http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779 WorkSafeBC (Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia), Notice of Incidents for all industry sectors. 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM en-us http://www2.worksafebc.com/i/publications/thumbAccident.jpg http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779 144 66 http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010154930072 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010154930072 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Well drilling
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010154930072
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> During the inspection of a drilling rig, a fault was found in the draw works control system. This required a special inspection by the employer and immediate action by the employer. No workers were injured. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010124490031 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010124490031 Injury Type : Dizziness, nausea
]]> Core Activity : Oil or gas well servicing
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010124490031
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> While conducting a well testing operation (preparing to clean a pressure tank), a worker was exposed to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010124490030 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010124490030 Injury Type : Injury to knee
]]> Core Activity : Seismic surveying
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010124490030
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Mar

]]> A worker was adjusting the antenna on the GPS unit of the survey tools when he slipped on a snow-covered log. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010109910035 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010109910035 Injury Type : Burns; possible inhalation injury
]]> Core Activity : Heavy equipment/machinery servicing and repair
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010109910035
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker using a handheld drill with a half-inch bit inadvertently drilled into a compressed oxygen cylinder. A fire resulted from oxygen escaping the ruptured cylinder. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010158750040 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010158750040 Injury Type : Sore back
]]> Core Activity : Food and beverage wholesale
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010158750040
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker was manually unloading 40-pound bags of food from a shipping container. The bags became unstable and fell onto the worker, partially engulfing him. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157600036 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157600036 Injury Type : Facial injuries
]]> Core Activity : Manual falling
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010157600036
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A faller moved to a position about 12 feet along a planned escape route away from a tree he had just felled. A limb fell from an adjacent tree and struck the faller. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157520050 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157520050 Injury Type : Contusion to head, back pain
]]> Core Activity : Masonry
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010157520050
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker fell 10 feet to grade, striking the back of his head on a concrete sidewalk, when the steel frame scaffold he was using as a work platform toppled over. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010156160032 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010156160032 Injury Type : Broken leg
]]> Core Activity : Integrated forest management
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010156160032
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A hand faller was trying to push (domino) two previously cut and limb-tied trees with another tree. One of the limb-tied trees broke off and struck the faller. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010155610031 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010155610031 Injury Type : Fatal
]]> Core Activity : Log transporter
]]> Location : Vancouver Island
]]> ID Number : 2010155610031
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> An off-highway log transporter left the roadway and struck a rock wall, then caught fire. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010155070070 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010155070070 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Electrical utility ductwork installation
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010155070070
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A rubber-tired backhoe was installing new electrical utility services when it contacted an underground energized 12-kV conductor. Power in the area was disrupted but no one was injured. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010152480041 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010152480041 Injury Type : Broken arm and leg
]]> Core Activity : Tree pruning
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010152480041
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker was pruning trees along a roadway using a tripod orchard ladder set up on concrete. A large branch that was being pruned fell onto the ladder, causing it to collapse and the worker to fall to the roadway. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010147280047 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010147280047 Injury Type : Lacerated finger
]]> Core Activity : Woodworking
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010147280047
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker was operating a table saw equipped with a power feeder. The worker hand fed a piece of wood into the saw blade without putting the power feeder in position over the saw blade. The worker's finger contacted the blade. See a slide show about safeguarding for woodworking equipment: http://www2.worksafebc.com/publications/multimedia/slideshows.asp?ReportID=34503 http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010140970080 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010140970080 Injury Type : Fatal (non-worker); undetermined injuries (worker)
]]> Core Activity : Meter reading
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010140970080
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A private motor vehicle crossed the centre line of a highway and collided with a commercial pickup truck. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010138190057 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010138190057 Injury Type : Violence in the workplace
]]> Core Activity : Hotel
]]> Location : Vancouver Island
]]> ID Number : 2010138190057
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A person produced a knife while attempting to rob a hotel. Two non-workers disarmed the suspect and held him until police arrived. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010137290050 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010137290050 Injury Type : Fractured spine
]]> Core Activity : Ski hill operation
]]> Location : Vancouver Island
]]> ID Number : 2010137290050
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A young worker fell while snowboarding to the base of a ski hill at the end of the work shift. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010137290049 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010137290049 Injury Type : Violence in the workplace
]]> Core Activity : Supermarket
]]> Location : Vancouver Island
]]> ID Number : 2010137290049
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> As a worker was closing the store for the evening, an armed individual robbed the store. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010136960065 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010136960065 Injury Type : Crush injury to leg
]]> Core Activity : Manual tree falling
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010136960065
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A faller had just completed bucking a 41-foot hemlock tree (24 inches in diameter at the cut) when it pivoted and rolled towards the faller, pinning his leg. The faller was able to cut himself free and seek assistance. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010124710083 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010124710083 Injury Type : Lacerated fingers
]]> Core Activity : Framing
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010124710083
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A young worker was cutting the end off a 2x4 when his fingers contacted the saw blade. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010124710082 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010124710082 Injury Type : Suspected compression of lower vertebrae
]]> Core Activity : Framing
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010124710082
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker fell about 11 feet from a window opening to the deck below when a guardrail failed as the worker applied pressure to it. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010117670327 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010117670327 Injury Type : Electric shock
]]> Core Activity : Concrete cutting
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010117670327
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker was wet cutting concrete with a gas-powered diamond saw when the saw contacted a live 347-volt circuit. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010117670325 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010117670325 Injury Type : Strained neck muscles, chest contusion
]]> Core Activity : Structural concrete forming
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010117670325
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker tripped and fell while carrying a steel pipe on his shoulder. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010117080054 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010117080054 Injury Type : Fatal
]]> Core Activity : Marine container shipping
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010117080054
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker was operating the controls of a hydraulic loading ramp over the water when the ramp suddenly collapsed. The worker fell into the water and was later found by divers. (The operating controls are located on the ramp.) http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010112850042 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010112850042 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Log hauling
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010112850042
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A loaded logging truck was entering the main haul road (from a secondary haul road) at the same time an empty logging truck was passing. The loaded truck was unable to stop at the intersection prior to entering onto the main haul road and collided with the empty truck. Neither driver was injured. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157440067 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157440067 Injury Type : Soft-tissue injuries to arm, lower body bruising
]]> Core Activity : Auto body repair
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010157440067
]]> Date of Incident : 2009-Dec

