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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 Construction incidents are available online.

Construction - Incident Summaries

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Construction incident summaries from other dates

2009 - (updated November 9, 2009)

Injury Type : Injury to shoulder  
Core Activity : Oilfield welding
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2009144250163
Date of Incident : 2009-Nov

A service rig was being used to remove a large-diameter piece of pipe (production casing). The winch line from the service rig had been attached to the casing bowl to hold it in position. The steel casing bowl section suddenly separated from the casing and struck a worker.
Injury Type : Leg wound  
Core Activity : Roofing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009159110343
Date of Incident : 2009-Aug

A worker was trying to clear a jam in a pneumatic-coil nail gun. He rested the gun on his leg while he worked on it. When he closed the nail chamber cover, the gun discharged a 2.25-inch spiral nail into his leg.
Read a bulletin about preventing injuries from nail guns:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Posters.asp?ReportID=34835
Injury Type : Multiple fractures  
Core Activity : Road construction
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2009124120208
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A worker was standing next to a service truck on the shoulder of the road when he was struck by a passing transport truck.
Injury Type : Close call  
Core Activity : Framing and forming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009165810102
Date of Incident : 2009-Aug

A tracked excavator was re-positioning a trench cage when the knuckle of its boom contacted an overhead 14.4-kV power line. An emergency crew from the utility company came to the site. No one was injured.
Injury Type : Close call  
Core Activity : Excavation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009163710220
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

An excavator boom contacted the neutral line located below three 12-kV overhead power lines. When the boom was moved away, the utility pole holding up the overhead power lines began to sway. Two overhead power lines moved into close proximity, resulting in an electrical arc flash, tripped fuse, and power outage.
Injury Type : Bruised leg and arm  
Core Activity : Installing soffits
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009163710217
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A young worker was on a stepladder near the edge of the 11th floor of a high-rise building. The worker fell off the stepladder and dropped about 4 feet before his personal fall arrest system stopped his fall. The worker pulled himself back up onto the 11th floor.
Injury Type : Fractured nose, lacerated face  
Core Activity : Road construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009160530258
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A worker was turning a water valve when the water pressure blew a 2-inch steel cap off the pipe. The cap struck the worker.
Injury Type : Fatal (non-worker)  
Core Activity : Residential construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009119700137
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

During construction of a home, a non-worker was on a 6-foot stepladder when he fell to the ground (about 4 feet), sustaining fatal injuries.
Injury Type : Serious injuries  
Core Activity : Roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009165810095
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A young worker was seriously injured when he fell about 16 feet from a roof to the ground (concrete). No fall protection system was in place.
Injury Type : Close call  
Core Activity : Site preparation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009163710214
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

While digging in a tree planter, an excavator damaged the conduit housing a high-voltage (12-kV) conductor. The lines inside the conduit were not damaged and the outer casing was repaired.
Injury Type : Back pain and swelling, difficulty breathing  
Core Activity : Steel stud installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009163710213
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A worker was working from a two-step drywall sawhorse when he fell. The worker reported that he fell because the sawhorse shook.
Injury Type : Concussion, bruising, abrasion  
Core Activity : Installing brick fascia
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161950513
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

Wooden shoring posts and hydraulic jacks were being used to raise deflected areas of a suspended concrete slab within a concrete low-rise building. A wooden shore post (4 inches by 6 inches by 95 inches) fell from the seventh floor and struck a worker on a hydra-lift work platform at the fourth-floor level. The post glanced off the worker's hard hat before striking him.
Injury Type : Fatal (1 worker); serious injuries (1 worker)  
Core Activity : Travelling to worksite
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009152480212
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

Two young workers were travelling to a worksite when their vehicle rear-ended a 5-ton van making a left turn. The worker in the passenger's seat died; the worker who was driving suffered serious injuries.
Injury Type : Close call  
Core Activity : Overpass construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009122700167
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A torch was being used to cut the top of metal girders on an abutment wall. The expanded polystyrene insulation behind the foundation wall caught fire.
Injury Type : Close call  
Core Activity : Tower crane operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009115132542
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

The jib of a lower tower crane contacted the load line of a higher tower crane.
Injury Type : Ankle injury  
Core Activity : Exterior house painting
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009110110224
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A young worker was standing near the unguarded edge of a porch roof, repainting the fascia board on the second-storey roof above. He stepped backward and fell about 16 feet to the gravel surface below. The worker was not equipped with a personal fall protection system.
Injury Type : Fatal  
Core Activity : Electrical work
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009034450235
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

At a commercial construction site, lubrication pits were covered with 3/8-inch plywood hatch covers. A worker walked onto a hatch cover, it failed, and he then fell 5 feet 10 inches to a metal mezzanine, sustaining fatal injuries.
Injury Type : Close call  
Core Activity : Excavation for water main installation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009109150553
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

An excavator contacted a tee off a 2-inch steel natural gas distribution line, rupturing the line at the weld. Information about underground utilities had been obtained from BC One Call, but the excavator operator was given a different set of drawings (not provided by BC One Call).
Injury Type : Close call  
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009160850147
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

Hydraulic jacks were being used to place a section of penstock (large steel pipe). A small piece of concrete spalled off the corner ledge supporting one of the jack's bearing pads. The spalled concrete fell about 8 feet to a stairwell trap door in the fitted scaffold system below. The nearest worker was about 5 feet from where it landed.
Injury Type : Electrical burns  
Core Activity : Electrical work
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157530211
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A worker was removing a temporary power conduit located inside a live electrical service panel (600-volt) when he contacted the bus bars with the conduit.
Injury Type : Strained back, hip  
Core Activity : Hydro-vac services
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009131490268
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

To locate a broken water line, a worker was hydro-vacuuming an excavation underneath a mobile home. The excavation sides collapsed onto the worker's lower legs, causing him to stumble.
Injury Type : Fractured wrist  
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009120030306
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A worker was descending from the top of an entrance archway onto a scaffold system when he fell about 5 feet to the pavement.
Injury Type : Close call  
Core Activity : Seismic blasting
Location : Northwest BC
ID Number : 2009161740142
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A non-worker cut the detonating cord of an explosive initiation device. WorkSafeBC and government authorities were consulted before the blaster successfully detonated the explosives.
Injury Type : Close call  
Core Activity : Road construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009163050173
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

Hand locating was done during ground preparations for installing new utility services. Despite this, a gas line was contacted, gas entered a private home, and extensive fire damage occurred.
Injury Type : Close call  
Core Activity : Excavation work
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009116120204
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

An excavator working in a roadway near a mall and homes ruptured a 2-inch gas line. Gas flowed for about an hour before it was stopped.
Injury Type : Amputation of fingertip  
Core Activity : Residential renovation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009154960254
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

The bucket of a mini excavator was being used to pry up the base of a portable wheelchair lift from a concrete pad. The worker removed a bolt and the frame inadvertently moved. The worker's hand was pinched between the frame and the deck.
Injury Type : Close call  
Core Activity : Culvert installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157530187
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

