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Investigation Reports - Manufacturing


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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.

Manufacturing


Explosion during welding operation
Date of Incident: February 2010
NI number: 2010154850011
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Worker crushed when forklift carriage drops
Date of Incident: July 2006
NI number: 2006064400048
Another example of a preventable fatality if Hydraulic Safety Awareness Training had been added to forklift training. more
Worker struck by mobile equipment at plywood mill
Date of Incident: April 2005
NI number: 2005130570147
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Worker pinned between forklift load and pile of veneer
Date of Incident: March 2005
NI number: 2005116110061
I think this and your other injury investigations are very informative and helpful in understanding the hazards of this work. more
Worker engulfed by wood waste material
Date of Incident: November 2004
NI number: 2004110576
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