]]> A worker drove a van into an auto body repair shop, then exited the vehicle, thinking that it was in park. The van was actually in reverse and started to back up. The worker tried to get back into the vehicle and stop it but became caught underneath it. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010140710103 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010140710103 Injury Type : Soft-tissue injuries (2 workers)
]]> Core Activity : Plumbing and heating installation or repair
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010140710103
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A service van was trying to pass a slower vehicle on an icy road. The driver of the van lost control, and the van slid into a deep ditch and rolled over. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161480075 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161480075 Injury Type : Broken leg and arm
]]> Core Activity : Wooden roof truss installation
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010161480075
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker climbed onto a section of wooden roof trusses to cut the metal band holding 11 trusses together as a bundle. As the worker cut the band, the trusses kicked out, causing the worker to fall about 21 feet to the concrete floor below. The 36-feet-long trusses, weighing 2,600 pounds, also fell to the concrete, narrowly missing the worker. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161290127 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161290127 Injury Type : Injuries to head, shoulder, ribs
]]> Core Activity : Drywall installation
]]> Location : Vancouver Island
]]> ID Number : 2010161290127
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker fell about 11 feet from a second-level unguarded rolling scaffold to the floor. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010156240049 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010156240049 Injury Type : Bruising and abrasions
]]> Core Activity : Food delivery
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010156240049
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker was sent to deliver pizza to a residential address. Upon arrival at the address, the driver was threatened at gunpoint, tied up, and robbed of cash. The driver was located by a co-worker after the store manager noted that the driver had not checked in. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010154930070 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010154930070 Injury Type : Injuries to head, neck, ribs, back
]]> Core Activity : Bulk water delivery
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010154930070
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A water truck went off a resource road and rolled onto its side in a ditch. The driver was injured by materials in the cab and was further injured while leaving the truck. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010124490011 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010124490011 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Oil or gas well drilling
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010124490011
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> Workers on a drilling rig were checking a top drive unit (unit that turns the drill pipe during drilling) when power from the driller's control console was lost. The top drive dropped 3 metres in the drilling mast. No workers were injured. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010113920034 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010113920034 Injury Type : Facial scratches, hearing problems
]]> Core Activity : Land clearing
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010113920034
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> While exposing a fully charged underground 2-inch natural gas line and a 4-inch main line (flowing at 60 psi), a tracked excavator struck the tie-in point. A worker was struck by flying debris. Gas flowed into the atmosphere for several hours before utility crews were able to make repairs. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010111970036 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010111970036 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Highway maintenance/avalanche control
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010111970036
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A manufactured fabric-roof storage shed collapsed under a snow load. No workers were in the structure at the time of the collapse. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010165880051 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010165880051 Injury Type : Concussion, shoulder injury
]]> Core Activity : Residential construction
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010165880051
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A young worker was standing on the first-floor joists of a home under construction while a truck-mounted crane placed four bundles of plywood, each weighing about 700 kilograms, on the exposed joists. The final load being placed tipped over, causing the joists to fail. The worker and the delivered material fell 12 feet to the basement floor. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010165870059 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010165870059 Injury Type : Fractured wrist, sprained ankle
]]> Core Activity : Roofing
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010165870059
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A worker applying paper to the roof of a residential home slipped and fell about 25 feet to the ground. The worker was tied off at the time but there was too much slack in the lifeline. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010165870058 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010165870058 Injury Type : Strained neck, back, and hip
]]> Core Activity : Golf course maintenance
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010165870058
]]> Date of Incident : 2009-Jul

