger
Core Activity : Refueling vehicle
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010137290170
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

As a worker fell from the running board of a truck, the ring he was wearing caught on the truck mirror.

Injury Type : Burns to leg
Core Activity : Geothermal pump installation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010116120150
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

Workers were adding methyl hydrate (used as antifreeze) to water in the geothermal pump system of a new residential home to ready it for service. There was an explosion. A fire erupted, resulting in burns to one of the workers (a young worker).

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Acute care facility
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010157580189
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

An equipment failure occurred in the vaporizer portion of the propane delivery system. A fire broke out and engulfed the vaporizer shed. The hospital was evacuated as a precaution.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010131490235
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

As an excavator was digging a trench excavation for the installation of a new underground natural gas line, it ruptured an existing line that was to be removed from service.

Injury Type : Broken leg
Core Activity : Framing and truss installation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010154930276
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

Two workers were installing trusses on a multi-storey wood frame building, working from job-built scaffolding. The scaffolding collapsed, and they fell about 7 feet. One worker landed, unhurt, on both feet. The other worker landed on one leg first and was injured.

Injury Type : Amputated fingers, hand lacerations
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010163800080
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was operating a table saw when his hand contacted the saw's blade.

Injury Type : Cut to head
Core Activity : Public school district
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010110750416
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was moving a soccer goal in order to mow the field in the area. As the worker pushed on one of the uprights, the crossbar came down on his head. An investigation revealed that an inside weld had failed.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Mobile equipment
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010154930267
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

An excavator boom contacted a high-voltage primary overhead power line. Power in the area was interrupted, but there were no injuries.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Land clearing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010113830157
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

While removing a large tree, an excavator pushed it into the secondary overhead power lines at an adjacent property. The contact resulted in the utility pole breaking and falling to the roadway, causing acid to leak from the transformer onto the road. The 12-kV power lines remained live until they were de-energized at the site by the utility company.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Logging
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450217
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was operating a feller buncher on 20 to 30 percent slopes. The tracks of the feller buncher slipped on a rock outcropping, causing the machine to roll over and land upside down. The operator's cab escape hatch and door were wedged shut by earth and stumps. A fire started in the engine compartment, subsequently engulfing the cab. Attempts to suppress the fire were unsuccessful.

Injury Type : Smoke inhalation (19 workers)
Core Activity : Pulp and paper mill
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010116270152
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A fire occurred between the 1st and 2nd calendar stacks of a #10 paper machine. The fire was put out by mill workers, of whom 19 reported symptoms of smoke inhalation.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010163050127
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

While chasing a leak in a water line, an excavator contacted a 3/4-inch gas line, resulting in the release of natural gas. The utility owner responded and contained the leak.

Injury Type : Fractured arm
Core Activity : Handling and insertion of flyers into newspapers
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165890146
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was operating a counterveyor stacker machine (a machine that counts and sorts paper flyers). Without de-energizing the machine, the worker reached in to clear a jam-up. The machine cycled and pulled the worker's arm around the bottom roller.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156240170
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A tracked excavator was travelling under an overhead power line. It caught a pole support (guy wire), causing the overhead neutral line to dislodge. The line fell to the ground without contacting the excavator.

Injury Type : Injuries to feet
Core Activity : Siding installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165420190
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker fell 15 feet from a manufactured scaffold.

Injury Type : Soft-tissue injury to leg
Core Activity : Trail system maintenance
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160850223
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was performing trail maintenance when he lost control of the all-terrain vehicle (quad) he was operating. Both the worker and the ATV rolled down a metre into a river. The worker was swept about 200 metres downstream before being rescued by a water-rafting tour group.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Building demolition
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165420189
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

One side of an excavation (9 feet deep by 100 feet long) collapsed, severing the natural gas service to the adjacent dwelling.

Injury Type : Severe bruising
Core Activity : Scrap car removal
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163730169
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A tow truck was removing a scrap car from the back yard of a private residence. The car was being dragged so the tow truck operator worker went under the vehicle to disengage its transmission. Once the transmission was unhooked, the vehicle suddenly rolled forward, crushing the worker under the front of the vehicle. A neighbour who witnessed the incident was able to lift the vehicle off the worker using the tow truck's winch.

Injury Type : Cuts and abrasions
Core Activity : Concrete fence manufacture
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010117640400
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

Workers were cleaning under slip forms designed and used to cast concrete fence panels. A forklift with a makeshift widener added to the forks was being used to lift the slip form panel from the narrow end. The operator (a young worker) exited the forklift, leaving the load suspended 6 to 8 inches. The panel slipped from the forks and struck the operator, pushing him into the adjacent panel.

Injury Type : Fractured ankle, ribs, finger
Core Activity : Re-roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010166720098
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker fell from a roof with a slope of 5:12. He fell about 7 feet before hitting the metal roof rack of a pickup truck, then fell a further 7 feet to grade.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Ferry service
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161750144
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

While one crew member (davit operator) was placing a rescue boat in its storage cradle, another crew member fell overboard.

Injury Type : Burns
Core Activity : Plywood press operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010166950186
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was walking from a plywood press to the control panel when a hot oil hose failed, spraying 350-degree oil onto the worker and the floor. The worker slipped on the oil and fell. Hot oil continued to spray onto the worker.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980166
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

During repairs to a leaking water main, a 1.25-inch gas line was ruptured by the bucket of an excavator. Some nearby residences were evacuated and the gas line was repaired by the local utility company.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Underground utilities replacement
Location : Vancouver island
ID Number : 2010157490164
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

An excavator was removing street lighting service wires when it broke a half-inch gas line.

Injury Type : Electric shock
Core Activity : Asbestos removal
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010117080181
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

Two workers were working on a scissor lift. One was using a reciprocal saw to cut through a sheet metal ventilation shaft and inadvertently severed a live 347-volt electrical line that was hanging over the horizontal shaft.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Dryland sort
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010113820204
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A boom boat operator was nearly struck by a bundle of logs that fell from the grapple of a crane used to water and de-water bundles of logs.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Site surface preparation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161950149
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

As an excavator was removing a layer of grass and soil material, its bucket struck and damaged a 6-inch natural gas line.

Injury Type : Soft-tissue injuries to arms, back, neck
Core Activity : Seismic upgrading and renovations
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161950161
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

During seismic upgrading of a school, a worker accessed a classroom on the third floor to acquire materials. The worker stepped between open floor joists, broke through a lath-and-plaster ceiling, and fell about 13 feet, landing on the second-floor level.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Land clearing and excavation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161480264
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

An excavator was removing top soil, working close to overhead power lines. The knuckle portion of the excavator arm contacted a 14.4-kV power line. Power was lost to the area and later restored by the power company.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Orchard
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165880264
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A mud and debris slide from a man-made lake/water reservoir that failed moved through an orchard and damaged several buildings. Four orchard workers alerted by their employer were able to move to a safe location and escape injury.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Highways maintenance
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165880262
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

The retaining structure of a man-made water reservoir failed, releasing the water into the valley below. The huge mud and debris flow damaged buildings, orchards, vineyards, utility lines, and services, and blocked a major highway.

Injury Type : Fractured vertebrae (1 worker); injuries including concussion, lacerations, and soft-tissue injuries (6 young workers)
Core Activity : Tree planting
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010112850179
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

6 young workers (ages 15 to 24) 1 year's experience at this task Workers (tree planters) were being transported to the jobsite from camp when their vehicle rolled over while negotiating a curve in the road. Six of the workers were young workers.

Injury Type : Broken arm
Core Activity : Residential construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010147100081
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A group of trusses to be installed were on top of the wall plates. As a worker went to move one of them, the brace holding up the trusses failed. The collapse of the trusses caused the worker, who had been straddling the outside wall, to fall about 27 feet to the ground below.

Injury Type : Fractured vertebra
Core Activity : Public school
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010138190204
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker fell and struck his head on the steps of a school bus.

Injury Type : Facial laceration
Core Activity : Commercial vehicle operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160530145
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A commercial vehicle hauling a rock crusher failed to negotiate a corner on the highway. It drove over the edge of the roadway and down an embankment for about 25 metres. The driver of the vehicle was not injured and the other worker in the vehicle sustained only a minor injury.

Injury Type : Leg injuries
Core Activity : Fence installation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010117640376
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

Two workers were aligning the tow bar of a compressor when one of the compressor's wheels dropped off a shallow lip. The compressor swung toward one of the workers, pushing him against the side of a slow-moving concrete delivery truck. The worker was knocked to the ground and the wheels of the truck moved along his leg to the waist. The other worker stopped the truck and directed the driver to back off of the worker.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavator operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010113830147
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

An excavator contacted an overhead neutral line, causing a loss of power to the 12-kV primary line.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Repairing garbage truck
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010117670429
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

As a worker was repairing a front-loading garbage truck, he was crushed between the body of the truck and the hydraulically operated arm that lifts the garbage bin up over the cab of the truck.

Injury Type : Lacerated hand
Core Activity : Metal roll forming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157530206
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker removed the guard on an aluminum gutter roll former and reached in to remove some tape. When the tape was removed, the stored energy released the aluminum material.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Integrated forestry management
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157600135
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A tracked hydraulic machine used for ground-based harvesting (hoe-chucking) slid down a small, rocky, salal-covered 60 percent slope. The harvester flopped onto its side while trying to move around the slope to a bench above the slope.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Building demolition
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010114550118
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

During demolition, two exterior concrete block walls of a 2-storey building collapsed separately and landed on adjacent streets.

Injury Type : Burns to hand
Core Activity : Building portable electrical enclosures
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010093690205
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was tracing wires behind a motor control centre during pre-operational testing of an electrical house. The worker reached up behind a motor starter contactor and contacted a live 480-volt bus bar.

Injury Type : Severed finger
Core Activity : Public school district
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010110750411
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

While washing the floor in a doorway, a worker slipped on the wet floor and fell. The worker was wearing a ring, which caught on the striker plate of the door, severing the worker's finger.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Concrete Pumping
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154970265
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

After a concrete pumper truck had completed a pour, the operator folded in the fourth and third sections of the placing boom. As the operator lifted and folded in the side outriggers, the truck flipped onto its side. The fully extended placing boom sheared off the turning column of the turret and crashed into the concrete foundation walls.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Road grading
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980163
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A grader left a single-lane gravel road and rolled about 218 feet down a 79 percent slope. The operator was crushed.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Manual falling
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010158930137
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

While drilling rock for a ditch line, the boom of a tank drill was struck by a runaway danger tree. The tree had been felled by a manual faller clearing a road right-of-way about 400 feet above the drill.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Site surface preparation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160850207
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

While preparing a parking lot for re-paving, an excavator contacted an underground natural gas line, resulting in the release of natural gas. The utility owner responded and contained the leak.