An excavator was digging a trench for a culvert when it contacted a guide wire between two utility poles. Two energized 14.4-kV power lines were dislodged from their insulators.
Injury Type : Close call  
Core Activity : Crane operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009112850171
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

The whip line lifting block of a 300-ton crane was hoisted into the jib tip sheaves. The tip sheaves were extensively damaged, and many sheave pieces fell to the ground.
Injury Type : Lacerations to both legs
Core Activity : Fence installation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009110750593
Date of Incident : 2009-Sep

A worker was using a 5-inch angle grinder equipped with a 7-inch cutting wheel to disassemble a wrought-iron fence. The worker had completed partial cuts to three sections of fence when the fence fell onto the worker. The 900-pound section of fence pinned the worker to the ground, and the grinder landed atop the worker with the switch locked in the "on" position. The grinder was being used without guards because of the oversized blade.
Read a hazard alert about a worker who died while using a handheld grinder to cut a wrought-iron fence:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Posters.asp?reportid=33277
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Site surface preparation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009116120253
Date of Incident : 2009-Aug

An excavator was travelling along a roadway. As it crested the top of a hill, its boom contacted an overhead 7.2-kV power line.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009155980282
Date of Incident : 2009-Aug

An excavator was digging drainage for a commercial business when it ruptured a 2-inch gas main.
Injury Type : Undetermined injuries
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009155730167
Date of Incident : 2009-Aug

A homeowner was laying out floor joists on the second floor of a home under construction when he stepped backward onto an unsecured joist that twisted. He fell about 20 feet to gravel below. No form of fall protection was in use.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009131490305
Date of Incident : 2009-Aug

A skid-steer front-end loader with an auger attachment was digging a hole for the installation of school playground equipment. The auger contacted an energized underground conductor.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Equipment rentals
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009163050222
Date of Incident : 2009-Aug

A crane operator was preparing a 24-ton mobile crane for transport when the lifting chain doubled up on itself, causing the three-part block to fall and swing into an overhead electrical line.
Injury Type : Broken ribs, lung injury
Core Activity : Siding installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009117080238
Date of Incident : 2009-Aug

A worker was installing siding while standing on a manufactured sawhorse (about 3 feet above grade). The sawhorse was resting on uneven and unstable ground. The worker fell off the sawhorse, onto a wooden crate.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Land clearing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009155980274
Date of Incident : 2009-Aug

An excavator ruptured a 3/4-inch gas line while excavating for a driveway.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating for water line repair
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157520230
Date of Incident : 2009-Aug

While digging for water line repair, an excavator contacted a primary conductor, causing problems in the nearby primary transformer.
Injury Type : Minor injuries to head
Core Activity : Home renovation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009155730154
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A worker was standing on a ladder pulling nails from wood siding. The worker slipped and fell 4 feet to the concrete surface below.
Injury Type : Concussion, multiple fractures, lacerations
Core Activity : Low slope roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009165410079
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A worker fell from a residential roof 30 feet above the ground. He struck another roof 10 feet down then fell the remaining 20 feet to the concrete surface below.
Injury Type : Possible concussion
Core Activity : Land clearing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009160850155
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A coiled hose (6 inches in diameter, 50 feet long) was being hoisted in a sling attached to a backhoe. The hose was not secured, and its metal end fitting slipped out of the sling and struck a worker. Fortunately, the worker was wearing protective head gear.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Gantry crane operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009137102866
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

An employer-manufactured gantry hoist was hoisting and moving a power generator (60--70 tons) when the structure failed. The load fell, narrowly missing workers.
Injury Type : Head injury
Core Activity : Painting
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009113830162
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A worker was on a ladder (16 feet above ground) painting fascia boards on a house when the ladder slipped out from under him.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Crane operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009155270207
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A 25-ton telescopic-boom mobile crane was moving a beam into position. A control malfunction caused the boom to slew (swing) into overhead power lines (12 kV), resulting in a power outage in the area. The operator released the hydraulic controls, then waited on the crane's platform until a crew from the power company ensured the line was safely de-energized.
Injury Type : Broken ankle
Core Activity : Low slope roofing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009110750443
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A worker was removing gravel from a roof and placing it in a bin suspended from a crane. The bin swung and knocked down the worker.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Industrial construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009137102834
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

While under repair, a self-erecting tower crane swung into the elevated boom of a mobile crane.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Building demolition
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009110750430
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

During building demolition, a heavy-gauge metal stud (2 inches by 8 inches by 16 feet) was being lowered to the ground. A knot securing the stud came undone and the stud fell, narrowly missing a non-worker on the sidewalk.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Plumbing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009116120188
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A worker was soldering a plumbing fitting in a residential basement. The small torch bottle caught fire, and the flame did not extinguish when the trigger was released. The worker dropped the flaming cylinder and left the building. The torch bottle exploded, blowing out stucco from around the exterior wall along the basement sill plates. No one else was in the building.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavator operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009116120183
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

An excavator's counterweight caught the guy wire of a secondary power pole, which then broke. The power line fell across a highway, blocking five lanes of traffic.
Injury Type : Serious burns
Core Activity : Low slope roofing
Location : BC
ID Number : 2009140970177
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A worker was on a roof inspecting a power boiler stack when condensate (extremely hot water from the boiler) discharged from the stack.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Pipeline construction
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2009124490096
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

Two sections of pipeline (900 metres and 234 metres) needed to be welded together before being lowered down a bore hole. (A bore hole is drilled to allow a pipeline to be installed below ground by excavating the surface.) The bore hole had been drilled down the steep slope of a hill. Workers were trying to pull one of the pipe sections into position to weld the two sections together. As part of the process of pulling the pipe through the bore hole, one of the large dozers that would pull the pipe had to be repositioned. The 900-metre section of pipe buckled, pulled free from the anchor holding it in position, and rolled downslope 500 metres.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Tower crane operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009115132534
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A remotely operated tower crane was moving about 5,000 pounds of concrete siding material from a flatbed truck to a job site. The material was hoisted over an exterior deck while the tower crane operator moved to the upper deck to land the load. The brakes did not hold the load, and the material landed on the upper exterior deck, then slid down onto a lower deck.
Injury Type : Head laceration, possible concussion
Core Activity : Formwork
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009163710194
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A young worker was dismantling formwork and falsework when a piece of 3/4-inch plywood (2 feet by 5 feet) came free and struck him.
Injury Type : Shattered bones
Core Activity : Road paving
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157270182
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A worker was unloading a packer from the back of a 3-ton flatbed truck parked on a 10 percent grade. After the worker had inched the packer forward to slacken the tie-down chains, the truck began to move forward. The worker jumped, landing on the pavement.
Injury Type : Fractured leg
Core Activity : Crawler crane operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009165410070
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

