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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If you would like to see the final incident investigation report for a particular incident, you can submit a request in writing to our Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Office. You may submit a Request for Access to Records Form (form 11M7) or mail a letter to:
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Incident investigation report summaries
Worker struck in head by improperly rigged waste tipper
Date of incident: October 2016
Notice of incident number: 2016171900073
Employer: Waste management and recycling company
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Faller fatally struck by dangerous tree during wildfire suppression
Date of incident: July 2015
Notice of incident number: 2015163750118
Employer: Manual tree falling and bucking company
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Worker injured when pulled out of truck cab
Date of incident: May 2016
Notice of incident number: 2016170150001
Employer: Residential construction company; landscaping contractor
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Stunt performer died after being ejected from motorcycle and crashing into window of building
WorkSafeBC is mandated by legislation to investigate workplace incidents. The primary purpose of WorkSafeBC’s incident investigation reports is to identify the cause of the incident, including...