Injury Type : Injuries to the face and neck (non-worker); lacerated and bruised leg (worker)
Core Activity : Fire services installation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161290408
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A non-worker in a motorized wheelchair was being guided by an aid worker. The wheelchair struck a heavy, temporary sidewalk covering plate above a 3-foot-deep excavation, pushing the cover plate forward. The wheelchair and occupant, as well as the aid worker, fell into the excavation. The sloped cover plate had been resting on the top edges of a cut concrete sidewalk, but the remainder of the excavation (in front of the sidewalk) was open. The area was marked with warning tape and municipal signage/flashing lights.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010143950135
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

As an excavator was digging an excavation for a water line installation, it struck and broke a pressurized 3/4-inch natural gas line.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Garbage truck operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156240154
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A refuse truck was turning right on a residential street when the driver noticed downed overhead power lines in the rearview mirror. The driver stopped the truck and radioed for emergency services. The area was secured and the driver exited the truck without injury. Subsequent reports by residents indicate that the overhead lines had been damaged and left hanging the night before but had not been reported.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Driving to jobsite
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010147050190
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker sustained fatal injuries in a single-vehicle accident while driving on a highway.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Geothermal field installation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010158820121
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

An excavator digging to install a geothermal underground field loop struck and broke a pressurized natural gas line. No workers were injured.

Injury Type : Violence in the workplace
Core Activity : Painting
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154960241
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker drove from one jobsite to another to speak to the company owner. A discussion occurred and the worker acquired a baseball bat and verbally threatened a supervisor. The police were called immediately and the worker fled to a nearby store. The store was evacuated of staff and customers, a police dog located the worker under a shelving unit, and the worker was arrested without incident.

Injury Type : Scrapes and bruises
Core Activity : Trucking
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156680077
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A semi-trailer truck failed to negotiate a curve on a freeway on-ramp and overturned.

Injury Type : Partial amputation of fingers
Core Activity : Wood products manufacture
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156730291
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was trimming a 2x2 piece of cedar on a trim saw. As the worker adjusted the piece of wood, it caught his cloth glove and his hand was pulled into the guarded saw.

Injury Type : Electrical burns, abrasions
Core Activity : Sign installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165410177
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was standing on an aluminum extension ladder installing a sign using a 13-foot-long piece of metal moulding. The moulding contacted a 7.2-kV overhead power line, and the worker fell 15 feet to the ground.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Land clearing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010112850174
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

An excavator was conducting cleanup work at the site of a residential fire. The excavator operator placed a spare excavation bucket on the ground adjacent to the work area. When the cleanup work was completed, the worker tried to retrieve the spare bucket and inadvertently pulled the cap off a half-inch gas riser sticking out of the ground. The worker was unaware that the gas riser was there as it was not marked after the utility company had removed the gas service meter to the home that used to be at that location.

Injury Type : Abdominal injuries
Core Activity : Home improvement centre
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010114050174
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A new and young worker was directed to cut 16-inch squares from sheets (4x8) of 1/4-inch plywood using a table saw. The worker stacked the sheets of plywood 3 deep and began to cut them. A kickback occurred, which ejected the plywood into the worker.

Injury Type : Multiple injuries
Core Activity : Industrial cleaning and repair
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010111970150
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was scaling the inside surface of a cooling tower. A piece of scale (measuring about 2 metres by 2 metres by 25 centimetres and weighing about 400 kilograms) peeled off the wall and struck him.

Injury Type : Worker was over-come by paint fumes
Core Activity : Residential construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160850205
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker collapsed and lost consciousness in a stairwell while attempting to exit the lower level of a residential building under construction. The worker had been overcome by paint fumes while another worker was spraying a metal primer (from a spray can) to the fire door frames on the second floor.

Injury Type : Exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas (4 workers)
Core Activity : Oil and gas production
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010165800147
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

During the process of cleaning a 400-barrel production tank (used for storage of produced water and hydrocarbon emulsions) on a small gas production site, fluids in the tank were agitated by a vacuum truck resulting in a release of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from the fluids. Four workers were exposed to the H2S, with one worker being knocked down.

Injury Type : Fractured skull, broken wrist, internal injuries
Core Activity : Circus
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010152480162
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A circus worker was in an extended tallescope (a tallescope is a manually operated telescopic aluminum work platform) repositioning a wire rope cable on an arena rafter about 22 feet above grade. The tallescope suddenly retracted downward, then fell over onto the arena's concrete floor.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to fingers
Core Activity : Pizza restaurant
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163210131
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A young worker's fingers were crushed as he operated a dough press.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to leg
Core Activity : Pulp and paper mill
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010163790077
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

An overhead crane removed the head box cover (a 3/4-inch-thick plate of stainless steel, measuring 53 by 134 inches and weighing about 2,000 pounds) off the twin wire containment vessel (a vessel to hold pulp and paper solution). The crane was holding the head box cover in place while a worker removed silicone buildup from the back of the plate when an eyebolt supporting the lid broke. The plate fell onto the worker.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavation for building
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010110750356
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

During a bulk excavation, a worker from the power utility company noticed that a utility pole looked unstable. The worker reported this and a crew came out and stabilized the pole. The company doing the excavation hired an engineer who gave instructions on how to further stabilize the pole with dirt. While carrying out his instructions, someone removed the anchor that the utility company's crew had placed. The crew was called back to re-stabilize the pole. The crew also painted a "no work zone" around the pole, pending its removal.

Injury Type : Compound fractures and deep laceration of arm
Core Activity : Manual falling and bucking
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161750122
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A faller was falling a fir tree (8 inches in diameter). When the tree started to fall, the faller tried to move to a safe location, lost his footing, and fell. The faller's arm contacted the running chain of his chainsaw.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log towing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010147280118
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A 30-foot tugboat towing a 3.5-section log boom sank as it approached a sawmill booming ground. As the tug sank, the two crew evacuated onto a sidewinder boat at the booming ground.

Injury Type : Multiple fractures to hand
Core Activity : Logging road maintenance
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450201
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was removing marking stakes from a storage container when a stake became caught on the lid of the storage container. As the worker freed the stake, the lid fell onto the worker's hand.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Truck transport
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010147100074
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

The driver of a double tanker truck hauling 50,000 litres of ethanol was fatally injured by a rock that penetrated the top of the truck's cab. The tanker truck eventually came to rest in a ditch about 125 metres down the road from the estimated point of contact. The trailer remained intact and there was no release of the ethanol.

Injury Type : Undetermined
Core Activity : Repairing bars on top of concrete hopper
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163730146
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

Two workers were replacing grizzly bars (a support structure that trucks drive onto to unload sand and gravel) on the top of a concrete hopper containing sand. One of the workers crossed the top of the hopper to retrieve a cutting torch when the machine was activated, drawing the worker into the silo and burying him up to his shoulders. The worker was extricated by fire and rescue personnel.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Trenching for utilities
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163710124
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

An excavator digging a trench for utilities ruptured a natural gas line.

Injury Type : Bruising, multiple hand fractures
Core Activity : Gas plant turnaround
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490093
Date of Accident : 2010-Jun

A worker was installing a large blind as part of the isolation process for a dehydration tower (gas processing vessel) at a gas plant when the 250-pound blind slipped, dropping onto the worker's hand. The worker's hand was fractured and bruised.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Rig move
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010154930263
Date of Accident : 2010-Jun

During a rig move, equipment being transported contacted the lower neutral line, bringing the primary power line down. Damage occurred to the pole, guywire, and transformer. A truck driver climbed his vehicle to remove a line from it. No worker was injured in this incident.

Injury Type : Chemical burn to foot
Core Activity : Drilling waste management
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010154930262
Date of Accident : 2010-Jun

Oil and gas well fluids (cement, invert, etc.) spilled into the boot of a vacuum truck worker, resulting in chemical burns to his foot.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Drilling for natural gas
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010153370140
Date of Accident : 2010-Jun

In the process of drilling a natural gas well, the crew of a drilling rig encountered a gas kick (an influx of formation fluid into the well bore). During operations to control the gas kick, a release of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas occurred, requiring the drilling rig to be evacuated. The maximum measured concentration of H2S gas reached 54 parts per million. The drilling rig crew donned supplied air breathing apparatus and continued well control operations.

Injury Type : Exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas (4 workers)
Core Activity : Oil and gas production
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010165800147
Date of Accident : 2010-Jun

During the process of cleaning a 400-barrel production tank (used for storage of produced water and hydrocarbon emulsions) on a small gas production site, fluids in the tank were agitated by a vacuum truck resulting in a release of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from the fluids. Four workers were exposed to the H2S, with one worker being knocked down.

Injury Type : Close call

Core Activity : Retail sales
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160850209
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A person entered the office area of a retail store when workers were not present, took an undetermined amount of cash, and left via the rear door. Workers were not threatened, assaulted, or injured in this incident.

Injury Type : Close call

Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980155
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A forklift was moving loads of manufactured wood when the two bottom anchor points on a forklift's mast failed. When the operator reversed the forklift, momentum caused the mast to strike the cab. The mast punctured the front window and the hydraulic cylinder dented the top of the cab.

Injury Type : Close call

Core Activity : Power generation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490072
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

Workers at a power generation facility had just completed a major lift using a 320-ton overhead crane. The crane operator was returning the load blocks to the upper limit of the crane when the operator heard a loud noise and noticed that the crane had been damaged. The damage was noted in the log book and reported to the supervisor but not to the owner of the power generation facility.

Injury Type : Major laceration to arm
Core Activity : Tree services
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156580175
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker was topping a tree when the chainsaw kicked back and contacted the worker's arm. Another worker on the ground immediately climbed up the tree and performed an aerial rescue.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010131490198
Date of Incident : 2010-May

An underground natural gas line was ruptured by an excavator working on a road construction project adjacent to a highway.

Injury Type : Internal injuries
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158880199
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker was struck by a vehicle while carrying plywood sheets across a street.

Injury Type : Bruising to arm, leg
Core Activity : Traffic control
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010131490201
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A traffic control person was struck by a vehicle while controlling traffic at the intersection of a highway and a road.

Injury Type : Eye injury
Core Activity : Pulp and paper mill
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010147050154
Date of Incident : 2010-May

The operator of a power washer lost control of the nozzle. The nozzle struck the worker's face, possibly causing his wrap-around eye protection to contact his eye.