Two workers were rigging a load to a crawler crane's number 1 main line when the number 2 main line released and swung like a pendulum. The headache ball on the number 2 line struck one of the workers, who dove over nearby material to avoid being struck again on the return swing.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157270173
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

Workers were adjusting trusses to correct the roof profile of an octagon-shaped building under construction. To make the adjustments, they removed one brace. Five minutes later they heard a loud snap at the opposite end of the roof. The entire roof structure, about 36 trusses, collapsed into the building.
Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Dredging
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009117670160
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A worker was fatally injured when a pneumatically operated flap valve (26-inch diameter) on a dredge suction line was inadvertently activated and closed. The worker was pinned between a bulkhead and the external moving parts of the valve.
Injury Type : Broken foot
Core Activity : Gutter installation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009110750466
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A worker was removing a gutter when he fell nearly 12 feet to a concrete sidewalk, striking a deck landing on the way down. Fall protection equipment had been provided but was not being worn.
Injury Type : Lacerated arm
Core Activity : Drywall installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009117670158
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

On a construction site, a worker exiting the building was struck by a falling tool. The tool had been dropped inadvertently by a worker on a telescoping work platform several storeys up.
Injury Type : Fractured leg
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009165570071
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A worker was hammering a block wall with a hydraulic breaker (jackhammer) attached to a skid-steer front-end loader, about 10 feet above grade. The breaker component dislodged from the front boom, landing in the cab.
Injury Type : Fractured leg and vertebrae (1 worker); contusions and bruising (2 workers)
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009102100637
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

During construction of a new wood frame building, a temporary work platform had been constructed across a corridor at a height of 9 feet. During teardown, a 2x6 lumber bearer broke. The platform collapsed and 3 workers on the platform fell to the plywood subfloor below.
Injury Type : Fractured leg
Core Activity : Roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161770203
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

A worker was doing roofing work from the top of a 24-foot aluminum extension ladder. The feet of the ladder were placed on a partial sheet of plywood, which in turn was placed on top of roofing debris in a garbage disposal bin. The base of the ladder moved, causing the worker to fall backwards about 20 feet and land on the top edge of the bin.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Road construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009113920102
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A backhoe was removing soil to help expose a 6-inch 60-psi natural gas distribution pipeline. A worker was following the backhoe and hand exposing the line about every 8 feet. At one point the backhoe took another bite and tore off an abandoned 6-inch service T, causing a release of natural gas. The flow continued uncontrolled for 9 hours.
Injury Type : Bruising
Core Activity : Electrical installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009165830053
Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

Two workers were moving an electrical cabinet (946 pounds) from a wooden pallet onto the forks of a hand pallet jack. The cabinet fell over and landed on one of the workers (a young worker).
Injury Type : Possible exposure to asbestos (8 workers, including 2 young workers)
Core Activity : Commercial renovations
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009113210089
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

Eight workers (including 2 young workers) may have been exposed to asbestos while renovating an old shopping mall. They removed double-layered drywall whose mud contained chrysotile asbestos (between 1 and 10 percent).
See a list of references about preventing exposure to asbestos:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Portals/Construction/ HazardousMaterials.asp?ReportID=34092
Injury Type : Possible exposure to asbestos (unknown number of workers)
Core Activity : Institutional building renovations
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009163500182
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

During a renovation project spanning more than 6 months, workers were unaware of asbestos-containing material at the site. Later testing showed that the flooring and sheet backing, both of which were disturbed during the renovations, contained asbestos. Workers from several companies were employed on the site and may have been exposed.
See a list of references about preventing exposure to asbestos:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Portals/Construction/ HazardousMaterials.asp?ReportID=34092
Injury Type : Impalement wound
Core Activity : Cladding installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009158880250
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A worker was climbing onto a 4-foot-high concrete planter when he lost his footing and fell onto an unguarded length of rebar.
Injury Type : Lacerated hand
Core Activity : Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009117670148
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A worker was operating a cordless skill saw when it kicked back.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Underground utility installation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2009161980220
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

An excavator was digging a trench for the installation of underground electrical services when it ruptured a 3/4-inch gas line. The release of natural gas could not be immediately isolated, so workers in surrounding buildings were evacuated.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Stone masonry
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009165870071
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A tractor was digging for a stone garden bed when it struck an underground gas line.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Utilities installation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009111110262
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

During the installation of a 6-inch storm drain line, the excavator's bucket struck the 3-inch conduit of a 3-phase underground electrical distribution system (600 volts).
Injury Type : Broken arm
Core Activity : Hauling boat trailer
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2009163790072
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A backhoe was loading a boat trailer onto the deck of a truck. When the trailer was loaded, the backhoe backed away. One hoisting chain had not been completely detached. The hoisting chain rotated the trailer, knocking a worker from the truck's deck to the ground.
Injury Type : Possible concussion and fractures; hand and facial injuries
Core Activity : Traffic control
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157410146
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A traffic control person was struck by a truck.
See a hazard alert about the risks of working in traffic control zones:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Posters.asp?ReportID=35319
Injury Type : Electric shock
Core Activity : Electrical installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009163710164
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

An electrical worker was moving past an open electrical panel when he brushed against a 16-gauge 600-volt wire. The worker felt a tingling in his arms as the current entered one forearm and exited the other.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Painting
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009117670133
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A worker on a telescoping boom lift was trying to elevate the work platform between a high-voltage line and a 10-foot guard wire flagged by the utility company. He inadvertently contacted one phase of a 3-phase 25-kV circuit.
Injury Type : Potential exposure to asbestos (4 workers, including 1 young worker)
Core Activity : Demolition
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009109750075
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A fire-damaged house that had previously had asbestos-containing vermiculite insulation in the ceiling was being demolished. When workers removed a section of the drywall on the walls, they found some residual vermiculite. Work was stopped, the employer secured the scene, and an acceptable process was put into place for mitigating the asbestos hazard.
See a hazard alert about asbestos in vermiculite insulation:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Posters.asp?ReportID=34943
Injury Type : Non-injury
Core Activity : Roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009163640118
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

During construction of a condominium, a waterproof membrane was being applied using a propane torch. The inside of a wall caught fire and the building became fully engulfed.
Injury Type : Cuts and bruises
Core Activity : Loading ladder onto work vehicle
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161770189
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A worker fell from a wooden stepladder while attempting to secure an extension ladder to the rack of a work vehicle.
Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Painting
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009155730114
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A worker was standing on a baker's scaffold, about 11 feet above a concrete surface, when the scaffold tipped over.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Land clearing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009155270162
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

An excavator was clearing trees and bushes from the yard of a house to be demolished. The knuckle of the excavator boom contacted two secondary overhead power lines, causing a pole-mounted transformer (120/240 V) to blow. The boom of the excavator came within 6 feet of the primary power line (12 kV) higher up.
Injury Type : Brain injury, multiple fractures
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009154970289
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A worker was lifting an exterior wall when he fell more than 14 feet through an unguarded elevator shaft.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009112850151
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