]]> A worker was driving a utility vehicle towing a jet blower to the maintenance shed. The brakes failed coming around a curve with a steep incline. The worker jumped out of the vehicle and landed on a tee deck. The vehicle and blower came to rest about 70 feet below. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010165810050 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010165810050 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Boom crane operation
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010165810050
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> While unloading trusses, the boom of a crane, which was extended 63 feet, contacted an energized 14.4-kV overhead power line. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010165370042 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010165370042 Injury Type : Amputated fingers
]]> Core Activity : Framing
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010165370042
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A young worker was cutting a 2x4 with a circular saw. The saw got caught and kicked back, contacting the worker's hand. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010163790016 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010163790016 Injury Type : Bruised back
]]> Core Activity : Blasting
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010163790016
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> During blasting of a pad site for a wind turbine tower, flyrock struck a worker 212 metres away. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010163640032 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010163640032 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Utility pole installation
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010163640032
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A crew was installing a utility pole using a helicopter equipped with a long line. The pole contacted the adjacent 60-kV line, tripping the breaker on the live line. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161750030 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161750030 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Log hauling
]]> Location : Vancouver Island
]]> ID Number : 2010161750030
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A loaded log transporter overturned on a corner. Its load was scattered onto the highway and over a steep bank. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161480072 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161480072 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Dairy product manufacture
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010161480072
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A 20-pound piece of concrete fell from a concrete ceiling, narrowly missing a worker. The structural rebar in the concrete appeared to be rusting out. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010160850094 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010160850094 Injury Type : Injured wrist
]]> Core Activity : Residential construction
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010160850094
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker was standing on the top plate of an exterior wall, about 9 feet above the floor, while installing insulation-stops. The worker had stepped on a wet rafter to adjust his position when he slipped and lost his balance. The worker struck his hand on the rafter trying to prevent himself from falling. The worker was wearing a fall-arrest system. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010160850078 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010160850078 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Installing power-generating turbine
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010160850078
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A section of channel steel beam fell about 8 feet to grade upon removal of two C-clamps that were holding the beam in place. The worker involved was not familiar with the disassembly procedures for the equipment being dismantled and assumed the steel channel beam was tack welded in place. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010160580036 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010160580036 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Pile driving
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010160580036
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A mobile crane's hoist line deflector roller, mounted on the crane's lattice boom tip section about 75 feet above grade, became dislodged (unbolted) and fell to the ground. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010159110028 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010159110028 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Utility pole relocation
]]> Location : Vancouver Island
]]> ID Number : 2010159110028
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> Workers were splicing a section of conductor into the A phase of a transmission line as part of a utility pole relocation. A live line puller/hoist was being used to pull the conductor into the splicing sleeve. The web on the puller broke, allowing the A phase conductor on the transmission line to drop onto the C phase of a lower conductor. The contact resulted in a power loss to about 2,000 residences. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157560067 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157560067 Injury Type : Crushed vertebra
]]> Core Activity : Gutter installation
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010157560067
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker slid down a steep portion of a wet metal roof to a less steep portion of the roof, intending to stop at the lower roof. He continued over the edge and fell 19 feet to grade below. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157560030 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157560030 Injury Type : Broken legs
]]> Core Activity : Residential construction
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010157560030
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A worker fell 12 feet from an extension ladder while installing a residential window. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157520040 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157520040 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Site preparation
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010157520040
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> As an excavator was lifting a trench shoring cage out of a trench, the knuckle of its boom snagged communication lines above. The resulting tensioning of the communication lines caused the adjacent utility poles to sway and a high-voltage fuse, located three poles down the utility line, to blow. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157440061 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157440061 Injury Type : Loss of consciousness, bruising
]]> Core Activity : Gas station
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010157440061
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A robbery occurred prior to the doors being locked for late-night operations. A worker was attacked, choked, dragged to a back room, and tied up with duct tape. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010156160031 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010156160031 Injury Type : Fractured leg
]]> Core Activity : Forest management services
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010156160031
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> Two workers were on a snow machine built for 2-up riding. When the sled slipped off the hard-pack trail onto softer snow, one worker's foot dislodged from the running board and was snapped back against the hard-pack trail. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010155070061 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010155070061 Injury Type : Bruised leg
]]> Core Activity : Framing
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010155070061
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker fell about 13 feet from a roof overhang to grade. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010154970069 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010154970069 Injury Type : Electric shock
]]> Core Activity : Tree services
]]> Location : Vancouver Island
]]> ID Number : 2010154970069
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A young worker was limbing a fir tree. A branch the worker cut off hung up. When the branch was freed, it contacted a 25-kV primary line and the worker received an electric shock. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010154960065 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010154960065 Injury Type : Fractured wrist, undetermined injuries
]]> Core Activity : Low slope roofing
]]> Location : Vancouver Island
]]> ID Number : 2010154960065
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A worker was standing on a temporary plywood cover over a roof hatch when the cover unexpectedly released. The worker fell 12 feet to the concrete floor below. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010154850011 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010154850011 Injury Type : Concussion
]]> Core Activity : Welding
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010154850011
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A young worker was welding on the transom of an 18-foot aluminum boat. The boat's gas tank was located under the deck. When the worker made two welds on the transom, there was an explosion. The worker was thrown back about 10 to 15 feet. The deck of the boat exploded upwards and hit the 25-foot-high ceiling. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010152480040 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010152480040 Injury Type : Skull fracture and laceration
]]> Core Activity : Hydroelectric dam
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010152480040
]]> Date of Incident : 2009-Oct