Injury Type : Facial injuries
Core Activity : Welding and related machinery modifications
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010157600121
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A come-along winch was anchored to the operator's cab of a wood chipper. The come-along was then used to hoist and hold the machine's flail drum shroud upright. During maintenance work, the cab unexpectedly tilted and flipped towards the load (the flail drum shroud), crushing a worker between the cab and machinery.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Public ferry service
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010111110263
Date of Incident : 2010-May

The main engine of a large ferry failed, causing the starboard side of the vessel to contact the pier.

Injury Type : Fatal (1 worker, 3 non-workers)
Core Activity : Fixed-wing visual flight rule operation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010155610097
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A float plane crash-landed in the ocean just before reaching its destination.

Injury Type : Injuries to neck, shoulder, arm
Core Activity : Correctional centre
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010120030195
Date of Incident : 2010-May

During the admission process, an inmate assaulted a correctional officer.

Injury Type : Mild concussion, facial injuries
Core Activity : Tree trimming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010113830129
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A large cedar tree (100 feet tall, 6.5 feet in diameter) was being removed a piece at a time, starting at the top. When the remainder of the tree was about 24 feet tall, the huge diameter meant the pieces (each about 18 inches thick) were very heavy, so workers decided to use a rope and pulley system to lower them. Two pieces were lowered using this system, but as the third log was dropping, the rope broke and the pulley struck a worker on the ground.

Injury Type : Crush injury to leg
Core Activity : Residential construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157560190
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker was making adjustments to the grade of rock stairs under construction. A 2-foot-square boulder that was being held in the excavator's bucket slipped out of the bucket and crushed the worker's leg.

Injury Type : Head injury
Core Activity : Offloading sod at residential site
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010166520183
Date of Incident : 2010-May

As a worker was loading a forklift onto the back of a flat-deck trailer, the supporting mounting carriage broke. The forklift fell backwards off the trailer onto the pavement.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Land clearing
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010140710309
Date of Incident : 2010-May

While travelling down a steep, earthen temporary road, a loaded articulating dump truck left the road surface and came to a stop partway over the edge of the road at risk of rolling into a deep ravine.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Replacing overhead power lines
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010152480150
Date of Incident : 2010-May

Two workers in a boom-supported elevating work platform had just completed work on overhead power lines. As the work platform was manoeuvred away from the lines, the boom contacted an energized secondary line and an energized primary 14.4-kV line. The primary conductor was severed and fell to the roadway below.

Injury Type : Broken foot
Core Activity : Paper recycling
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157530188
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker exited a recycling truck before it had stopped. He fell in front of the vehicle's mid-span tire and was pinned as the vehicle moved forward.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Grapple yarding
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161750121
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A grapple yarder was pulled over when two guyline stumps failed while it was grapple yarding downhill.

Injury Type : Fractured ribs and wrist
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154960214
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker accessed the top of a cube van to remove a 20-foot-long pipe and fell 12 feet onto the grass boulevard.

Injury Type : Sore neck, back
Core Activity : Cable logging
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010136960191
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A grapple yarder sustained structural damage when it toppled over a bank, damaging the house and boom. Evidence indicates that the topping block pin vibrated out of the pennant block frame, and when the operator released the haulback, the boom fell forwards. The momentum of the boom falling and the operator's attempts to stop this resulted in the machine going over the bank.

Injury Type : Broken foot bones
Core Activity : Forklift operation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154970230
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A forklift made a sharp left turn and struck a young worker. The worker was knocked to the ground and the forklift's rear tire then rolled onto the worker's leg.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Dock repair and maintenance
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010114550108
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker was operating a small forklift on a loading ramp that extended over water. (The ramp is used to load barges, for example.) As the forklift was placing equipment on the ramp, a failure occurred that caused the ramp to drop to one side. The forklift tipped over but remained on the ramp. The forklift operator was later found in the water. (It was later reported that divers found a second forklift in the water at the accident site as well.)

Injury Type : Bruising to abdomen
Core Activity : Wood processing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165890109
Date of Incident : 2010-May

The operator of an end-stacker wanted to advance the loads so they could be removed by a forklift, but he inadvertently hit the reverse button. A worker who had entered the planer end-stacker outfeed chain area was pinned between two loads.

Injury Type : Shoulder and neck bruising, swelling
Core Activity : Trucking
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010117670418
Date of Incident : 2010-May

As a truck was being unloaded, a large door frame fell over and struck a worker on the back of the neck.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Underground utility installation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010153370123
Date of Incident : 2010-May

Services were being installed for a new subdivision. A small excavator was assisting workers to expose a 2-inch gas main when it struck an underground riser attached to the main. The rupture released natural gas into the environment, but no workers were injured.

Injury Type : Violence in the workplace
Core Activity : Convenience store
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010139860138
Date of Incident : 2010-May

Very early one morning, a robber threatened a lone worker at gunpoint, then made off with cash and cigarettes.

Injury Type : Temporary loss of consciousness, severe cut to head, cracked vertebra
Core Activity : Recycling depot
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010110750306
Date of Incident : 2010-May

While dumping a roll-off container, a worker opened the container's back door. The door did not swing free so the worker pulled on the chain attached to the door. The door swung open and a piece of timber (about 5 by 12 inches and 8 feet long) slid off the load and struck the worker, knocking him unconscious.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Veneer plant
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010112850150
Date of Incident : 2010-May

As a log stacker travelled through the paved yard of a veneer plant, it struck a wooden utility pole, severing it at the base. A chain reaction resulted in a second utility pole being snapped off about 5 metres up the pole and a 25-kV overhead power line being severed. The power line, which was de-energized at the time, fell across the engine cowling of the stacker.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Road construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165570078
Date of Incident : 2010-May

An excavator digging for a sewer line contacted an overhead neutral power line. The motion of the lines caused the primary lines to open the cutout. The utility company closed the cutout, restoring power.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Marine vessel repair
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010114550105
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A 40-ton crane tipped onto the cab side while offloading a forklift, stowed in an open container, from a barge.

Injury Type : Bruising to the abdomen, leg
Core Activity : Garbage collection
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010120030177
Date of Incident : 2010-May

During garbage collection, a worker noticed a broken weld on the left cart lift mechanism. As the worker manually lifted the mechanism to inspect the damage, the mechanism was lifted past the stop and was caught by the closing packing blade of the garbage truck. This caused the lift mechanism to break away from the attaching bolts (holding the upper part of the mechanism) and strike the worker.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010158820106
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A 225-ton mobile crane was working near a 25-kV overhead power line when an arc flashed to the whip line (auxiliary load line).

Injury Type : Undetermined injuries (non-worker)
Core Activity : Forklift operation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010159110197
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A customer accessed the warehouse dock forklift ramp to look at items stored on the dock. A forklift was backing out of the warehouse. The operator did not see the customer, who was kneeling down to look at an item. The forklift struck the customer.

Injury Type : Crush injury
Core Activity : Sod farm
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163270103
Date of Incident : 2010-May

During sod netting installation, a worker fell from the enclosed cab of a high-profile tractor and was run over by the tractor's rear left tire.

Injury Type : Amputated finger
Core Activity : Machine shop
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158750105
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker was performing a boring operation on a casting using a turret milling machine. The worker's gloved finger caught on the tip of the drill bit.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Land clearing with excavator
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980145
Date of Incident : 2010-May

An excavator's bucket struck and ruptured a 3/4-inch propane gas line while clearing land.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010152480136
Date of Incident : 2010-May

During the construction of a pool complex, 28 to 30 roof trusses collapsed.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Pile driving
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163640109
Date of Incident : 2010-May

An 80-ton crane set up to drive piling was hoisting a 60-foot pile into position when the pile inadvertently struck the follower (steel cap placed on top of a pile to prevent damage during driving). The follower, weighing about 1,000 pounds, fell 35 feet to the ground.

Injury Type : Temporary loss of consciousness; neck and shoulder injury
Core Activity : Concrete formwork
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163710100
Date of Incident : 2010-May

While plumbing a rebar column, a worker was struck on the hardhat by a 3-foot piece of rebar.

Injury Type : Puncture wounds to leg
Core Activity : Assembling pallets
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165880207
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker was assembling wooden pallets using a pneumatic stapler. The tip of the stapler contacted the worker's leg. The stapler activated, discharging a 2.5-inch staple.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Residential construction
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010166350085
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker was working in a trench constructed in sandy soil. The trench was about 12 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 11 feet deep. Excavated material was piled about 4 feet high directly adjacent to the trench. Shortly after the worker exited the trench, a large slab of the excavation broke free and caved in where the worker had been crouched down only minutes before.

Injury Type : Head laceration, bruises
Core Activity : Pub, bar, night club, or lounge
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010110750279
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker was on a 10-foot stepladder, installing an exterior sign. The ladder was on the extreme edge of a curb, and the worker was on the 8-foot level of the stepladder, when the worker fell to the concrete sidewalk.

Injury Type : Numerous cuts, scrapes, and bruises
Core Activity : Hauling gravel
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010144250092
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A rock truck lost power and steering while moving material in a gravel pit. As a result, the truck drove over an embankment in the pit. Emergency personnel had to extricate the driver from the rock truck.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Acute psychiatric care
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010157580150
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A patient was placed in an isolation room due to aggressive behaviour. The patient used a concealed lighter to ignite his hat and the fire spread to a mattress in the isolation room. A worker extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher and the area was evacuated.

Injury Type : Broken finger, sore hand
Core Activity : Bakery
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157560187
Date of Incident : 2010-May

Following a previous incident, a worker was attempting to show other workers that it would have been impossible for a worker's fingers to get near the moving rollers of the sheeter without tripping the safety bar located 6 inches from the rollers. When the worker replicated what the worker had done in the previous incident, this worker's hand was also drawn into the in-running nip points of the sheeter. (A sheeter is a machine used to spread dough. It has a small conveyor feeding a pair of press rollers, similar to an old-fashioned wringer washer.)

Injury Type : Fractured hip
Core Activity : Tree planting
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010130570160
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker was operating a quad all-terrain vehicle on a cutblock access road when the right steering linkage failed. The ATV veered off the road into the ditch, then flipped forward onto the worker.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Industrial construction
Location : 7
ID Number : 2010140710273
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A 20-ton crane was unloading large steel pipe components from a truck. The crane swung within the limits of approach of an energized overhead 25-kV power line, causing the current to arc between the power line and the crane's load line.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Structural repairs
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158880165
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker was carrying a piece of metal flashing up an exterior fire escape at the rear of a building when the flashing contacted a 7.2-kV overhead power line.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Farming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010125400102
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker was towing 2 trailers with a tractor when one of the trailers detached and hit a neighbouring house. No one was injured.