An excavator struck and severed a 1.25-inch natural gas line.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009163640114
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

An excavator ruptured a gas line during the installation of underground utilities.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Concrete formwork
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161950480
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

As concrete was placed in formwork for a fourth-storey roof slab, a section of formwork (nearly 5 feet by 12 feet) collapsed.
Injury Type : Burned hand, sprained ankle
Core Activity : Electrical work
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161950478
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A worker was standing on a stepladder while installing a ceiling light fixture in a parkade. The worker contacted an energized 347-volt electrical wire and fell to the ground.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Crane operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009160580126
Date of Incident : 2009-May

As a crane with an articulating boom was lifting a load, the crane's hydraulic cylinder failed. The extended boom fell on top of the load.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157270136
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

An excavator was backing down an embankment near the edge of a 7-foot-deep excavation. The ground gave way and the excavator fell backwards into the excavation, landing on its rear counterweight. The excavator operator, who was behind closed doors and wearing a seat belt, was not injured.
Injury Type : Sore leg and shoulder
Core Activity : Traffic control
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009143950120
Date of Incident : 2009-May

At a three-way intersection in a traffic control zone, a vehicle operated by a non-worker drove past a traffic control person (TCP). The vehicle then turned onto a blocked road where a second TCP directed it to stop. The vehicle did not stop as directed and it struck the TCP's sign, causing the pole attached to the sign to strike the worker. The vehicle then stopped.
See a hazard alert about the risks of working in traffic control zones:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Posters.asp?ReportID=35319
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Pile drilling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2009154930161
Date of Incident : 2009-May

During pile drilling on a construction site, the drill's auger bit contacted a natural gas distribution pipeline. No one was injured.
Injury Type : Burns to face and eyes
Core Activity : Electrical repair
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2009153370097
Date of Incident : 2009-May

At a crude oil pumping station, a worker was doing electrical work on a variable frequency drive (VFD). The worker was reversing the leads from the VFD to a recently installed crude oil pump when a capacitor in the VFD discharged, causing an arc flash.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161770183
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

An excavator was digging a utilities trench for a home under construction when its bucket severed an energized conductor on an adjacent property.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating to install utility pole
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009160850118
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A mini-excavator was excavating to install a new utility pole when it struck and ruptured a 2.5-inch natural gas main line. No one was injured and the gas company contained the leak.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Road construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009150180094
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

An excavator struck and ruptured a 1.25-inch 60-psi plastic natural gas line.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Blasting
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009119700102
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

Fly rock was thrown more than 100 metres from a blast site into the surrounding neighbourhood. Several homes were damaged.
Watch a slide show about a similar fly rock incident:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Multimedia/SlideShows.asp?ReportID=34853
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009113820158
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

Fly rock struck a vehicle and storage shed.
Watch a slide show about a similar fly rock incident:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Multimedia/SlideShows.asp?ReportID=34853
Injury Type : Concussion, temporary loss of consciousness
Core Activity : Framing or residential forming
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009117640351
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A worker unhooked his fall protection lanyard to walk across a second-storey residential metal roof with a slope ratio of 4 vertical to 12 horizontal. The worker slipped and fell 18 feet from the edge of the roof, striking a ladder as he fell.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009113830121
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A backhoe was digging near a roadway, searching for telecommunications ducts, when it snagged a 14.4-kV conductor.
Injury Type : Broken ankle
Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2009160670111
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A young worker was preparing to leave a steep roof. He detached his fall protection and accessed an improperly secured ladder. The ladder kicked out and the worker fell 8 feet.
Injury Type : Broken wrist, contusions
Core Activity : Roof truss placement
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157410131
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

Workers were installing 47-foot wood trusses for a flat roof of a 2-storey commercial building. Nineteen trusses had been installed when 13 of them collapsed. A worker on top of the trusses fell about 22 feet.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Highrise construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009154960202
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

On a highrise construction site, a temporary anchor and suspension line for an elevated work platform were being repositioned. The anchor and line fell to the ground (about 52 metres), causing extensive damage to an unoccupied vehicle parked beside the construction site.
Injury Type : Multiple fractures
Core Activity : Power line installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009113820151
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A worker fell more than 40 feet from a wooden utility pole.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Industrial or commercial renovation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009110750384
Date of Incident : 2009-Jun

A two-storey building that had been empty for 10 years was undergoing seismic upgrading. A worker dropped some bricks from the second floor. The bricks hit an unidentified 1-inch natural gas stub that was sticking out of the ground, broke a lock off the valve on the stub, and partially opened the valve. Gas flowed into the building and by the time the hazard was recognized, the gas company could not enter the building. Surrounding businesses were evacuated, and the entire block was barricaded. No one was injured and no explosion occurred.
Injury Type : Lacerated scalp
Core Activity : Residential demolition
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161760825
Date of Incident : 2009-May

As an excavator was placing demolition debris in a garbage bin, a piece of the debris fell and struck a worker's head.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Blasting
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009156160108
Date of Incident : 2009-May

During rock blasting for road construction, blast material snagged an overhead communications cable. This caused a utility pole to shift and dislodged one phase of a 25-kV power line. No one was injured.
Injury Type : Head injury, fractured ribs and vertebrae
Core Activity : Residential construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009137290087
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A worker fell through two stairwell openings, landing on the basement floor 22 feet below.
Read an investigation report about a similar incident:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/AccidentInvestigations/IR-Construction.asp?ReportID=35074
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Concrete pumping
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009124710182
Date of Incident : 2009-May

While pumping concrete with its boom fully extended, a concrete pumper truck tipped over onto the pump side. The outriggers had not been fully deployed.
Injury Type : Mild concussion
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009124710177
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A 12-foot beam was resting in a beam pocket on a top wall plate. As one end of it was being cut, the beam was dislodged and struck the hard hat of a passing worker.
Injury Type : Fractured pelvis and ribs
Core Activity : Roofing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009116120162
Date of Incident : 2009-May

Workers were replacing a residential roof with a steep slope (ratio of 7 vertical to 12 horizontal). As one worker was carrying a bundle of asphalt shingles, he fell from the roof to the ground (about 15 feet).
Injury Type : Fractured leg
Core Activity : Rock scaling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009034450190
Date of Incident : 2009-May

Workers were positioned above each other while scaling a 600-foot vertical rock face. One worker was struck by a rock, which may have been dislodged by another worker or the repositioning of the injured worker's rope.
Injury Type : Fractured foot (2 workers)
Core Activity : Drywall work
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009155070070
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

Two drywallers fell 10 feet from a job-built wooden work platform. They landed on the concrete floor below, and each fractured a foot bone.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Land clearing and site surface preparation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009156240146
Date of Incident : 2009-May