]]> A young worker was struck by a falling piece of rebar that had been left unsecured. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010143950033 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010143950033 Injury Type : Fatal
]]> Core Activity : Log hauling
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010143950033
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A logging truck was parked on the landing of a forestry operation. While waiting for the truck to be loaded, the driver worked underneath the rear of the truck. The truck rolled and dragged the driver about 20 metres, then rolled over him. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010136960045 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010136960045 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Mechanical tree falling
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010136960045
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A tree being felled with a feller-buncher landed on a 25-kV power line. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010131490045 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010131490045 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Integrated forest management
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010131490045
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker was operating a tracked log loader equipped with a boom to load short logs onto a log transporter. As a grapple load of logs was loaded onto the transporter, a section of the boom collapsed. The grappled logs struck the operator's cab, damaging the front guarding package and cab window. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010130750051 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010130750051 Injury Type : Compression fracture of vertebrae, soft-tissue damage
]]> Core Activity : Ranching
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010130750051
]]> Date of Incident : 2009-Dec

]]> A worker was standing on a stack of hay bales about 15 feet off the ground. The worker was trying to remove a frozen tarp that was covering the bales when he slipped and fell to the frozen ground. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010129160956 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010129160956 Injury Type : Lacerated arm
]]> Core Activity : Recycling services
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010129160956
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A worker was attempting to adjust a conveyor that was not locked out. The worker's coverall sleeve became caught in the conveyor belt, which pulled his arm into contact with the tail pulley of the conveyor. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010128230062 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010128230062 Injury Type : Amputated fingertip
]]> Core Activity : Traffic control
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010128230062
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A traffic control person (TCP) was holding a traffic control sign while another worker was lowering it. When the sign came down, the hinge closed on the TCP's finger. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010122700059 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010122700059 Injury Type : Cuts, bruising
]]> Core Activity : Structural rebar work
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010122700059
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker was connected to an inner 30-foot rebar cage wired to a 60-foot outside cage. The attachment failed, pulling the worker downward into the caisson (a watertight chamber in which underwater construction work can be done). http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010122700042 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010122700042 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Tug and barge operation
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010122700042
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A tug capsized while towing a 228-foot material barge by a short stay. The tug was held suspended underwater by the stays. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010112850036 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010112850036 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Log hauling
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010112850036
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A loaded logging truck was struck from behind by a passenger vehicle travelling in the same direction at about 60 km/h. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010112850012 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010112850012 Injury Type : Bruising, muscle strain, pain
]]> Core Activity : Ski resort operation
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010112850012
]]> Date of Incident : 2009-Dec