Injury Type : Sore hand
Core Activity : Bakery
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157560186
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker's hand was drawn into the in-running nip points of the sheeter in a bakery. (A sheeter is a machine used to spread dough. It has a small conveyor feeding a pair of press rollers, similar to an old-fashioned wringer washer.)

Injury Type : Fractured leg, foot, arm
Core Activity : Metal product manufacture
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161480190
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker was guiding a lift truck as it placed a large wire coil (5.5 feet in diameter and weighing about 1,450 pounds). As the lift truck lowered it, the wire coil contacted the ground and slipped forward towards the worker. The wire coil fell onto the worker's leg, causing him to fall to the ground and break his arm.

Injury Type : Fractured shoulder, collarbone
Core Activity : Carpentry
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155070141
Date of Incident : 2010-May

Two workers were checking the security of an existing deck railing that the property owner wanted to have replaced. As the two leaned against the railing to view the outboard railing fasteners, the railing detached. One worker fell about 15 feet to grade.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavator operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980132
Date of Incident : 2010-May

While excavating a site for a monument installation, the bucket of an excavator struck a 14.4/25-kV energized conductor.

Injury Type : Loss of consciousness, laceration to head
Core Activity : Roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165810180
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker stepped onto a roof jack on a 12:12 sloped roof. The roof jack dislodged and the worker, who was not attached to a fall protection system, slid down the roof and fell to the ground (16 feet). The worker was then struck on the head by a piece of 1x6 corner trim that he had been carrying.

Injury Type : Fractured foot
Core Activity : Roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165810183
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker leaned out of a dormer to retrieve a displaced fall protection lanyard to secure it to the harness. The worker lost his balance, slid down the roof, and fell to the ground about 26 feet below.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Oil or gas well drilling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490071
Date of Accident : 2010-May

Workers were moving a drilling rig (a telescoping double) to a new location. The crew was trying to lower the top section of the drilling rig when the bridal line (rigging used to lower and support the top section of the mast of the drilling rig) broke. The crew was able to slowly lower the top mast to the rig floor supported by the remaining bridal line. No workers were injured.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Boom truck operation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010158820104
Date of Incident : 2010-May

As a 28-ton boom truck positioned a trailer on a worksite, the load line contacted an overhead power line.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Forklift operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165630112
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A forklift was moving pallets of flooring tile when the stack (3 high) immediately to the left collapsed. The propane tank at the back of the forklift was crushed. The building was evacuated until the propane had dissipated.

Injury Type : Temporary loss of consciousness, wrist injuries
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157600100
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker struck a stake release lever on an off-highway log truck with a hammer while trying to remove the keeper pin with his other hand in order to trip the opposite bunk. The keeper pin came loose and the stake release lever released. The release lever struck the worker's hand, and the hammer struck his head, knocking him unconscious.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to fingers
Core Activity : Pulp mill equipment repair
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010146890088
Date of Incident : 2010-May

During the removal of an inflatable pipe pig (bladder) from an effluent pipe, a worker was positioned on land holding a tag line run through a lifting ring on a concrete block to the pig. When the pig was deflated, it was drawn up the pipe with the line pulling the worker's hand into the lifting ring.

Injury Type : Soft-tissue injuries to neck, shoulder, forearm; facial lacerations
Core Activity : Ceramic tile wholesale
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010070890042
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A lift truck was placing the last pallet of ceramic tiles in a delivery truck. As the lift truck passed over the lowered tailgate, the truck driver, believing the loading operation was complete, raised the tailgate slightly and drove forward to clear the dock and to finish raising the tailgate. The lift truck was dragged forward and fell counterweight first to grade.

Injury Type : Back and chest injuries
Core Activity : Concrete product manufacture
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010113830101
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A young worker was cleaning the production light beam and reflector of a hydraulic press when the press cycled, pinning the worker between the press and the conveyor. The press was in automatic mode and not locked out.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Clearing sewer lines
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010110750266
Date of Incident : 2010-May

During the clearing of an 8-inch sewer line, a camera was sent through the line to observe the problem. The camera could not get past a root system some 140 feet from the manhole. The root-sawing system was sent into the line and began to remove the roots. The camera could not see a gas line behind the root system, and during the root-sawing operation, the 19-mm gas line was severed. Work stopped and the area was evacuated. When the area around the gas/sewer line was exposed, it was discovered that the gas line had been installed through the sewer line.

Injury Type : Leg fractures
Core Activity : Working on a fish trap
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010166970052
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker was using a come-along winch when it failed and struck the worker's leg.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to hand
Core Activity : Cardboard or paper container manufacture
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010128230191
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A worker's hand was drawn into the infeed rollers of a cardboard-cutting machine.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Loading and unloading goods
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010104270084
Date of Incident : 2010-May

The driver of a tractor-trailer unit pulled away from the check-in point into a container yard. A young worker who was positioned between the rear trailer wheels was fatally injured.

Injury Type : Blunt force trauma, minor chemical burns (1 worker); minor chemical burns (1 worker)
Core Activity : Chemical plant
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010134520046
Date of Incident : 2010-May

As a worker disconnected a chemical transfer hose, hydrochloric acid in the hose sprayed him and a co-worker standing nearby.

Injury Type : Amputated fingertip
Core Activity : Oil and gas well drilling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010158820080
Date of Accident : 2010-Apr

A worker was assisting in stringing pipe (the process of removing drill pipe from the well bore and stacking the pipe vertically in a rack) when he slipped on spilled drilling fluid. His fingertip was pinched off when the pipe was lowered into position.

Injury Type : Facial fractures, broken arm
Core Activity : Oil or gas production
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010165800099
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

As an excavator was being positioned for the installation of a screw-type pile anchor, the suspended screw pile struck a worker. The worker was knocked about 2.5 metres, and landed head-first in a muddy excavation.

Injury Type : Fractured arm, facial injuries
Core Activity : Cement manufacture
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010154890104
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was standing on an extension ladder clearing debris from a hole in a wall. The worker fell about 11 feet to the ground.

Injury Type : Potential exposure to asbestos (8 workers)
Core Activity : Renovation of acute care facility
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010157580142
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

Workers were removing steam piping, including insulating materials, from a renovation area. The asbestos cement insulation applied to the pipe elbows was removed without any precautions to control fibre release or to prevent worker exposure to asbestos fibres.

Injury Type : Fractured ribs, legs, finger; punctured lung
Core Activity : Wood frame renovations
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010128230200
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker fell from the third level of a scaffold system when the guardrail he grabbed for balance failed.

Injury Type : Fractured vertebrae
Core Activity : Garden shop
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165880190
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was pushing a wheeled cart full of bedding plants off the lowered power tailgate of a 5-ton truck. The 7-foot-high cart weighed about 750 pounds. The cart toppled over onto a worker standing close by.

Injury Type : Amputation of fingers
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450172
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was cleaning an area around an operating board notcher. The worker placed his hand on top of the horizontal drive pulley.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Trimming tree branches
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010159110152
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was trimming tree branches growing above, and possibly within 10 feet of, a 25-kV overhead power line. A long branch swung out, hung up in the centre line, and contacted the neutral. The branch caused arcing and blew 65-amp and 100-amp fuses, resulting in a power outage to a number of homes in the area.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Demolition of building interior
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157410085
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A young worker was demolishing a section of wood-framed interior wall using a reciprocating saw. The saw cut into conduit containing a 220-volt/400-amp electrical service. The drywall had been previously removed.

Injury Type : Scraped back
Core Activity : Heavy equipment, machinery, or parts manufacture
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160850166
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was preparing to weld a cross brace between two support beams. The cross brace slipped off the adjustable stands supporting it and struck the worker in the back.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Dewatering log bundles on dry land sort
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010158930083
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

At the start of the shift and prior to any heavy lifting, the boom of a 265-ton crane used to dewater log bundles failed and fell into the booming grounds. The crane was not under load at the time.

Injury Type : Violence in the workplace
Core Activity : Retail gas sales
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156240095
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A person entered a store, produced a weapon (screwdriver), and demanded cash. A worker handed over the cash in the drawer and the robber left the store. The worker alerted law enforcement personnel and locked the store.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Sewer line installation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450108
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

As a sewer line was being installed under a highway, the bore tip contacted a 4-inch natural gas distribution line. The gas line ruptured under the highway and expelled natural gas for 24 hours. The highway was closed for 30 hours.

Injury Type : Laceration to leg
Core Activity : Residential construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157410107
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was using a circular saw to cut a small piece off the end of a laminated beam when the blade contacted his leg.

Injury Type : Injury to leg
Core Activity : Siding application
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010114550092
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker fell about 16 feet from a roof edge.

Injury Type : Fractured arms, facial injuries
Core Activity : Residential roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010166710100
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker reportedly fell 8 feet from a fully guarded sundeck, landing face-first on the concrete patio below.

Injury Type : Crush injury to upper leg, partial amputation of fingers
Core Activity : Dairy farming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163270087
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was lubricating the chain sprocket assembly of a grass harvester. His leg contacted the exposed rotating shaft, resulting in entanglement.

Injury Type : Hand and arm injuries
Core Activity : Butcher shop
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010161970095
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

Two workers (one of them a young worker) were trying to clear a jam in the auger feed of a meat grinder when the hands of the young worker were drawn into the machine.
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Injury Type : Laceration to hand
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010120030153
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A drywall taper was using a cutoff saw to cut a 3-foot length of vinyl corner bead for windows. One of the worker's hands contacted the saw blade.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Textile wholesale
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010144570066
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A fire started in an office while the building was unoccupied.

Injury Type : Severe laceration to hand
Core Activity : Steel or metal wholesale
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157520118
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was jogging a recoiler to position the tail end of the roll for taping when one of the worker's hands was caught between a separator guide and a metal coil roll.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Mobile crane operation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161290302
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A 22-ton crane was moving onto residential property when its winch line contacted low-voltage overhead power lines. The contact caused extensive arcing and fire, destroying the power lines between two poles. Four of the six lines eventually fell to the ground, and the operator was trapped in the crane for 20 minutes, until the power company cleared the site. Although there were signal workers on the ground and roof, no spotter had been assigned to watch for the power line.

Injury Type : Fatal (1 worker); multiple soft-tissue injuries (1 worker)
Core Activity : Wholesale delivery
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010139860112
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A delivery truck was travelling on a highway when it collided head-on with another truck. The driver of the delivery truck died; the driver of the other truck sustained multiple soft-tissue injuries.

