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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.

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2010 July-September

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.


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