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Investigation Reports - Primary Resources
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.
Primary Resources
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- Worker pulled into rollers of potato harvester
- Date of Incident: August 2011
- NI number: 2011144570134
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- Explosion in pressure vessel during well completion
- Date of Incident: September 2008
- NI number: 2008124490126
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- Hazardous atmosphere at mushroom composting facility
- Date of Incident: September 2008
- NI number: 2008095610260
- I have been following this case with interest, as I have been engaged in the education of workers in the UK and Europe about H2S and its dangers, and how to cope with it. more
- Faller dies when struck by bucked tree
- Date of Incident: January 2008
- NI number: 2008161750006
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- Operator dies in skidder rollover
- Date of Incident: July 2007
- NI number: 2007136900128
- A colleague pointed out that chainsaws are sometimes carried beside the seat in a skidder, so it's possible the seat belt was melted by the hot muffler of a chainsaw. more
- Three farm workers killed in 15-passenger van rollover
- Date of Incident: March 2007
- NI number: 2007137101997
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- Arms of log processor crush worker during maintenance
- Date of Incident: November 2006
- NI number: 2006136900511
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- Danger tree breaks off, strikes faller
- Date of Incident: December 2005
- NI number: 2005155980096
- It is better to put barrier and signed w/in 50 ft. diameters around the falling tree. more
- Pipe assembly blows off, strikes operator
- Date of Incident: August 2005
- NI number: 2005144250175
- Very good presentation. more
- Worker survives excavator rollover
- Date of Incident: August 2005
- NI number: 2005138190147
- Great presentation!!! more
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