Injury Type : Minor concussion, neck and back pain
Core Activity : Mechanical tree falling
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010113820145
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A feller/buncher lost control of a tree being felled, which then landed on the cab of the machine. The worker's head struck the door.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Pulp and paper mill
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010157570078
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

While a 3,200-kilogram hoist was under load of a paper coil weighing about 3,400 pounds, the tackle block failed. The failure caused the coil to drop at an extremely rapid rate. The rigging included a 3-ton spreader bar/lifting hook assembly, which was under-hung from a 6-ton overhead travelling bridge crane.

Injury Type : Laceration to head
Core Activity : Construction, sewer and water
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010114550083
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A backhoe operator was struck on the head by an auxiliary tooth while operating from the rear seat. The tooth dislodged from the bucket while the "thumb" was restraining a length of 2-inch copper pipe that was being pulled from the ground.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Dump Truck Operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156160102
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

As a dump truck's box was being raised during unloading, it contacted one phase of a 25-kV power line. The contact lasted less than 5 seconds and resulted in two tires blowing out. The driver remained in the cab until the electrical utility company deemed it safe for him to exit. The truck was isolated for 24 hours to ensure no other residual effects.

Injury Type : Lacerations to head
Core Activity : Dump truck operation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010113820143
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was repairing the tailgate of a dump truck when the tailgate struck the worker.

Injury Type : Lacerated arm
Core Activity : Commercial building renovations
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010120030150
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was using a handheld angle grinder to cut exposed wire mesh in a concrete floor. The grinder was equipped with a 5-inch cutting blade that was not guarded. As the worker pulled at the mesh with the hand not holding the running grinder, the grinder contacted the concrete floor, bounced up, and contacted the worker's arm.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Building demolition
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165410127
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

During the demolition of a commercial building, an excavator struck a steel roof I-beam, causing the concrete cinder-block wall to collapse onto the city sidewalk.

Injury Type : Sprained back, road rash
Core Activity : Traffic control
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155400118
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

The driver of a motor vehicle told a traffic control person (TCP) to get out of the way or be run over. The vehicle then struck the TCP. The vehicle was corralled by other workers in work trucks and subsequently charged by the police.

Injury Type : Fractured hand
Core Activity : Rock scaling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450164
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A rock scaler (a young worker) was completing tight line scaling on a highway upgrade project. The rope dislodged an unnoticed rock, which struck the worker.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to fingers
Core Activity : Pulp mill
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010147050127
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was feeding the end of a sheet of pulp into a mechanical roll when his fingers were caught in the nip point.

Injury Type : Concussion, facial laceration, neck and back strain, arm contusions
Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155070120
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker fell 16 feet from a roof to grade.

Injury Type : Fractured hip
Core Activity : Plumbing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450149
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was installing a sanitary stack inside a framed closet. The worker was unable to reach the connections from the 6-foot step ladder, so he climbed from the stepladder onto a 2x4 partition lintel. The lintel failed at the toe nailing, and the worker fell 6 feet to grade.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154960171
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A temporary engineered concrete lock-block retaining wall was constructed to accommodate wider dump truck access to the base of a 30-foot-deep bulk excavation. The entire retaining wall consisting of 48 two-ton blocks suddenly collapsed after one worker heard a noise. Four workers near the collapse retreated from the fall zone immediately before the catastrophic failure. Debris from the collapse contacted the base of the operating 200-foot-high tower crane.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Road construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010152480115
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

An excavator was moving a concrete barrier by dragging it along the ground. The barrier ruptured a natural gas line.

Injury Type : Inhalation of gas
Core Activity : Excavation and drainage installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155400113
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

An excavator ruptured a 2-inch gas line. The gas line had not been located by hand before excavating began.

Injury Type : Violence in the workplace
Core Activity : Gas bar and convenience store
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010137290111
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

An individual armed with a knife tried to rob a convenience store.

Injury Type : Violence in the workplace
Core Activity : Liquor sales
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010137290112
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

Three individuals, one of them armed with a gun, robbed a liquor store.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Straw/hay hauling
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155400111
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

Two 32-foot trailers of uncovered dry straw bales burned on a busy roadway. The rear trailer began to burn first, which gave the driver enough time to disconnect the tractor and abandon the trailers. About 300 metres of overhead power and telecommunications lines were damaged and a worksite was evacuated due to smoke. It is not known what caused the fire.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Land clearing and excavation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010154890093
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

As soil was being excavated, a tree fell and contacted overhead energized high-voltage (12-kV) power lines.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Mobile crane operation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010140710238
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A 50-ton rough terrain crane was being driven along a roadway in the plant yard. The operator moved to the right side of the road to pass by another piece of mobile equipment, which was stopped. The right-side tires of the crane caught a soft part of the shoulder, and the crane rolled off the roadway onto its side.

Injury Type : Lower back pain
Core Activity : Gutter cleaning
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155070114
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker fell 11 feet, 4 inches from the eave of a sloped roof to grade. He landed on his feet.

Injury Type : Undetermined injuries to head, neck
Core Activity : Restaurant
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163730112
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker stacking boxes in a restaurant's walk-in freezer slipped and fell backwards. The worker's head struck the concrete floor.

Injury Type : Broken shoulder and leg
Core Activity : Job training
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010138190132
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was run over by a utility trailer pulled by a vehicle.

Injury Type : Lacerated arm
Core Activity : Tree services
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154960167
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

An arborist (a young worker) was in an elevated work bucket, using a chainsaw to cut a tree limb. The limb struck the running saw. The saw came out of the worker's hand, lacerating his arm.

Injury Type : Crushed finger
Core Activity : Wire product manufacture
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010064400006
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

As a worker adjusted the tensioning rollers on the galvanizing wire line, one hand was caught in the unguarded in-running nip point between the wire feed and the rotating pulley.

Injury Type : Fractured ribs, vertebrae, leg
Core Activity : Residential painting
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165420119
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

While painting from a ladder, a worker fell 14 feet, 2 inches and landed on a wood fence.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Integrated forest management
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010131490146
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A felled tree hit and broke off the top portion of an adjacent standing tree. The broken top struck the faller's head.

Injury Type : Neck and back injuries
Core Activity : Framing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155070111
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker fell 24 feet from the second floor to the basement level of a single family home under construction.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Demolition
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157520109
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was using a reciprocating saw to cut out a water pipe. The saw cut through an unmarked active gas line.

Injury Type : Bruised neck
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010140710217
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was walking through a mill when he saw a jam-up on a wood chip conveyor belt. As he was clearing the jam-up on the running belt with a pike pole, the tip of the pole was caught by the belt and rapidly advanced toward the worker. The other end of the pike pole became jammed under an overhead catwalk, pinning the worker against a nearby structure with the pole across his neck. The conveyor motor tripped out but the worker was unable to free himself. He was pinned in this position for about 15 minutes, until he was able to use his cell phone to contact a family member who then contacted the mill.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Electrical utilities work
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156160081
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

While installing a utility pole, a boom truck inadvertently contacted an overhead 15-kV primary power line.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Heavy equipment, machinery, or parts installation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010163050094
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A 200-pound beam was fastened to the top rack of a welding truck. When the driver had to stop suddenly, the beam was launched off the rack and onto the roof of another vehicle.

Injury Type : Violence in the workplace
Core Activity : Gas bar and convenience store
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010158820081
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A convenience store/gas bar was robbed by three masked individuals. One individual was armed with a rifle and fired shots at the lone worker when leaving the store.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Public transit operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157520100
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A transit bus collided with the side of a concrete commercial building while turning from a parking lot onto the public roadway. The operator died a few weeks later.

Injury Type : Carbon monoxide poisoning
Core Activity : Street sweeping
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010146890075
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker had been operating a street-sweeping machine for 2 to 3 hours in an underground parking area when he began to feel lightheaded and dizzy. The worker took a break, manually opened the door to the parking area, then completed the job. The worker later drove to the hospital, where exposure to carbon monoxide was confirmed.

Injury Type : Fractured wrist and ankle
Core Activity : Gutter maintenance
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154960158
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker removing a section of eavestrough from a residence fell about 13 feet, landing on the asphalt driveway.

Injury Type : Undetermined (2 workers)
Core Activity : Law enforcement
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154960145
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A police cruiser was struck on the passenger side at a controlled intersection by a vehicle that entered the intersection on a red light. Two officers in the car were injured.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010122700105
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

An excavator dug up and ruptured a 2-inch natural gas line.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Wood pellet manufacture
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010140710190
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A log forwarder was travelling through the yard with a load of logs when its elevated boom caught an overhead communications line, shearing off the pole and breaking the neutral circuit for a 14.4-kV power line.

Injury Type : Nausea, dizziness (3 workers)
Core Activity : Structural metal product fabrication
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010093690118
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

Three workers reported feeling dizzy and nauseous while cutting and moving large sheets of mild steel that were coated with a light grey powder.

Injury Type : Crushed fingers
Core Activity : Punch press operation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010120030164
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was clearing parts from a punch press when he inadvertently activated the press with a foot pedal.

Injury Type : Arm and leg injuries
Core Activity : Warehouse operations
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010140330006
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was crossing the path of a lift truck (stand-up dock stacker) when it struck him.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Public transit bus
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010117640236
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A tractor-trailer failed to stop at a stop sign and entered the highway making a left turn in front of a public transit bus. The tractor-trailer contacted the right rear tires of the bus, causing the bus to fishtail. The transit operator was able to keep the bus from going into oncoming traffic and it then ended up on an embankment south of the intersection.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Utilities installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163710066
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

An excavator was installing a drainage system in the front yard of a new single-family dwelling. The excavator dug up a newly installed half-inch natural gas line. The area was evacuated.

Injury Type : Multiple fractures of hand
Core Activity : Wood products manufacturing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010129161013
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was straightening boards on the re-saw infeed deck. A second overhead deck also feeds the re-saw infeed. As the worker reached in to straighten a board, the gate that controls the flow from the overhead deck came down, striking the worker and crushing his hand between the gate and the lumber.

Injury Type : Concussion
Core Activity : Amusement park
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010145130111
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A young worker (passenger) fell out of a golf cart when the driver made a sharp left-hand turn. The worker's head struck the pavement.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Equipment sales
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010144250069
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker was driving a work vehicle on a highway when he lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle rolled over in a ditch. The worker was ejected and sustained fatal injuries.

