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
Young and new worker caught in brake press
Date of incident: May 2023
Notice of incident number: 2023194050007
Employer: Wood and gas stove manufacturer
Incident summary
Worker injured in fall from loft
Date of incident: January 2022
Notice of incident number: 2022175280001
Employers: Concrete forming company; general construction...
Worker struck by ice that fell from top of truck trailer
Date of incident: December 2022 Notice of incident number: 2022170090016 Employers: Transportation company; sawmill owner and operator
Incident...
Welding shack pulled downslope by pipelayer, injuring two workers
Date of incident: July 2022
Notice of incident number: 2022182060066
Employer: Pipeline construction company
Incident summary