As an excavator travelled under overhead lines, its boom snagged a low-hanging communications cable. The tension caused the 25-kV power lines to separate from the insulators, and an energized line fell to the ground. The excavator did not come into contact with any of the energized lines.
Injury Type : Amputated fingers
Core Activity : Concrete pumping
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009110750357
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A worker was cleaning the lines of a concrete pumper truck when the cleaning sponge got stuck in the "S tube" (located in the hopper). As the worker was trying to remove the sponge, the pump cycled.
Injury Type : Lacerated leg
Core Activity : Low slope roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161770163
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A worker was using a circular saw to cut into a framed roof surface. He had just completed a plunge cut when the saw contacted his leg.
Injury Type : Broken ankle
Core Activity : Exterior painting
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009155730106
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A worker was about 28 feet up a ladder, painting exterior window trim. As the worker reached sideways, the ladder, which was not secured, slid out and the worker fell to the ground.
Injury Type : Fractured wrist, contusions, strain
Core Activity : Electrical work
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009137102768
Date of Incident : 2009-May

As a worker was descending an unsecured ladder, both the ladder and worker fell to the ground (about 10 feet).
Injury Type : Fractured skull, broken arms, lacerations
Core Activity : Re-roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009137102765
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A young worker attempted to stop a 4x8 sheet of plywood from sliding off the roof edge. The worker fell with the plywood, landing on the back deck about 16 feet below. No fall protection system was in place.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009124710171
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A 10-foot section of roof collapsed after being overloaded with roofing material.
Injury Type : Compressed vertebrae, facial injuries
Core Activity : Residential framing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009124710157
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A worker was installing roof trusses when he fell to grade (about 12 feet). No fall protection system was in place.
Injury Type : Fractured feet
Core Activity : Roofing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009161290298
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A worker had cut sheathing to size and was placing it on the roof when it dislodged and knocked him off his feet. He rode the sheathing to the edge of the roof, then fell to a concrete walkway. The worker was using personal fall protection but there was excessive slack in his lifeline.
Injury Type : Non-injury
Core Activity : Dumping debris from land clearing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009156730173
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A large dump truck dumped its load of debris, then pulled forward with its box still raised. The box struck a 25-kV overhead power line, causing one of the truck's tires to blow off and igniting a fire in the surrounding area.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Framing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009156240143
Date of Incident : 2009-May

Fire destroyed a wood frame building under construction. No workers were on site at the time of the fire.
Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Moving hydroelectric generators
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009152480135
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A worker about to do maintenance was fatally crushed between the gooseneck of a low-bed trailer and a jeep frame. The low-bed operator intended to raise the gooseneck but inadvertently lowered it about 4 inches instead.
Injury Type : Electric shock, temporary loss of consciousness
Core Activity : Welding
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009143950091
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A worker was plugging a 240-volt extension cord for a portable welder into a 240-volt wall receptacle when he sustained an electric shock. The shock propelled him about 4 feet, where he struck a parked vehicle.
Injury Type : Internal injuries
Core Activity : Finishing carpentry
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009129160731
Date of Incident : 2009-May

Several workers were unloading cabinetry from a semi-trailer truck on a construction site. Thirty-one sheets of fibreboard, each 5 feet by 10 feet and weighing about 90 pounds, were standing between the cabinets. The sheets were not secured. When the cabinets were removed from one side of the trailer, the stack of sheets tilted and pinned a worker against a wall.
See a hazard alert about a worker who was fatally crushed while unloading a stack of materials:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Posters.asp?ReportID=34722
Injury Type : Fractured vertebrae and arm
Core Activity : Insulation installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009122700078
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A worker fell from an attic to grade (12 feet).
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Tower crane operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009117080166
Date of Incident : 2009-May

The load block hood and load line of a tower crane contacted an overhead high-voltage power line. The trolley motor had been removed, and the loose trolley line safety device was manually engaged incorrectly, allowing the trolley to move inwards.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavation work
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009112850123
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

While preparing a site for a retaining wall, an excavator severed a 1.75-inch gas line. The line was about 6 feet below grade, inside the owner's property line. The location of underground utilities had not been accurately determined before digging began.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating for water line tie-in
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009158880164
Date of Incident : 2009-May

An excavator struck an underground 14.4-kV conductor.
Injury Type : Electrical burns
Core Activity : Cleanup of new building
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009158880162
Date of Incident : 2009-May

As a young worker was cleaning a high-voltage electrical cabinet in a newly constructed building, he contacted a 12-kV line.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Tower crane operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009155400065
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A tower crane was lifting a job-built container with a load of 2,700 pounds. The container collapsed and the load fell to the ground (about 15 feet).
Injury Type : Strained leg
Core Activity : Structural concrete forming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009163710119
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

As a worker was installing bolts on a gang panel, he was pinned by another panel being moved by a tower crane.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Concrete reinforcing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161950451
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

The bottom mat of steel reinforcing rebar was being installed in a slab at ground level. Workers were using a gas-powered cut-off saw with an abrasive blade. After the workers had left the site, the vapour barrier caught fire. The fire was immediately extinguished.
Injury Type : Arm injuries
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009154960160
Date of Incident : 2009-May

To access a suspended slab, a worker climbed the 2x4 walers of the concrete wall formwork. The worker fell about 8 feet.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Water main installation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009154960154
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A worker was cutting an existing steel water line (20 inches in diameter) with a cutting torch. The coal-tar corrosion membrane ignited, and the fire spread rapidly along the open-ended 200-foot pipe.
Injury Type : Amputated finger
Core Activity : Leaking condo repair
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009154960146
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A worker was ripping a small, unsecured strip of plywood with a portable circular saw. When the wood kicked back, the hand securing the stock contacted the saw blade.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Road construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009113820118
Date of Incident : 2009-May

A boom truck left a work site with its boom in the raised position. The boom contacted overhead power lines, pulling them down and damaging two utility poles.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Land clearing, excavation, or site preparation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009110750330
Date of Incident : 2009-May

An articulating crane mounted on a tractor was moving a large transformer (2370 kilograms) from one side of a work site to another. The side outriggers had not been deployed, and the crane tipped over onto its side, pulling the carrier with it.
Injury Type : Hip injury, laceration
Core Activity : Residential renovation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009155070086
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A worker fell just over 17 feet from an unguarded roof edge to grade.
Injury Type : Serious hand injuries
Core Activity : Rock scaling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009034450165
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A worker on a rock scaling crew noticed a coolant leak on a running air compressor. The worker opened the door of the air compressor. While moving the radiator hoses to locate the leak, the worker's hand was caught in the engine fan.
Injury Type : Serious burns to one arm
Core Activity : Installing traffic signal
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157450048
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

While working on a traffic signal, a worker contacted the uninsulated wires of nearby trolley bus lines.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Tower crane operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009115132475
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

The jib of a lower tower crane contacted the hoist line of a higher tower crane.
Injury Type : Fractured vertebrae, arm, foot
Core Activity : Framing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009163050074
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A worker was about to install tar paper around window openings above a sundeck that had a rubber membrane on its surface. The membrane was covered in a thin layer of frost. When the worker stepped on the membrane, he slipped and fell 21 feet to the ground below. The worker was not wearing any personal fall protection equipment.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009156730140
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