Injury Type : Facial laceration
Core Activity : Public school district
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163730101
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A worker carrying lunch in the cafeteria slipped on a small step and fell. The worker's head struck the edge of a table.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Tugboat operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010147280089
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

A 20-foot tugboat became unstable. As it overturned and started to sink, the operator abandoned the vessel and swam to shore.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Logging road construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010152480096
Date of Incident : 2010-Apr

The operator of a rock truck was found crushed between the truck's frame and dump box.

2010 January-March

Injury Type : Exposure to a bloodborne pathogen

Core Activity : Acute care delivery
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010108320024
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker was assisting an emergency-room physician to insert an intravenous needle in a patient who was unstable and had already removed numerous previous intravenous devices. The patient was also actively seizuring at the time of the intravenous initiation and the primary focus was on securing the intravenous site to ensure that the necessary medications could be administered. The physician withdrew the needle before activating the safety device. As the worker activated the saline lock, one of the worker's fingers sustained a needlestick injury.

Injury Type : Lacerations to leg
Core Activity : Lawn maintenance
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154960133
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was unloading a lawn maintenance over-seeder unit (weighing about 350 pounds) from the back of a pickup truck using two 2x6 planks. When the running machine unexpectedly fell to one side at the base of the planks, the rotating exposed steel spikes caught the worker's pant leg.

Injury Type : Sore arm, hand lacerations
Core Activity : Driving to worksite
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010154930155
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

Two work vehicles collided on a corner of a busy resource road. The driver of one of the vehicles, a young worker, sustained minor injuries.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Road construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010122700095
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

While backing up a pre-load ramp, a dump truck with a fully loaded tandem box rolled over onto its side.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavator operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165870153
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A 675-millimetre storm line was being installed when the excavator struck a 3/4-inch gas line.

Injury Type : Back and foot injuries
Core Activity : Insulation work
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010110750319
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was at the 15-foot level of a ladder that was standing on leaves on top of concrete. The ladder was not tied off at the top. As the worker applied pressure to the wall he was working on, the ladder slid out at the bottom. The worker rode the ladder to the ground.

Injury Type : Fractured shoulder
Core Activity : Wood products manufacturing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010131490121
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker entered an area to perform maintenance work at the drive end of a conveyor chain. The worker became caught between a conveyor trough and the frame assembly for the infeed log turners, which activated when he entered.

Injury Type : Crush injury to foot
Core Activity : Transporting and storing materials
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010111970080
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

When a lift truck became stuck on a soft surface, the operator connected the mast to the side rails of a transport truck trailer with a wire rope sling. The transport was positioned perpendicular to the lift truck. The transport driver pulled forward to tow the lift truck. As the lift truck started to move, the operator lifted the forks to prevent them from striking the side of the transport. The lift truck, now being pulled from above its centre of gravity, flopped over onto its side. The operator was trapped under the canopy structure.

Injury Type : Broken bones, lacerations
Core Activity : Residential concrete forming
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165570041
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker fell about 9 feet from a scaffold while reaching for a concrete pump hose.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010143950088
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A log stacker was being moved when its mast contacted an overhead guyline. The guyline was attached to a light pole and extended across the road to support a 12.5-kV utility pole. The light pole was damaged and three power lines broke off the utility pole.

Injury Type : Lacerated chest
Core Activity : Truck repair and manufacture
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010147050155
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

The operator of an abrasive blaster lost control of the hose and nozzle while blasting a steel trailer with silica sand. The abrasive blast medium lacerated the worker's chest.

Injury Type : Lacerated finger
Core Activity : Wood products manufacture
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010131490122
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was attempting to clear wood debris from the trimsaw dust collection system when his finger contacted the energized trimsaw.

Injury Type : Undetermined (non-worker)
Core Activity : Concrete truck operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010154900024
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A ready-mix truck turning on a public roadway struck a cyclist (non-worker).

Injury Type : Sore neck, stiff shoulders
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010111110151
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was test driving a lumber bundle carrier in the lumber storage yard. He sustained minor injuries when the carrier collided with an unloaded 30-ton forklift.

Injury Type : Fractured vertebrae, soft-tissue injury to chest (1 worker); fractured leg, dislocated ankle (1 worker)
Core Activity : Wood framing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010137290077
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

Two workers were injured while trying to manually stand a wood framed wall.

Injury Type : Fractured vertebrae, ribs, pelvis, hip; punctured lung
Core Activity : Roofing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010166950102
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A new worker was sheeting a residential roof in preparation for installing asphalt shingles. The worker fell 7.5 feet onto concrete steps.

Injury Type : Head, neck, and hand injuries (1 worker); undetermined injuries (1 worker)
Core Activity : Correctional centre
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010120030107
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

An inmate who was being admitted physically assaulted two correctional officers.

Injury Type : Puncture to lower abdomen
Core Activity : Log processing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156160082
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

During a logging/certified utility arborist operation, a snow-covered treetop that had previously been cut down cantilevered upwards and injured a worker.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Transporting waste
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165810113
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A waste hauling truck and bin, loaded with construction waste, rolled over while turning left.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Retaining wall
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165570042
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

An excavator dug up underground electrical conduit. It broke the casing but not the electrical line.

Injury Type : Electric shock, burns
Core Activity : Industrial construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010113820124
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was working in a power house when he received an electrical shock.

Injury Type : Fractured leg
Core Activity : Greenhouse operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010125400040
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was loading a flower trolley onto a 5-ton truck when the mechanical loading ramp failed and pinned his leg.

Injury Type : Amputated fingertip
Core Activity : Oriented strand board mill
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010163790044
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was checking the dryness (lubricating oil) on the wetbin (bark bin) levelling conveyor drive chain. The worker inserted one finger through a 4-inch-diameter hole into the running conveyor. The worker's finger was caught between the sprocket and drive chain.

Injury Type : Injuries to ribs, shoulder, face
Core Activity : Relocation of a mobile crane
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157270085
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A 60-ton mobile crane veered off a highway and down a 40-foot embankment, landing upside down.

Injury Type : Crush injury to leg
Core Activity : Land clearing, excavation, or site surfacing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161740106
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

While repairing residential perimeter drainage, a worker excavated a hole (1 metre wide by 3 metres long by 2.5 metres deep) against the concrete foundation wall. The worker had entered the hole to clean up when it collapsed and buried him up to his neck.

Injury Type : Head lacerations, upper body contusions
Core Activity : Home improvement centre
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156240082
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was removing building materials from a wooden shelf unit when the shelving collapsed. The materials on the shelf and components of the shelf struck the worker.

Injury Type : Broken leg
Core Activity : Operation of truck-mounted crane
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010147050098
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was preparing a truck-mounted crane for a lift. When the vehicle suddenly reversed, the worker was thrown to the ground.

Injury Type : Fractured ribs, cuts, bruises
Core Activity : Construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157530102
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker fell from scaffolding on the exterior of a four-storey building and landed on a brick walkway below.

Injury Type : Fracture and other injuries to arms
Core Activity : Marine services
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165830049
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A young worker was in the wheelhouse of a tugboat that was pulling a 54-foot-long pleasure craft off of a log boom. When a tow point on the pleasure craft failed, the tow rope snapped back through the open door of the wheelhouse and struck the worker.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450091
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A super B log transporter, designed for short log loads, was loaded with 32-foot logs. The logs had been loaded without bedding the third and fourth bunks, so the load weight was bearing on the front two bunks. The unsupported end of the load was cantilevered to the rear. The frame of the front trailer failed while the transporter was travelling on a forest service road.

Injury Type : Facial cut
Core Activity : Heavy equipment service and repair
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163710052
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was straightening the lip of a stone hopper when he was struck by a spacer used behind a hydraulic cylinder.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163640068
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

During the underpinning of an excavation adjacent to a roadway and a sidewalk, two anchors were drilled about 5 feet into a vault containing a 25-kV power line.

Injury Type : Fractured and lacerated ankle
Core Activity : Planing mill
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156580089
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker accessed the infeed rollcase to tag a load of lumber. Unable to see the worker, the packager operator engaged the rollcase and the partial load of lumber advanced on top of the worker. The worker's foot got caught in the roller and the floor grating, causing him to fall over. The load had moved up to the worker's thigh before co-workers could shut down the rollcase.

Injury Type : Laceration to head
Core Activity : Vinyl window manufacturing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010117670345
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

An overhead material handling system failed and fell onto a worker. The worker was struck on the back of the head and held by one of the material hooks on the rack for several minutes.

Injury Type : Minor injuries
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156160049
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A logging truck on a highway went over onto its side. The load and truck struck a utilities infrastructure as well as an adjacent property structure. The driver was wearing a seat belt.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Integrated forest management
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010131490084
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

Hand falling was being done as part of fuel reduction activities at a forestry operation beside a power utility company's right-of-way. One tree fell onto overhead energized high-voltage (25-kV) power lines.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Mechanized tree falling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156160050
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A grapple skidder rolled once on a slope and landed upright on its wheels. The operator was wearing a seat belt.
See a slide show about an operator who died when a grapple skidder rolled 400 feet:
http://www2.wor ksafebc.com/Publications/Multimedia/SlideShows.asp?ReportID=35280

Injury Type : Fractured leg (young worker); fractured ankle (young worker)
Core Activity : Framing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010117670337
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

Two young workers were raising a 2x6 wood stud wall (8 feet high) to the vertical position when it fell back onto the deck.

Injury Type : Fractured pelvis
Core Activity : Loading tractor-trailer
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010126770048
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A forklift was loading the second of five bale units of pulp into a tractor-trailer unit. A load stabilizer bar had been installed between the two five-bale units and the forklift operator was instructed to push the second unit forward. As he did so, the stabilizer bar was ejected from the side fasteners and struck the worker.

Injury Type : Burns to arms
Core Activity : Food processing plant
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010140330009
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

While changing fuses, a worker was exposed to an arc flash.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Travel to worksite
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010143950093
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A young worker was driving a work vehicle to a worksite when the vehicle left the highway, overturned, and struck trees.

Injury Type : Fractured vertebra, cracked ribs, lacerations
Core Activity : Cable yarding
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010158930069
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A hooktender was choking logs on a cable yarding operation when he was struck by a small-diameter log.

Injury Type : Serious burns
Core Activity : Restaurant
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010108320006
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was burned when a building exploded into flames.

Injury Type : Undetermined injuries to head (1 worker); injury to arm (1 worker)
Core Activity : Mental health and addictions services
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010163500039
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

As a nurse slid medications into a secure room in the psychiatric intensive care unit, the nurse was assaulted by a patient. The patient repeatedly punched the nurse's head, then slammed it to the floor. A second nurse was injured while trying to free the first nurse from the assault.

