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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 Primary Resources incidents are available online.

Primary Resources - Incident Summaries

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Most recent incidents (updated November 29, 2011)

Injury Type : Head trauma, broken facial bones, bruising, laceration 
Core Activity : Rigging up a drilling rig
Location : Northern B.C.
ID Number : 2011170060025
Date of Incident : 2011-Nov

A crew was rigging up a drilling rig. While connecting the "A" leg (supporting section of the mast) to the drilling rig substructure the "A" leg shifted, striking a worker in the head.

Injury Type : Close call 
Core Activity : Hot oiling
Location : Northern B.C.
ID Number : 2011158820203
Date of Incident : 2011-Nov

Workers at a completed gas well (hot oiling crew) were heating water to prepare to pump a water frac downhole (a process used to fracture underground formations to enhance gas flow). Just prior to pumping the frac water, a flash fire occurred in one of the 400-barrel storage tanks on-site. The force of the ignition deformed the tank top and blew steam and smoke out one riser. No workers were injured.

Injury Type : Close call 
Core Activity : Snubbing operations
Location : Northern B.C.
ID Number : 2011144250209
Date of Incident : 2011-Nov

During a lifting operation on an oil and gas completions site, the endmost section of the boom on a 40-ton telescoping crane/picker unit buckled. The load was safely lowered to the ground. No workers were injured.

Injury Type : Bruising
Core Activity : Returning air equipment
Location : Northern B.C.
ID Number : 2011170090010
Date of Incident : 2011-Nov

A worker was driving a pickup truck towing an air trailer (a trailer used to supply air to breathing apparatus at oil and gas well sites) on a highway. As the driver attempted to pass a transport truck, he lost control of the pickup and rolled into the ditch.

Injury Type : Minor cuts
Core Activity : Perforating a gas well
Location : Northern B.C.
ID Number : 2011165800180
Date of Incident : 2011-Nov

While loading and testing a perforating gun (a device fitted with shaped charges or bullets which is lowered into a well and fired to create penetrating holes in the well bore), a worker mistakenly attached a blasting cap to the switch being tested. The exposed cap detonated and the worker sustained minor cuts from the metal cap fragments.

Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Oil and gas drilling
Location : Northern B.C.
ID Number : 2011165800176
Date of Incident : 2011-Oct

A drilling rig crew was drilling an oil and gas well when a kick (influx of formation fluids under pressure into the well bore) occurred at about 1850 metres total depth. Well-control procedures were initiated and the kick was circulated out without injury.

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

On an oil and gas site, during a coil tubing operation (using a continuous steel pipe for well completions) in which the unit was pulling the pipe out of a gas well, the drive motor for the coil tubing unit stopped running. The loss of power then resulted in the loss of hydraulic power/pressure and a subsequent loss of control of the pipe. The pipe fell back down the well, resulting in possible shock loading to the attached crane.
Injury Type : Broken bone 
Core Activity : Oil and gas drilling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2011165800099
Date of Incident : 2011-May

After completing a connection on the drill rig floor, a worker operating the breakout side tongs (winch-operated wrench located on the far side of the rig floor, used to tighten/loosen threaded pipe connections) tried to secure the tongs in the idle position. The worker requested additional slack in the line and when activated the tongs swung back and struck the worker in the chest.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log harvesting
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010126770218
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

An avalanche estimated to cover 1.5 hectares and to be 10 metres deep came down on a forest service road. The slide mostly buried the pickup truck of a worker who had just arrived at the site. The worker was able to exit the truck through the driver's side window.
Injury Type : Fatal (non-worker)
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450404
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A passenger (non-worker) in a log transporter assisted the driver to hammer the logs. After the passenger returned to the cab of the log transporter, he suffered a fatal heart attack.
Injury Type : Abrasions, soft-tissue injuries
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2011160530003
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