]]> Exiting the ski patrol shack, a worker slipped on the stairs and fell. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010111080017 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010111080017 Injury Type : Head injury
]]> Core Activity : Residential health services
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010111080017
]]> Date of Incident : 2009-Dec

]]> A worker was attacked by a resident with a mental disability while driving the resident to a medical appointment. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010093690045 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010093690045 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Ship refit yard
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010093690045
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> The no. 2 engine (port/inboard) of a marine vessel was running at normal operating speed (500 rpm) during post-maintenance trials. A catastrophic oil pump failure and crankcase explosion occurred. Engine explosion panels released and dissipated the resulting shockwave. No workers were in the immediate vicinity at the time of the explosion. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010166930028 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010166930028 Injury Type : Pain in one side of body (neck, back, arm, shoulder)
]]> Core Activity : Courier and delivery service
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010166930028
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A courier was driving to a depot to ship mail when a pickup truck broadsided the driver's side of the vehicle. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010163730035 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010163730035 Injury Type : Fractured arm, back pain
]]> Core Activity : Retail outlet
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010163730035
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A worker lost balance and fell from a 5-foot stepladder. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161770033 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161770033 Injury Type : Abdominal injuries
]]> Core Activity : Framing
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010161770033
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> While framing a house, a worker fell about 14 feet through an unguarded stairwell opening and landed on the compacted gravel floor below. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161530018 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161530018 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Tug and barge operation
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010161530018
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> While towing a barge, a tug boat experienced difficulties with its abort procedure, designed to free sufficient cable from the towing winch to prevent a tug from capsizing when pulled sideways by the load. The barge subsequently struck the tug, causing the tug to capsize. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010160850079 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010160850079 Injury Type : Minor laceration to scalp
]]> Core Activity : Power-generating turbine installation
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010160850079
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A jig used to position a hydraulic ram, to facilitate the alignment and placement of a wear ring, popped out and struck a worker. The worker was wearing head protection so sustained only a minor injury. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010160850077 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010160850077 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Power-generating turbine installation
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010160850077
]]> Date of Incident : 2009-Dec

]]> A coupling clamp, which secured an end cap of a 4-inch-diameter cooling water pipe, failed at 50 psi during a planned 350 psi hydrostatic pressure test. The end cap was propelled vertically about 20 feet, contacting the ceiling before falling to the concrete floor. No workers were injured as the area had been cleared before testing began. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010156240031 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010156240031 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Excavation
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010156240031
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> An excavator was travelling with a load when it contacted a communication cable attached to a utility pole. The tension caused the pole to break at the base, and the 14.4-kV power line on the pole fell across the machine. The operator remained in the excavator until the power company de-energized the line. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010145570021 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010145570021 Injury Type : Laceration and puncture injuries to fingers
]]> Core Activity : Meat cutting and packing
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010145570021
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Feb

]]> A worker's hand contacted the energized blades of a meat tenderizer. The interlocked safety cover was not functioning and the worker's gloved hand was drawn into the counter-rotating blades. See a slide show about a similar incident: http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Multimedia/SlideShows.asp?ReportID=35794 http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010140710075 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010140710075 Injury Type : Amputated fingers
]]> Core Activity : Wood floor installation
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010140710075
]]> Date of Incident : 2009-Dec

