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 causes and underlying factors contributing to the incidents shared here.
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Incident investigation report summaries
Logging truck swept off road by landslide
Date of incident: November 2015
Notice of incident number: 2015162930073
Employers: Log-hauling company; timber-harvesting company; timber...
Worker’s lower arm amputated after reaching into energized recycling conveyor
Date of incident: September 2015
Notice of incident number: 2015177470065
Employer: Recycling company
Incident summary:
Unexpected ammonia release at Fernie Memorial Arena caused death of three workers
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...
Logging equipment contacted power line, electrocuting worker
Date of incident: February 2016
Notice of incident number: 2016155980004
Employer: Forest management company
Incident summary