Injury Type : Broken arm, internal injuries
Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161480132
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A young worker fell about 17 feet from the edge of a residential roof.

Injury Type : Blow to head
Core Activity : Concrete pumping
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154960128
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

During placement of concrete infill for a masonry block wall, the 2-inch-diameter rubber hose of the concrete line pump became plugged. After the pump was shut off, workers tried to unplug the blockage. Back pressure in the line released unexpectedly, causing the unrestrained end of the rubber hose to whip. The hose struck the head of a young worker, but the worker was wearing safety headgear and was not seriously injured.
See a slide show about a similar incident where the worker died:
http://www2.wor ksafebc.com/Publications/Multimedia/SlideShows.asp?reportid=35410

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Installing underground utilities
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010166520098
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A backhoe was digging to expose an underground gas utility. The bucket contacted a pressurized (150 psi) gas line, causing it to rupture.

Injury Type : Knee injuries
Core Activity : Residential care facility
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010153370089
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker fell while walking down a flight of stairs in a residential care facility.

Injury Type : Slight concussion
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010117640215
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A loaded log transporter overturned on a public highway while negotiating a corner. The driver was found suspended by his seat belt.

Injury Type : Concussion
Core Activity : Warehouse operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165830028
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was operating a stand-up rider counterbalanced lift truck when it struck a post. The worker was thrown to the ground.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010158920071
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A highway log truck carrying 6 yellow cedar logs for a specialty mill rolled onto its side. The load of logs spilled into the lane of oncoming traffic.

Injury Type : Multiple fractures to one leg (1 worker); shoulder pain (1 worker)
Core Activity : Correctional centre
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010120030095
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

Two correctional officers were transferring an inmate from a segregation room to an observation room when they were physically assaulted.

Injury Type : Shoulder injuries
Core Activity : Rock wall construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010117640188
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A tracked excavator was being used to remove a piece of rock 75 by 40 by 16 inches. The excavator operator had picked up the rock with the bucket and was holding it in place with the thumb. The machine was rotated until it was almost over the rear tracks when it slid over a retaining wall. The excavator fell 8.5 feet.

Injury Type : Broken leg
Core Activity : Heavy equipment repair
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010147050108
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was using a truck-mounted crane to lift a hydraulic cylinder. The hook assembly failed, and the cylinder fell onto the worker.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to leg
Core Activity : Equipment repair
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010117640187
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was replacing the main lift cylinder of an excavator using a truck-mounted crane. The bolt securing the load hook used to lift the cylinder failed. The cylinder fell and struck the worker.

Injury Type : Amputated fingertip
Core Activity : Servicing conveyor
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010120030089
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was servicing a wall panel assembly line conveyor system. The worker's hand got caught between a wall panel and the stop pin on the conveyor system.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156240072
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A loaded logging truck was travelling on a public roadway when a bundle of logs (about 15 tonnes) fell off the rear trailer. Two other commercial vehicles struck the logs, sustaining damage. The driver of the logging truck reported he was unaware that the load had fallen off until notified by radio.

Injury Type : Bruised hip, shoulder
Core Activity : Retail store
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010117670343
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was injured when the 6-foot light-duty stepladder he was using collapsed.

Injury Type : Fractured vertebrae
Core Activity : Warehouse operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165830027
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A young worker was on the top shelf of storage racking in a warehouse, moving boxes. The worker fell about 15 feet to the concrete floor.

Injury Type : Crush injury to arm
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010129160986
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

Two workers were performing maintenance work on a headrig's carriage bunk. One of these workers had placed his arm inside the bunk. When the air-powered mechanisms cycled, the worker's arm was caught in the mechanism that moves the dogs (sharp teeth that hold the logs on the carriage).

Injury Type : Severe crush injuries to hand
Core Activity : Metal products manufacturing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010117640174
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

An oversized wooden pallet was being transported on a forklift without fork extensions. A worker was standing on the pallet, next to the mast, acting as a counterweight during the transport. The worker was holding onto the mast to steady himself. When the forks of the forklift were raised, the worker's hand was caught between the boom and the mast.

Injury Type : Chest injuries
Core Activity : Partition wall demolition
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161950073
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was removing drywall from an interior modular partition wall constructed of steel studs and drywall. The wall (16 feet high and 50 feet long) tipped over and fell to the concrete grade surface, crushing the worker.

Injury Type : Fractured leg
Core Activity : Ski hill operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010143950086
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

While demonstrating an exercise during a ski lesson, a ski instructor lost control and slid into a tree.

Injury Type : Crush injury to arm
Core Activity : Grain elevator operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158750058
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was checking equipment in the bulk bagging building when one arm became caught in the tail pulley of the loading conveyor.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Concrete pumping
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010117640172
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A fully extended concrete pump became unstable during pumping. The pump slowly tipped onto its side until it was stopped by the reducer pipe contacting the lower footing. The outriggers on the pumping side were fully extended, but the back outrigger on the street side was not (shortrigging).

Injury Type : Facial injuries; bruising to head, neck, and back
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010166960038
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was working beneath a partially enclosed elevated deck. A second worker was working on top of the elevated deck. The second worker tossed a 2-inch-diameter steel head shaft assembly to the ground (about 10 feet below). The shaft assembly, which weighed 37 kilograms, struck the worker beneath the deck.

Injury Type : Broken leg
Core Activity : Taping drywall
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158880076
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was standing on an unsecured extension ladder, taping the top of a 14-foot-high wall. The ladder base slipped on the smooth concrete floor and the worker fell to grade.

Injury Type : Amputated fingertips
Core Activity : Door and window manufacturing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157410076
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker's hand passed under the guard of a table saw.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Elevator installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165410062
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was drilling holes for anchors in the wall of an elevator shaft. The drill contacted an energized 600-volt conductor, causing an arc flash.

Injury Type : Exposure to chrysotile asbestos (several workers)
Core Activity : Vehicle servicing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010157580099
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was servicing a vehicle in a garage bay. The worker used compressed air to clean away brake debris to inspect the trailer's brake shoes. Other workers were in the area at the time. A sample of the brake material was found to contain 20 to 30 percent chrysotile asbestos.

Injury Type : Soft-tissue injury to leg
Core Activity : Oil or gas production
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010144250055
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was walking on rig matting on a drilling rig location. As he stepped off the matting, he tripped and twisted his leg.

Injury Type : Fractured pelvis
Core Activity : Oil and gas well drilling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010163800029
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker (floor man) was struck by a casing pipe while the drilling rig was handling the pipe during drilling operations.

Injury Type : Amputated fingers
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161750053
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A young worker was clearing an obstruction in the trim saw when his hand contacted the blade.

Injury Type : Facial laceration
Core Activity : Tool and die making
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156680043
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was machining a plastic cylinder on a lathe. The cylinder was 9 inches in diameter and 7 inches long. The work piece disengaged from the lathe's chuck, flew off, and struck the worker.

Injury Type : Crush injury to leg
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450058
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker stepped over a guard/barrier to clear a jammed board in the finger jointer outfeed. The outfeed stacker forks were left operating. The forks cycled, crushing the worker's leg against the stacker frame.

Injury Type : Fractured foot, sore back
Core Activity : Roof repair
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155730050
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker climbed an unsecured ladder to access the roof work area. As he transitioned from the ladder to the roof, the ladder became unstable, causing the worker to fall to the driveway below (about 10 feet).

Injury Type : Broken ribs, possible internal injuries
Core Activity : Land clearing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010117640181
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

An excavator equipped with a brush rake was working to clear land. A tree top (8.5 feet long by 5.5 inches in diameter) was ejected from the excavator bucket and struck a ground worker about 15 feet away.

Injury Type : Fractured pelvis (1 worker); severely bruised back and chest, sprained ankle (1 worker); back strain (1 worker)
Core Activity : Demolition
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010165420049
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

Three workers (including two young workers) were demolishing an old, free-standing carport when it became unstable and collapsed onto two of the workers.

Injury Type : Fractured wrist and shoulder bone
Core Activity : Roofing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010120030082
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A young worker was installing a tarp on a roof. While working from an extension ladder, the worker fell to the ground (8 feet).

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Garbage removal
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010114550043
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A front end garbage truck struck and broke a concrete utility pole. The pole and lines - including high-voltage lines - landed on the cab and box.

Injury Type : Blow to the head
Core Activity : Auto service or repair
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010129160983
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A bus was elevated on a new automotive hoist. A worker was positioned directly underneath, using a commercial-grade rolling bridge jack to lift the rear axle of the bus. As the rear end of the bus rose, the jack failed. The bus dropped down several inches, striking the worker.

Injury Type : Fractured shoulder
Core Activity : Longline/trap fishery
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010113820116
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A welded tab on a vessel's boom failed during a hoisting operation. The boom fell and struck a worker.

Injury Type : Facial injuries, sore back, swollen leg
Core Activity : Wood-frame construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161761147
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker operating a forklift on a construction site was assaulted by a worker of a different employer on the site.

Injury Type : Crush injuries to hand
Core Activity : Drilling holes for pilings
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010153370072
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was assisting a piling rig operator (rat hole drill rig) with laying down the rig mast for repair work. As the worker repositioned a support stand for the rig mast, his hand was crushed between the stand and the mast.

Injury Type : Injury to knee
Core Activity : Seismic surveying
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490030
Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

A worker was adjusting the antenna on the GPS unit of the survey tools when he slipped on a snow-covered log.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Installation of oil/water separator
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165870151
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

An excavator was doing cleanup after installing an oil/gas separator when it ruptured a 1/2-inch gas line.

Injury Type : Laceration, bruising to head
Core Activity : Land clearing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010166950055
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

An excavator was working from an old access road above a 60 percent slope. As the excavator reached below the trail to gather debris, it became unstable and slid 93 feet to a road below.

Injury Type : Soft-tissue strains
Core Activity : Residential care facility
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010166860049
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A resident kicked and pushed a care worker, who then fell.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160530052
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

On a forest service road, a loaded logging truck and an empty logging truck collided head-on. The empty truck had not switched to the correct radio frequency as directed by signage.

