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Investigation Reports - Construction


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This site includes selected reports into incidents investigated by WorkSafeBC. These reports are intended to help employers and workers understand the causes and underlying factors that contribute to workplace accidents. This information may help you prevent similar accidents in your workplace. For information on how and why WorkSafeBC investigates incidents, see the FAQs.

Under BC privacy laws, personal, identifying information has been removed from the reports.

Construction


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Walls collapse onto street during demolition
Date of Incident: June 2010
NI number: 2010114550118
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Worker struck by falling wall form
Date of Incident: December 2010
NI number: 2010117080327
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Roofer falls through skylight opening
Date of Incident: July 2011
NI number: 2011157560166
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Young worker injured when excavation wall collapses
Date of Incident: October 2007
NI number: 2007157410184
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Worker dies after being thrown back by concrete pump hose
Date of Incident: November 2007
NI number: 2007105910285
Very good info. Please keep up the good work. more
Worker falls through roof insulation to concrete floor
Date of Incident: March 2007
NI number: 2007157520114
As a safety officer myself, and reading the details of the incident, it sounds to me that there should have been a safety net or some other control procedure in place prior to the worker even getting on the roof. more
Framer falls through stair openings
Date of Incident: June 2006
NI number: 2006155070109
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Worker falls from ladder when gutter hits high-voltage line
Date of Incident: May 2006
NI number: 2006114550142
Thank you for sharing; it will be used with employee and public education in the dangers of electric power lines. more
Excavation collapses, killing worker
Date of Incident: December 2005
NI number: 2005113830569
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Worker survives excavator rollover
Date of Incident: August 2005
NI number: 2005138190147
Great presentation!!! more

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