The wheels of a logging truck's trailer slid off the side of a forest resource road, causing the trailer and truck to roll over an embankment. The driver, a young worker, sustained minor injuries.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160530303
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A logging truck transporting overlength logs lost traction on an adverse incline. The truck slid back down the hill and the trailer went over an embankment.
Injury Type : Penetrating wound of leg
Core Activity : Log processing
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010143950323
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A log process operator was processing logs on a landing. A broken chain link shot through the polycarbonate safety glass window of the processor cab and struck the operator's leg.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Mechanized tree falling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010143950319
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A feller/buncher was on a slope in a cut block, harvesting trees. The feller/buncher started to slide down the slope and struck a tree stump, causing it to flip on its side. The feller/buncher continued to slide, rolled onto its roof, and caught on fire. The operator exited the cab in the early stages of losing control and escaped without injury.
Injury Type : Injury to head, fractures
Core Activity : Log processing
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010147050290
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

While operating an edger saw, a young worker was struck and injured by a piece of wood ejected from the edger. The worker fell, struck his head, and lost consciousness.
See a slide show about a worker who was fatally injured when a saw kicked back and a piece of wood was ejected:
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Multimedia/SlideShows.asp?reportid=35934
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Manual falling
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010158930336
Date of Incident : 2010-Dec

A faller's leg was struck by a short portion (long butt) of a log that he had bucked off a felled tree.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450392
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A loaded log transporter entered a resource road from a spur, after calling "27.5 kilometres down." The loaded transporter collided head-on with a returning empty log transporter, at 26.25 km of the resource road. Both drivers were wearing seat belts and neither driver was injured.
Injury Type : Undetermined (1 worker); head abrasion (1 worker)
Core Activity : Oil and gas well drilling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010158820235
Date of Accident : 2010-Dec

Two workers were conducting an equalizing procedure between the tubing and casing on a gas well when the high-pressure gas pipeline parted.
Injury Type : Broken bone, bruised leg
Core Activity : Oil and gas well drilling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010158820234
Date of Accident : 2010-Dec

The travelling blocks of a drilling rig contacted the top crown bumper block as a result of a safety device malfunction.
Injury Type : Broken bone, bruised leg
Core Activity : Well snubbing
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490168
Date of Accident : 2010-Dec

A worker on a snubbing unit (machine used to hydraulically move pipe in or out of an oil or gas well) was using a controlled-descent device to get down to the ground when the clip attached to the descent device detached. The worker then fell about 5 metres to the ground.
Injury Type : Serious leg injury
Core Activity : Natural gas well drilling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010153370307
Date of Accident : 2010-Dec

A drilling rig crew was preparing a drilling rig for a move to a new location. The crew had secured the travelling blocks (hoisting blocks used to hoist the drill string) and the top drive unit (device used to turn the drill pipe) by chaining the blocks to the rig's derrick. After the travelling blocks had been secured, the crew removed the wire rope drill line from the draw works (hoisting drums of the drilling rig) and coiled the line on the rig floor. As the line was being coiled on the rig floor, the chain securing the blocks broke, allowing the blocks and top drive to fall. The falling blocks rapidly drew the coiled line back up into the derrick. A worker on the drill floor became entangled in the line, resulting in a serious injury to his leg.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Oil or gas well drilling
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010144250135
Date of Accident : 2010-Nov

During drilling operations, the driller (worker controlling the hoisting assembly) lifted the travelling block assembly to where the blocks contacted the crown assembly (two-blocked). The travelling blocks then fell to the rig floor. There were no injuries in this incident.
Injury Type : Bumps and contusions; possible fractured bone
Core Activity : Gas well completion
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010165800233
Date of Accident : 2010-Nov

A worker was conducting maintenance on a boiler used to provide steam and heat to activities on an oil and gas wellsite. The worker was blowing down the boiler and when the auto restart process was initiated, an explosion occurred in the fire tube. The worker was beside the boiler and was knocked down by the concussion.
Injury Type : Crush injuries to hand
Core Activity : Drilling for shale gas
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010124490148
Date of Accident : 2010-Nov