Injury Type : Pain and bruising of leg
Core Activity : Processing logs
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010126770061
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A logging processor operator was filing a saw on the stroker-style processor when a skidder operator drove onto a turn of logs. One log pivoted and struck the processor operator.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Boom truck operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158910044
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A boom truck was hoisting the concrete base of a lamp standard (about 26,000 pounds) when the truck's front load-side outrigger began sinking into the ground. The boom truck tipped onto its side and the crane boom came to rest on top of the concrete base.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010163050055
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A forklift operator pushed a kiln charge (dimensional lumber about 16 feet high by 8 feet wide by 96 feet long) through a partially open kiln door, causing the door-closing mechanism and the door (20 feet high by 10 feet wide by 3 inches thick, weighing about 500 pounds) to fall to the ground. The falling mechanism and door narrowly missed the kiln operator.

Injury Type : Bruised upper body
Core Activity : Window installation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161290147
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker was on a scaffold, applying primer and membrane prior to a window installation. A plank underfoot shifted and slipped off its support. The worker fell from one scaffold level to the one below. The plank had not been secured. It extended past the bearer by only 4 inches.

Injury Type : Facial injuries
Core Activity : Dump truck operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161480089
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker was walking back to his dump truck from a weigh scale. The worker tripped and fell forward into metal stairs.

Injury Type : Broken arm
Core Activity : Wood component manufacturing
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010157440077
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A young worker was cleaning around the tail drum of a wood chip conveyor when his arm was pulled into the tail drum. The worker was caught in the conveyor for more than an hour before being found by co-workers.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Water line installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157520054
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

An excavator ruptured an underground gas line while digging.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010112850045
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker was installing the first course of asphalt shingles on a house, about 18 feet above grade, when his foot slipped off the edge of the roof. The worker fell about 8 feet before his fall protection engaged and arrested the fall.

Injury Type : Amputated fingertip
Core Activity : Cabinet manufacturing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157520049
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker was using a hand-held router which was fitted with a clamp-on fence guide. The guide slipped and jammed against the router blade, causing the router to stop. The worker unplugged the wrong cord, then attempted to move the jammed guide by hand. As the worker removed the jammed guide, the router blade re-energized and contacted the worker's finger.

Injury Type : Internal injuries
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156580044
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker was freeing a jammed length of sawn timber (14x19x106 inches). When timbers on the transfer chain suddenly moved forward, the worker was caught between 11 timbers and the superstructure frame of the timber deck.

Injury Type : Concussion, contusions
Core Activity : Trawl fishing
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010161530040
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker was fixing a fishing vessel's hammerlock (a steel coupling that connects the vessel's doors to the towing cables, or warps) when he was struck by a trawl door (heavy, steel plates that keep the vessel's net open as it is towed along the seabed).

Injury Type : Bruised chest
Core Activity : Home improvement centre
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157600039
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker was standing on an unsecured board placed on steel pallet racking, 6 feet above grade, while removing lighting fixtures. The board dislodged and the worker fell, landing on boxes.

Injury Type : Severe finger injury
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450047
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

Two workers removed a 150-pound access gate to repair a scanner chain link. After completing the repair, the workers began to reinstall the access gate. One worker's hand was caught between the access gate and the conveyor side skirt.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010154930102
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

An underground gas distribution pipeline was struck during excavating. The area around the gas release was evacuated until the utility company's workers could repair the damaged pipeline.

Injury Type : Crush injury to foot
Core Activity : Pulp and paper mill
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010140970103
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A young worker was working at the roll wrapping station at the outfeed end of the paper machine. The roll is wrapped with kraft paper and crimped, then the ends of the roll are covered with paper caps to protect the roll during shipping. As the heated end-press header was closing to seal the caps in place, a paper cap came loose. The operator tried to prevent the cap from falling out by placing his foot against it.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Mechanical repair
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010129160974
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A mechanic was called to a private property to repair a compact loader. He was later found trapped between the arm and frame of the equipment.
See a hazard alert about a worker who died while working on a skid-steer loader:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Posters.asp?ReportID=35559

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980064
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

An excavator was digging near a property line when its bucket ruptured a 60-millimetre propane gas main.

Injury Type : Minor concussion, cuts, and bruises
Core Activity : Pile driving
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010160580062
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A 70-foot hydraulic pile driving unit mounted on an excavator-type carrier was travelling on uneven ground when it became unstable and flipped over. Upon impact, the 40-foot bottom feed pile hopper and tube attachment came through the operator's cab window, narrowly missing the operator.

Injury Type : Laceration and partial amputation of fingers
Core Activity : Woodworking shop
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161480095
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker was sliding a piece of wood through a shaper to cut grooves in the wood. The wood jammed, and the worker's hand slipped off the wood and contacted the moving shaper blade.

Injury Type : Fractured rib, internal injuries (non-worker)
Core Activity : College, trade school, or vocational school
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010116270077
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A carpentry student climbing up the outside of the ladder rungs of a scaffold either slipped or missed the next step and fell about 15 feet.

Injury Type : Leg injury
Core Activity : Traffic control
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163710040
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A traffic control person was struck by a motor vehicle while working at a checkpoint.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : General retail
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010110750144
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A man with a gun confronted a pharmacist, demanding narcotics. The pharmacist refused and the man left the store.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Ski hill
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010143950074
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

An explosive charge detonation resulted in a remote cornice failure that caused an avalanche. The small avalanche stopped 50 metres upslope from the position of 6 avalanche safety workers.

Injury Type : Burns to upper body (2 workers)
Core Activity : Installation of new meter base
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010166970015
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

Two workers were pulling electrical conductors into a 3-phase 600-volt splitter box, for the installation of a new meter base and switch. The neutral conductor contacted a live bus bar, producing an electric arc flash explosion that burned both workers (one of them a young worker).

Injury Type : Leg injuries
Core Activity : Security services
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158880060
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

During an outdoor concert, the crowd surged forward when the performers came onto the stage. A crowd control barrier collapsed, injuring a security worker standing between the barrier and the stage.

Injury Type : Fractured pelvis
Core Activity : Removing snow from roof
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010140970101
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker got onto a low-slope metal roof (7 feet high) to shovel snow off. The worker fell from the roof and landed on his feet.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Wood chip hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160530045
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A chip truck entered a highway at a road junction. An empty logging truck travelling on the highway had to swerve and drive off the highway to avoid a collision.

Injury Type : Burns; possible inhalation injury
Core Activity : Heavy equipment/machinery servicing and repair
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010109910035
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker using a handheld drill with a half-inch bit inadvertently drilled into a compressed oxygen cylinder. A fire resulted from oxygen escaping the ruptured cylinder.

Injury Type : Sore back
Core Activity : Food and beverage wholesale
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158750040
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker was manually unloading 40-pound bags of food from a shipping container. The bags became unstable and fell onto the worker, partially engulfing him.

Injury Type : Suspected compression of lower vertebrae
Core Activity : Framing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010124710082
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker fell about 11 feet from a window opening to the deck below when a guardrail failed as the worker applied pressure to it.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Log transporter
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010155610031
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

An off-highway log transporter left the roadway and struck a rock wall, then caught fire.

Injury Type : Lacerated fingers
Core Activity : Framing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010124710083
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A young worker was cutting the end off a 2x4 when his fingers contacted the saw blade.

Injury Type : Fatal (non-worker); undetermined injuries (worker)
Core Activity : Meter reading
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010140970080
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A private motor vehicle crossed the centre line of a highway and collided with a commercial pickup truck.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Electrical utility ductwork installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010155070070
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A rubber-tired backhoe was installing new electrical utility services when it contacted an underground energized 12-kV conductor. Power in the area was disrupted but no one was injured.

Injury Type : Fractured spine
Core Activity : Ski hill operation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010137290050
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A young worker fell while snowboarding to the base of a ski hill at the end of the work shift.

Injury Type : Crush injury to leg
Core Activity : Manual tree falling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010136960065
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A faller had just completed bucking a 41-foot hemlock tree (24 inches in diameter at the cut) when it pivoted and rolled towards the faller, pinning his leg. The faller was able to cut himself free and seek assistance.

Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Marine container shipping
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010117080054
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker was operating the controls of a hydraulic loading ramp over the water when the ramp suddenly collapsed. The worker fell into the water and was later found by divers. (The operating controls are located on the ramp.)

Injury Type : Contusion to head, back pain
Core Activity : Masonry
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157520050
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker fell 10 feet to grade, striking the back of his head on a concrete sidewalk, when the steel frame scaffold he was using as a work platform toppled over.

Injury Type : Lacerated finger
Core Activity : Woodworking
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010147280047
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker was operating a table saw equipped with a power feeder. The worker hand fed a piece of wood into the saw blade without putting the power feeder in position over the saw blade. The worker's finger contacted the blade.
See a slide show about safeguarding for woodworking equipment:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/publications/multimedia/slideshows.asp?ReportID=34503

Injury Type : Facial injuries
Core Activity : Manual falling
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157600036
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A faller moved to a position about 12 feet along a planned escape route away from a tree he had just felled. A limb fell from an adjacent tree and struck the faller.

Injury Type : Broken leg and arm
Core Activity : Wooden roof truss installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161480075
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker climbed onto a section of wooden roof trusses to cut the metal band holding 11 trusses together as a bundle. As the worker cut the band, the trusses kicked out, causing the worker to fall about 21 feet to the concrete floor below. The 36-feet-long trusses, weighing 2,600 pounds, also fell to the concrete, narrowly missing the worker.

Injury Type : Injuries to head, shoulder, ribs
Core Activity : Drywall installation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010161290127
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A worker fell about 11 feet from a second-level unguarded rolling scaffold to the floor.

Injury Type : Violence in the workplace
Core Activity : Hotel
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010138190057
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A person produced a knife while attempting to rob a hotel. Two non-workers disarmed the suspect and held him until police arrived.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Highway maintenance/avalanche control
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010111970036
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A manufactured fabric-roof storage shed collapsed under a snow load. No workers were in the structure at the time of the collapse.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Utility pole installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010163640032
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A crew was installing a utility pole using a helicopter equipped with a long line. The pole contacted the adjacent 60-kV line, tripping the breaker on the live line.

Injury Type : Soft-tissue injuries (2 workers)
Core Activity : Plumbing and heating installation or repair
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010140710103
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A service van was trying to pass a slower vehicle on an icy road. The driver of the van lost control, and the van slid into a deep ditch and rolled over.

Injury Type : Violence in the workplace
Core Activity : Supermarket
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010137290049
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

As a worker was closing the store for the evening, an armed individual robbed the store.

Injury Type : Electric shock
Core Activity : Tree services
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010154970069
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A young worker was limbing a fir tree. A branch the worker cut off hung up. When the branch was freed, it contacted a 25-kV primary line and the worker received an electric shock.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Dairy product manufacture
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010161480072
Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

A 20-pound piece of concrete fell from a concrete ceiling, narrowly mis