During excavation work, a boom truck was holding in position a utility pole that carried energized 25-kV power lines. The bottom of the utility pole kicked out, overloading and destabilizing the crane.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Land clearing or site surface preparation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009152480115
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A faller lost control of a tree he was falling, and it struck an energized 14.4-kV overhead power line. The faller then tried to cut the tree down from the line while the line was still energized.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Road maintenance
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009143950069
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A tri-axle end dump trailer was dumping a load of sand in a sand storage shed on a private ski hill road. The driver moved the tractor trailer unit ahead with the box raised. The box contacted an overhead 25-kV power line.
Injury Type : Fractured arm, internal injuries
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009113820065
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

A welder (a young worker) was struck by a shaft and pinion gear that fell on him as he worked under a crawler crane. The combined weight of the parts was estimated to be about 500 pounds.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Truck-mounted crane operation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009110750226
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

While booming out, a truck-mounted crane tipped onto its side. The boom was extended 64 feet to the side of the carrier, and the truck's stabilizers had not been deployed.
Injury Type : Puncture wound to foot
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2009161980109
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

A young worker was shot through the foot with a 3-inch nail while assisting another worker to position a wooden wall stud. The injured worker inadvertently kicked the tip of the pneumatic nail gun that was being held, trigger depressed, by the other worker.
See a bulletin about preventing injuries from nail guns:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Posters.asp?ReportID=34835
Injury Type : Fractured vertebra
Core Activity : Demolition work
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161950413
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

As a worker was doing demolition work on the second floor of a 3-storey building, a portion of the third floor collapsed onto him. No demolition plan certified by a professional engineer was available at the site.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Painting exterior of building
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2007117670268
Date of Incident : 2007-Jul

A worker was using a boom truck to paint the outside of a building. The worker had forgotten to deploy the stabilizers, and the boom truck tipped onto its side. The worker rode the bucket down from a height of about 20 feet.
Injury Type : Temporary loss of consciousness; injuries to head and face
Core Activity : Painting
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161950393
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

A worker was standing on a 6-foot stepladder, painting above his head. He fell from the ladder and landed on the concrete floor below.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Power pole and line service
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009155980070
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

An excavator was removing a large rock from a hole dug for a utility pole. The rock slipped out of the bucket and ruptured the exposed 2-inch gas line.
Injury Type : Penetrating wound to hand
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009161750036
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

During framing of an interior wall, a worker's hand was pierced by a 2-inch nail discharged by a pneumatic nail gun.
See a bulletin about preventing injuries from nail guns:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Posters.asp?ReportID=34835
Injury Type : Amputated finger
Core Activity : Cabinet installation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009116120059
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

A worker's finger was amputated when he inadvertently placed his hand down on a portable table saw that had been left running.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Construction site surface preparation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161770128
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A mini-excavator trying to remove a tree stump ruptured a 2-inch buried gas line, resulting in the discharge of gas.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Scaffold erection
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009158880146
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

As final height adjustments were being made to a section of scaffolding 40 feet long by 24 feet high, the scaffolding toppled over, contacting a low-voltage line.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Forklift operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009117080138
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

The carriage of a telescopic forklift contacted an energized low-voltage overhead power line.
Injury Type : Temporary loss of consciousness; bruising
Core Activity : Fireproofing and insulation work
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009111110160
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A worker on scaffolding 25 feet above grade fell about 8 feet to the scaffold working platform below the one he was on.
Injury Type : Burns
Core Activity : Electrical work
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009111110159
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A worker had completed installing a new breaker kit in a 600-volt panel that had to remain energized for specialized equipment (MRI, lab equipment). As the worker exited the breaker installation area, the tool he was holding contacted a live bus, causing an arc flash.
Injury Type : Fractured ribs
Core Activity : Scaffold rentals and installations
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157450044
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

In a storage yard, a forklift operator was moving a bundle of scaffold metal braces and putt logs. The bundle rolled forward off the forks and onto a worker.
Injury Type : Singed arms
Core Activity : Rock drilling
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009117640239
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A rock drilling company drilled into an underground concrete-encased 14.4-kV electric conductor.
Injury Type : Bruising from harness
Core Activity : Concrete finishing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009163710102
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

Two concrete finishers were moving a swing stage platform when the down button on one of the cable motors became stuck due to a buildup of concrete grout. The other side of the swing stage continued downward, leaving one worker hanging in his harness and the other worker holding onto the swing stage.
Injury Type : Broken ankle
Core Activity : Mobile rock crusher operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157410084
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A worker entered the discharge conveyor section of a mobile rock crusher to clear material. The conveyor inadvertently started with the worker in the area.
Injury Type : Strains, bruises
Core Activity : Roofing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009131490132
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

A young worker was wearing a personal fall arrest system while removing snow from a sloped metal roof. The worker slipped and fell off the roof. His fall arrest system stopped his fall about 7-8 feet below the roof's edge.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Irrigation line installation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009165880003
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A backhoe struck a 2-inch natural gas line while digging to install a new water line in a vineyard. After contacting the gas line the backhoe operator left the area.
Injury Type : Fractured vertebrae, concussion, abrasions
Core Activity : House construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009117640209
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A worker was installing hip roof trusses while standing on the bottom chord of a pre-manufactured 26-foot-span wooden truss when the pressed fastener sheared. He fell 9 feet 4 inches to the concrete floor below.
Injury Type : Smoke inhalation
Core Activity : Damp-proofing concrete foundation wall
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009155270050
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

During construction of a 4-storey wood-frame building, a worker was using a propane torch to dry a concrete foundation wall. He unintentionally ignited the exterior wall building paper. The 5-pound fire extinguisher the worker had with him was under-charged and malfunctioned. The flames had reached the second storey by the time another worker retrieved a similar charged extinguisher, while a third worker retrieved a bucket of water. The three workers were able to extinguish the fire from above and below; the worker fighting the fire from above suffered smoke inhalation.
Injury Type : Fractured pelvis, arm
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157410075
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

A worker on the second level of a scaffold fell 15 feet to grade when a guardrail failed to support his weight.
Injury Type : Temporary loss of consciousness, undetermined injuries
Core Activity : Drywalling and drywall taping
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009165870002
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

A worker was taping a skylight basket, working from a ladder on a baker's scaffold, when the scaffold tipped over. The worker fell more than 15 feet from the ladder to the floor.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Interior renovations to retail premises
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161950429
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A worker was coring a 2-inch-diameter hole in an 8-inch-thick concrete suspended slab. At a depth of 5.5 inches, the drill bit struck and damaged an energized 600-volt conductor.
Injury Type : Bruising
Core Activity : Bridge resurfacing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009157620084
Date of Incident : 2009-Apr

A worker was struck by the side mirror of a truck that drove through a traffic barricade and into a work area. The truck was being pursued by police.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009122700053
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