A drilling rig crew was running drill collars (large pipes used in the drilling process) into the drill hole. The crew was using a rope to swing the pipes into position to allow them to stab the elevated joint of pipe onto the joint of pipe positioned in the well bore. A young worker was standing to the side of the pipe when the rope slipped out of his hand. In an attempt to stop the elevated joint of pipe from moving farther, the worker tried to stabilize the pipe with his hand. His hand was pinched between the drill collars and the mechanical pipe connector (iron roughneck).
Injury Type : Neck sprain/strain (worker); undetermined injuries (2 non-workers)
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010166950362
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

As a loaded logging truck rounded a corner, it rolled onto its side and spilled its load. An oncoming passenger vehicle swerved into the ditch to avoid the truck. The truck subsequently slid into the ditch and struck the passenger vehicle. The worker and two passengers of the other vehicle (non-workers) were injured.
Injury Type : Head contusion
Core Activity : Cranberry field work
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010158910218
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A worker was connecting a sand pumper (a trailer-mounted machine for dispensing large volumes of sand) to a farm tractor via a hitch system consisting of three linkage arms. The worker was struck on the head by the upper linkage arm while connecting one of the two lower linkage arms.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010160530274
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

An empty logging truck went off the side of a resource road and rolled over onto its roof.
Injury Type : Fatal (2 non-workers); serious injuries (2 non-workers); minor injuries (1 non-worker)
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010113820341
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A private vehicle with five non-worker occupants collided with an empty log hauling truck. The truck driver was not injured.
Injury Type : Lacerated hand, head, face; contusion to lower limb, face, neck; sprains and strains
Core Activity : Logging
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010161980354
Date of Incident : 2010-Nov

A spruce tree had fallen across a logging road and the driver of an ETV (emergency transport vehicle) was forced to stop. A second tree then fell across the road. As the driver was backing out of the area, a third spruce tree fell and crushed the cab of the ETV.
Injury Type : Serious hand injuries
Core Activity : Integrated forest management
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010160670232
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A feller buncher tipped over onto its side while exiting the logging block at shift end. The machine was working (side sloping) on a 15-degree slope and encountered wind-felled trees. The operator's hand was crushed between the window and a handhold, due to the machine settling on a stump. The operator, a young worker, used the roof escape hatch to exit the machine.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Crab fishing
Location : Northern BC
ID Number : 2010139050068
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A crab fishing vessel had just retrieved the last trap on board and made a porthand turn. During the turn, a series of large waves spilled onto the deck, laying the vessel over. Gear on the deck slid and blocked the scuppers, preventing the water from exiting the deck. Water then began to flood through the open galley door. The three crew members were able to depart in a life vessel before the crab fishing vessel sunk.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010157620246
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A bridge collapsed as a loaded highway logging truck was crossing. The rear axle fell about 12 feet to the river below. The driver, who was wearing a seat belt, was uninjured.
Injury Type : Fractures, soft-tissue injuries (1 worker); soft-tissue injuries (3 workers)
Core Activity : Vegetable farming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010093690291
Date of Incident : 2010-Oct

A farm tractor was towing an open, flat-deck trailer on a 2-lane roadway. Eight farm workers were riding on the rear of the trailer. Another vehicle approached from the rear and tried to pass but hit the rear of the trailer.
Injury Type : 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 : 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 : 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 : Mild concussion, bruising
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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.
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 : 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 : 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: www.oregonchain.ca/tech/chain_shot.htm
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Integrated forestry management
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157600135
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A tracked hydraulic machine used for ground-based harvesting (hoe-chucking) slid down a small, rocky, salal-covered 60 percent slope. The harvester flopped onto its side while trying to move around the slope to a bench above the slope.
Injury Type : Shoulder injury
Core Activity : Log hauling
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010156160174
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

