Incident investigation reports
This page includes findings of WorkSafeBC investigations as identified in incident investigation reports. These are here to help employers and workers understand the factors that contribute to workplace incidents so similar incidents can be prevented from happening in the future. Some of these findings also provide recommendations to industry to prevent future incidents, and the information here may be useful when gathering industry trends.
Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, personal identifying information has been removed from the reports posted here. The findings may also have been shortened to focus on the main cause of and contributing factors leading to the incidents shared here.
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Incident investigation report summaries
Worker crushed when containers fell from utility trailer
Date of incident: November 2019
Notice of incident number: 2019158880010
Employers: Landscaper (sole proprietor); Government of Canada...
Worker died from inhalation of products of combustion during fire
Date of incident: November 2019
Notice of incident number: 2019139860093
Employer: Non-alcoholic beverage manufacturer
Incident...
Nurse injured when struck with dumbbell by patient
Date of incident: September 2019
Notice of incident number: 2019165700017
Employers: Regional health authority; tertiary care hospital;...
Workers injured in explosion and fire when electrostatic discharge ignited flammable vapours
Date of incident: June 2019
Notice of incident number: 2019177910004
Employers: Oil or gas production company; oil or gas field servicing...