An electric jackhammer drilled into an energized 12.5-kV duct bank encased in concrete.
Injury Type : Head laceration
Core Activity : Hotel renovations
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009093710105
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

During renovations, a worker was removing glass mirrors from a wall using suction cups. A glass mirror broke under tension, and a piece of glass struck the worker in the back of the head. The worker was wearing a face shield.
Injury Type : Multiple fractures and lacerations
Core Activity : Installing cabinets
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009156730111
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

A cabinet installer had set up his chop saw on an unguarded balcony. The worker stepped on a piece of material used to protect the floors and slipped, falling off the balcony and landing on rocky ground 10.5 feet below.
Injury Type : Fractured ankle
Core Activity : House construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009143950041
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

A worker fell about 10 feet from a ladder.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavator operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161530047
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

An excavator contacted an underground 12-kV electrical conductor.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavator operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157520077
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

An excavator was digging to install a new storm sewer when it contacted a high-voltage underground conductor. The location of the conductor had not been accurately determined before the digging started.
Injury Type : Possible exposure to asbestos (multiple workers)
Core Activity : Renovation to worksite
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009163100040
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

During renovations at a commercial site, workers may have been exposed to airborne asbestos fibres. Layers of old flooring were removed before a thorough hazardous materials survey had been completed. Safe work practices for handling asbestos were not followed. Workers did not wear appropriate personal protective equipment.
Injury Type : Bruising
Core Activity : Industrial construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009117080107
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

A worker fell from a landing to grade (5.5 feet).
Injury Type : Fractured vertebrae, lacerations, bruising, loss of consciousness (non-worker)
Core Activity : Building demolition
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009110750197
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

During the demolition of a house, debris struck a non-worker on the sundeck of an adjacent property.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavator operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161480072
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

An excavator was digging out gate pads when it ruptured a natural gas line. The location of the gas line had not been determined before work began.
Injury Type : Multiple fractures
Core Activity : Carpet installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157410050
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

As a rough-terrain forklift raised a job-built platform to a second-storey window, the platform became unstable. The worker on the platform fell to grade (about 11 feet) and was then struck by the falling platform.
Injury Type : Fractured and lacerated leg
Core Activity : Painting or wallpapering
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009137290049
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

A worker was on a ladder when the feet of the ladder slid out. The worker fell, struck a window sill, and landed on the ladder.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavation work
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009112850078
Date of Incident : 2009-Mar

An excavator was removing soil near an exposed 2-inch natural gas distribution line. The bucket inadvertently caught the line and severed it.
Injury Type : Head wound
Core Activity : Balcony railing installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161480056
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

A worker was installing railings around a second-storey balcony. The worker fell off the balcony and landed on the concrete driveway 10.5 feet below. There was no fall protection system in place.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Bridge construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157560086
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

A 42-metre concrete pump truck tipped forward, raising the rear of the pump about 3 metres in the air. The outriggers had not been fully deployed before operating the pump.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Bridge construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157560075
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

A heated enclosure at a bridge construction site caught fire. The enclosure contained a 45-gallon barrel of corrosion-inhibiting wax that was being heated overnight. The fire caused melted wax to spill onto the bridge deck.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Siding installation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009114550027
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A worker was in a boom lift, about 20 feet above grade, when he was launched from the basket. He was found suspended from the basket in his fall protection equipment.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Front-end loader operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009156240051
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

As a front-end loader was removing overburden from a residential lot, it exposed a 2-inch metal natural gas line. The loader operator had been told it was a decommissioned service line. When the bucket lifted the end of the line, the line ruptured and gas was released.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavator operation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2009154930070
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

As an excavator cleared ice and snow, it contacted three 25-kV power lines, causing a power outage as well as damage to the machine.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Drilling and blasting
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009137102733
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

During blasting at a new residential development, fly rock struck homes. Numerous workers were in the area but none of them were injured.
See a slide show about a blasting incident in which fly rock damaged several vehicles:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Multimedia/SlideShows.asp?ReportID=34853
Injury Type : Facial injuries, bruising
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009155270003
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A worker was descending an exterior scaffold ladder in rainy weather. He lost his hold and fell 13 feet to the ground.
Injury Type : Fractured vertebra, internal injuries (1 worker); exposure to airborne asbestos (1 worker)
Core Activity : Asbestos remediation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009137102721
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

Two workers were in a ventilation shaft doing high-risk asbestos removal work. One of them tried to manipulate an access ladder in the shaft. He was standing at the edge of a floor, at a height of about 14 feet, when he fell to the bottom of the shaft. There were no guardrails and the worker was not wearing personal fall protection equipment. The second worker was exposed to high concentrations of asbestos fibres when he removed his powered air-purifying respirator to yell for help for the fallen worker.
Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Rock scaling
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009113820050
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

During scaling activities, a rock fatally struck a young worker.
Injury Type : Contusions, stiffness
Core Activity : Electrical work
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009112850045
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

As a young worker descended a set of stairs, the stairs dislodged from both the upper and lower attachment points. The worker fell 15 feet down the stairwell. The stairs had been detached in preparation for removal and replacement but no effective guarding was in place to prevent inadvertent use.
Injury Type : Fractured foot, lacerations
Core Activity : Low slope roofing
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009163710031
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

A worker was relocating a 100-foot propane hose (attached to a portable torch) on a roof. The worker tripped, fell through the plastic pane of the skylight, and landed on the floor about 19 feet below.
Injury Type : Swelling
Core Activity : Operation of front-end loader
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009163640039
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

A front-end loader was scraping debris from a paved road. The leading edge of the bucket struck a catch basin, jarring the machine and causing the operator to strike his head inside the cab.
Injury Type : Lacerated fingers
Core Activity : Building construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009137290035
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

A worker's fingers were lacerated as he used an angle grinder to cut along the perimeter of a window frame.
See a hazard alert about another incident involving an angle grinder:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Posters.asp?ReportID=34966
Injury Type : Multiple fractures
Core Activity : Stringing pipe
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2009144250021
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

Workers were laying 24-inch-diameter pipe using a pipeline side boom unit. As the side boom moved forward to get a shorter piece of pipe off a tractor-trailer, its rear lifting hook inadvertently caught a longer piece of pipe. The longer pipe was pulled forward, pinning a worker against the bulkhead of the tractor-trailer unit.
Injury Type : Cracked rib
Core Activity : Steel building work
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157530038
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

A worker was tied to a steel structure while working on a roof. The structure fell away from the building and the worker was pulled off the building. The worker fell 43 feet and landed in a fresh excavation pile.
Injury Type : Injury to ankle, back
Core Activity : Installation of roof vents
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009116120031
Date of Incident : 2009-Feb

A worker was installing vents on a roof with a pitch of 8/12. He slid off the roof and fell a total distance of about 32 feet from the roof peak to the ground. The workplace did not have the required written fall protection plan.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Mobile crane operation
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009118870084
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