The driver of a logging truck had lowered two trailer stakes via a pike pole and was trying to lower the first tractor stake when he injured his shoulder.
Injury Type : Fractured vertebrae (1 worker); injuries including concussion, lacerations, and soft-tissue injuries (6 young workers)
Core Activity : Tree planting
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010112850179
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

6 young workers (ages 15 to 24) 1 year's experience at this task Workers (tree planters) were being transported to the jobsite from camp when their vehicle rolled over while negotiating a curve in the road. Six of the workers were young workers.
Injury Type : Multiple injuries (6 workers)
Core Activity : Tree planting
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450220
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

Six workers, including four young workers, were travelling in crew cab truck with a loaded fibreglass insulated seedling transport. The driver reached for the radio microphone and lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle left the road, rolling over completely before coming to rest on the wheels. All workers riding in the vehicle were belted.
Injury Type : Fatal
Core Activity : Logging
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010034450217
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was operating a feller buncher on 20 to 30 percent slopes. The tracks of the feller buncher slipped on a rock outcropping, causing the machine to roll over and land upside down. The operator's cab escape hatch and door were wedged shut by earth and stumps. A fire started in the engine compartment, subsequently engulfing the cab. Attempts to suppress the fire were unsuccessful.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Dryland sort
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010113820204
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A boom boat operator was nearly struck by a bundle of logs that fell from the grapple of a crane used to water and de-water bundles of logs.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Orchard
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010165880264
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A mud and debris slide from a man-made lake/water reservoir that failed moved through an orchard and damaged several buildings. Four orchard workers alerted by their employer were able to move to a safe location and escape injury.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Manual falling
Location : Vancouver Island
ID Number : 2010158930137
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

While drilling rock for a ditch line, the boom of a tank drill was struck by a runaway danger tree. The tree had been felled by a manual faller clearing a road right-of-way about 400 feet above the drill.
Injury Type : Crush injuries to hand
Core Activity : Pulp and paper mill
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010116270166
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was uncrossing reel ropes on a paper machine when his hand became caught in a nip point between a sheave and the reel.
Injury Type : Smoke inhalation (19 workers)
Core Activity : Pulp and paper mill
Location : BC
ID Number : 2010116270152
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A fire occurred between the 1st and 2nd calendar stacks of a #10 paper machine. The fire was put out by mill workers, of whom 19 reported symptoms of smoke inhalation.
Injury Type : Burns
Core Activity : Plywood press operation
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010166950186
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was walking from a plywood press to the control panel when a hot oil hose failed, spraying 350-degree oil onto the worker and the floor. The worker slipped on the oil and fell. Hot oil continued to spray onto the worker.
Injury Type : Lacerated hand
Core Activity : Metal roll forming
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010157530206
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker removed the guard on an aluminum gutter roll former and reached in to remove some tape. When the tape was removed, the stored energy released the aluminum material.
Injury Type : Partial amputation of fingers
Core Activity : Wood products manufacture
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010156730291
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was trimming a 2x2 piece of cedar on a trim saw. As the worker adjusted the piece of wood, it caught his cloth glove and his hand was pulled into the guarded saw.
Injury Type : Burns to hand
Core Activity : Building portable electrical enclosures
Location : Lower Mainland
ID Number : 2010093690205
Date of Incident : 2010-Jun

A worker was tracing wires behind a motor control centre during pre-operational testing of an electrical house. The worker reached up behind a motor starter contactor and contacted a live 480-volt bus bar.
Injury Type : Close call
Core Activity : Sawmill
Location : Central Interior
ID Number : 2010155980155
Date of Incident : 2010-May

A forklift was moving loads of manufactured wood when the two bottom anchor points on a forklift's mast failed. When the operator reversed the forklift, momentum caused the mast to strike the cab. The mast punctured the front window and the hydraulic cylinder dented the top of the cab.


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