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 fatally injured when delivery van unexpectedly rolled
Date of incident: February 2021
Notice of incident number: 2021156680003
Employers: Delivery truck company; food product manufacturer
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Worker seriously injured while working on energized electrical equipment
Date of incident: January 2021
Notice of incident number: 2021184480001
Employer: Electrical company
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Young and new worker seriously injured while clearing composting bin
Date of incident: December 2020
Notice of incident number: 2020157560009
Employer: Composting company
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Worker seriously injured when drilling rig contacted power line
Date of incident: October 2020
Notice of incident number: 2020188280022
Employer: Well-drilling firm
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