]]> A worker was cutting a piece of flooring lumber with an unguarded table saw. As the worker lowered the wood onto the blade to make an internal cut, the blade kicked back and caught his hand. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010128230046 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010128230046 Injury Type : Bruising
]]> Core Activity : Decking application or waterproofing
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010128230046
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A worker tripped on the curb of a 14th-floor patio and fell over the edge. The worker's fall was arrested by his personal fall protection system and he was rescued by workers at the site. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010113820038 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010113820038 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Tower crane operation
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010113820038
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A 4,600-pound blind flange was being removed from a penstock pipe end. The flange was being supported by a tower crane. The weight of the flange was overestimated and the overestimated weight was passed on to the rigger and tower crane operator. As a result, the crane operator applied too much line pull, and when the flange released, it sprang up and shock loaded the crane. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157450017 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157450017 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Waste disposal
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010157450017
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A tractor with 32-foot tri-axle trailer was dumping a load of wood waste (46,420 kilograms) at a landfill site when it became unstable and rolled onto its side. The operator was not injured. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010146170015 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010146170015 Injury Type : Neck pain, headache
]]> Core Activity : Forklift operation
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010146170015
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A forklift was transporting a pallet jack. The operator stopped the forklift and exited the cab to unload the pallet jack. As the pallet jack was unloaded, the lift truck rolled backwards about 4 metres and struck a second lift truck and its operator. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010163100022 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010163100022 Injury Type : Exposure to unknown airborne substance (5 workers)
]]> Core Activity : Unloading refuse into landfill
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010163100022
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A driver unloading a B-train of refuse experienced coughing and dry heaving after opening the doors of the trailer and dumping the load. A short time later, two workers cleaning the tipper area experienced coughing. After the trailer was delivered to the yard, two workers cleaning it also experienced coughing. The workers reported to first aid. The content of the load that caused the health reaction was not identified. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010166350011 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010166350011 Injury Type : Carbon monoxide exposure (5 workers)
]]> Core Activity : Recreation centre
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010166350011
]]> Date of Incident : 2009-Dec

]]> Two gasoline-powered pumps were used to drain the main swimming pool for annual maintenance. The pumps were located immediately inside the rear doors. After the pumps had been running for about 3 hours, a worker noticed a carbon monoxide detector in alarm in an office adjacent to the pool area. The facility was evacuated. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010163050022 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010163050022 Injury Type : Burns to upper body
]]> Core Activity : Pulp mill
]]> Location : BC
]]> ID Number : 2010163050022
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> An operator was dumping a trap on the quaternary screen unit when the flange ring failed. The face flange separated from the pipe nozzle at the weld zone, spraying a worker with hot filtrate. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161970016 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161970016 Injury Type : Back and neck injuries
]]> Core Activity : Fruit packing
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010161970016
]]> Date of Incident : 2009-Dec

]]> A worker was using a forklift to load the container of a semi-trailer. The semi-trailer pulled away while the forklift operator was still loading. The forklift and worker fell about 4 feet to the ground. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157440042 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010157440042 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Sawmill
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010157440042
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> During maintenance, the hydraulic boom of a 50-ton crane was extended and then turned to the right. The crane's outriggers were not extended and the weight of the boom caused the crane to tip onto its side. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010139050003 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010139050003 Injury Type : Decompression illness
]]> Core Activity : Geoduck dive fishing
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010139050003
]]> Date of Incident : 2009-Nov

]]> A worker harvesting geoduck clams experienced decompression illness. Hookah dive equipment (air supplied to one or more divers from an air compressor or tanks on the surface) was being used. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010129920038 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010129920038 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Resort operation
]]> Location : Vancouver Island
]]> ID Number : 2010129920038
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A maintenance worker inadvertently added 1 to 2 litres of hydrochloric acid (30-33 percent w/w) to 4 to 5 litres of sodium hypochlorite (10.8 percent w/w) in a 250-litre container. The resulting chlorine gas caused evacuation of the pool area, an emergency response by the fire department, and attendance by the region's hazardous materials response team. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010112850019 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010112850019 Injury Type : Shoulder injury, soft-tissue injury to neck (1 worker); fractured shoulder, back pain (1 worker)
]]> Core Activity : Steep slope roofing
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010112850019
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> Workers were stripping old pine shakes off a residential roof with a pitch of 7:12. One worker slipped. A second worker attempted to grab and stop the first worker from falling. Both workers slid off the roof and fell to the concrete walkway below (about 16 feet). Neither worker was wearing fall protection. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161530005 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161530005 Injury Type : Fractured facial bones
]]> Core Activity : Tug operation
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010161530005
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> While handling a broken towing bridle at the stern of a tug, a worker was struck in the face by debris. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010129160938 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010129160938 Injury Type : Broken facial bones
]]> Core Activity : Sawmill
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010129160938
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> Two workers were removing a conveyor that was secured by a chain hoist. When the conveyor broke loose, one end rose suddenly and struck one of the workers. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010128220015 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010128220015 Injury Type : Lacerated leg
]]> Core Activity : Warehouse operation
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010128220015
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A young worker's leg became trapped under a moving motorized pallet jack (walkie/rider). http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010120030032 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010120030032 Injury Type : Partial amputation of leg
]]> Core Activity : Warehouse operation
]]> Location : Vancouver Island
]]> ID Number : 2010120030032
]]> Date of Incident : 2009-Nov