At a construction site, a mobile crane was placing a load when the operator heard a noise. Subsequent inspection of the boom revealed a structural failure of about 2 inches by 22 inches at the edge of the welded boom.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Tower crane operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009114550024
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A tower crane was discovered to have a large crack (3 to 5 feet long) in the welded connection of the ring gear mounting flange just behind the turntable bolts.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Avalanche control
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009163050023
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

An avalanche control blast was set off at a ski hill operation. The blast damaged a lift operator's shack 40 metres away, but the three workers inside the shack were not injured. The blaster had underestimated the blast concussion that would result from the amount of explosive used.
Injury Type : Eye injury
Core Activity : Framing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009112850005
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A framer was working above another worker. A nail from the framer's nail gun deflected and struck the worker below him.
See a bulletin about preventing injuries from nail guns:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Posters.asp?ReportID=34835
Injury Type : Soreness
Core Activity : Cleaning up roofing materials
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157270018
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A young worker was cleaning up debris on a roof with a pitch of 3/12. His lifeline had become slack and was lying on the roof surface. The worker was at a height of about 60 feet when he inadvertently stepped on the lifeline, slipped, and fell off the roof. Because of the slack in his lifeline, he fell about 35 feet before the fall protection system arrested his fall.
Injury Type : Fractured wrist
Core Activity : Bridge construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009128230029
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A worker was removing cantilever formwork from a bridge approach when the unsupported formwork suddenly released and struck his arm.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Excavating
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009109150505
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

An excavator contacted and ruptured a 2-inch PVC natural gas distribution line. The general location of the line was known but its exact position had not been determined before excavating began.
Injury Type : Soft-tissue injuries, bruising
Core Activity : Fire and flood restoration
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009155730002
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

Materials were being removed from a damaged shed when a wall-mounted cabinet fell and struck a worker.
Injury Type : Broken bones
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009110750066
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

As a worker leaned against a guardrail, it gave way. The worker landed on the concrete pad 12 feet below.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Road construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009113820032
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A blaster initiated a blast and gave the all-clear. An excavator began working in the area and inadvertently set off an explosion.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009112850003
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A worker slipped on an icy plywood roof surface. He slid the length of the roof before his personal fall protection system deployed, preventing him from falling to the ground below (about 30 feet).
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Traffic control
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009110750032
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

As a traffic control person stepped onto the roadway to retrieve a cone, a gust of wind blew over a lamp standard. The pole landed where the worker had been standing and the light shattered. The worker was protected from flying debris by multiple layers of clothing.
Injury Type : Head injury, fractured bones
Core Activity : Drywall installation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009034450023
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

As a young worker climbed down the end frame of a baker's scaffold, he slipped and fell to grade (about 6 feet).
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Crane operation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161950370
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A self-erecting tower crane was unloading structural steel from a delivery vehicle. As an L-shaped piece of steel was hoisted by remote control, it contacted and damaged energized trolley-bus transmission lines (600 volts), causing them to fall to the ground.
Injury Type : Back injury
Core Activity : House construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009155980020
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

Workers were putting up an exterior wall (19 feet, 2 inches long) without a kicker board. The wall slipped and struck a worker.
Injury Type : Undetermined injuries
Core Activity : Institutional construction
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009090580013
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A telehandler rolled over a steep embankment on a construction site. The operator was wearing a seat belt and stayed in the cab.
Injury Type : Chest and head injuries
Core Activity : Structural concrete forming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009163710016
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A worker was stripping concrete formwork from the 5th floor. He was carrying a large piece of plywood when he tripped on a 2x4 and fell 11 feet, 9 inches to the floor below.
Injury Type : Undetermined injuries to head
Core Activity : Structural framing for renovation
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009161770009
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A worker was installing screws into a metal framing bracket, standing on the second or third rung of a wooden stepladder. He fell off the ladder and his head struck a brick fireplace.
Injury Type : Broken bones, internal injuries, lacerations
Core Activity : Structural concrete forming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157410011
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

During flytable erection, workers were separating one truss from a bundle of trusses resting against concrete columns. Six trusses (each 35 feet by 6 feet) fell over and struck one of the workers.
Injury Type : Serious burns
Core Activity : Scaffold installation
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2009140970018
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A worker was scaffolding an elevated pipe bridge at a pulp mill. As he was moving a 20-foot length of aluminum scaffold tube, it contacted an overhead 69-kV power line.
Injury Type : Fractured vertebrae
Core Activity : Welding services
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009122700014
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A worker on a roof had just unhooked his fall protection system when he slipped and fell to grade (17 feet).
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Highrise residential construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009118870033
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A self-erecting tower crane collapsed while placing a load (during the trolley out process).
Injury Type : Puncture wound to arm
Core Activity : Framing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009116120014
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A worker was coupling an air hose to a nail gun when the nail gun spontaneously fired. Neither the trigger nor the bump tip (safety) device was activated. The nail gun was pointed away from the worker but the nail ricocheted and struck the worker.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2009161980015
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

The main floor of a 2-storey wood frame housing unit collapsed into the basement and the second floor partly collapsed. No workers were on site at the time.
Injury Type : Crush injuries to legs
Core Activity : Wood frame construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009157270007
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

A young worker was unloading scaffold bracing from a cube van. A pickup truck driven by a non-worker backed into the worker, pinning his legs against the van.
Injury Type : Head and back injuries
Core Activity : Commercial construction
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2009120030002
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

As a worker was installing formwork for a bellyard (light stand), he fell to the level below (7.8 feet).
Injury Type : Burns, broken bones, smoke inhalation (3 workers)
Core Activity : Industrial construction
Location : Fraser Valley
ID Number : 2009137102692
Date of Incident : 2009-Jan

As supper was being made at a remote work camp, a massive propane explosion occurred. Three workers were injured and camp trailers were destroyed.
Injury Type : Facial injuries, dislocated ankle, back pain
Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009112850016
Date of Incident : 2008-Dec

A worker was on a roof installing anchors for a fall protection system. He slipped and fell from the roof to the ground (about 20 feet), striking a hot tub on the way down.
Injury Type : Back injury
Core Activity : House construction
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009155070015
Date of Incident : 2008-Dec

A young worker fell from a job-built wooden scaffold to grade (about 15 feet).
Injury Type : Back pain
Core Activity : Excavation work
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2009113920009
Date of Incident : 2008-Nov

A worker was struck in the back by a slab of dirt that broke away from the wall of an excavation. As the worker was clearing away that dirt, another slab of dirt broke away and struck him.
Injury Type : Contusions and muscle strains
Core Activity : Excavation to repair drain pipe
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2009108440207
Date of Incident : 2008-Nov

To access a basement drain pipe, workers hand dug an 8-foot-deep excavation (30 inches wide) under a sundeck. A large boulder (3 feet by 3 feet) was embedded in one side wall of the excavation. One worker was in the trench when that wall collapsed at chest height.


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