]]> A worker was unloading a pallet with an electric pallet jack. The worker was walking backwards when he tripped over a raised dock plate and the pallet jack ran over his foot. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010113820032 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010113820032 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Log towing and booming
]]> Location : Vancouver Island
]]> ID Number : 2010113820032
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> Two workers were aboard a 38-foot tug, towing boomsticks, when there was an explosion and fire in the engine room. The crew extinguished the fire, but the vessel was disabled. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010158880016 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010158880016 Injury Type : Fatal
]]> Core Activity : Interior painting
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010158880016
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A worker was on top of a rolling scaffold when one of its wheels fell into an unguarded floor opening. The scaffold toppled over and the worker fell 15 feet. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010147230003 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010147230003 Injury Type : Lacerations, bruising
]]> Core Activity : Retreading tires
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010147230003
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A worker was retreading tires on a semi-trailer when it rolled forward off the hydraulic jacks that were lifting the rear of the truck. Blocking had just been removed from the front tires of the truck, which was running. The truck frame struck the worker, knocked him to the floor, and then rolled forward against him. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010116270019 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010116270019 Injury Type : Violence in the workplace
]]> Core Activity : Gas bar and convenience store
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010116270019
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A person with a knife attempted to rob a convenience store at 2:30 in the morning. Three workers were in the store at the time of the incident. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010155980013 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010155980013 Injury Type : Fractured leg, ribs
]]> Core Activity : Log loading
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010155980013
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> A hemlock danger tree about 3 feet in diameter at the butt and 100 feet tall broke off near its bottom. The tree fell downhill and struck a worker on the deck of a log loader. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161950006 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010161950006 Injury Type : Undetermined injuries
]]> Core Activity : Exterior painting
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010161950006
]]> Date of Incident : 2009-Dec

]]> A painter was standing on the framework of a structural steel canopy while using a roller to apply paint to the structural supports. The worker slipped and fell 11 feet 5 inches to the concrete sidewalk below. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010160580017 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010160580017 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Pile driving
]]> Location : Lower Mainland
]]> ID Number : 2010160580017
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> The boom of a 300-ton crawler crane collapsed while hoisting a 100,000-pound load. The 190-foot-long lattice boom failed catastrophically, falling onto equipment and piling below. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010113920001 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010113920001 Injury Type : Cuts, bruising
]]> Core Activity : Rock crushing
]]> Location : Central Interior
]]> ID Number : 2010113920001
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> While operating a rock crusher, a worker noticed a large rock moving out over the apron edge of the infeed hopper. The worker was moving to shut down the hopper when a 250-pound rock fell out of it and knocked him to the ground. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010112840005 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010112840005 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Excavation
]]> Location : Vancouver Island
]]> ID Number : 2010112840005
]]> Date of Incident : 2010-Jan

]]> During excavation to prepare for work on a water main, a 6-inch high-pressure (275 psi) steel gas main was ruptured. Workers immediately evacuated the area and contacted emergency services. Roadway barriers were established about 1,200 feet from the rupture and kept in place until a shutoff valve could be installed to enable repairs. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010111080001 2010/03/11 4:04:52 PM http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Incidents-AllSectors.asp?ReportID=33779#2010111080001 Injury Type : Close call
]]> Core Activity : Wood pellet manufacturing
]]> Location : Northern BC
]]> ID Number : 2010111080001
]]> Date of Incident : 2009-Dec

]]> A wet sawdust reclaim conveyor stopped working when it became overloaded by chunks of ice. A cyclone continued to deliver wet sawdust to the conveyor, causing the cyclone to plug. Workers checked the cyclone by hitting the sides with a hammer and determined that it was plugged. Shortly after the workers left the area an explosion occurred, damaging two cyclones and the dryer.