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
Workers burned when metal ladder contacted high-voltage power line
Date of incident: February 2020
Notice of incident number: 2020188320003
Employer: Roofing firm
Incident summary
Worker fatally injured by trailer when truck reversed
Date of incident: November 2019
Notice of incident number: 2019178760029
Employer: Road construction company
Incident summary
Worker died after falling from third-floor balcony
Date of incident: October 2019
Notice of incident number: 2019180140004
Employer: General contractor
Incident summary
Worker injured in fall down elevator shaft
Date of incident: April 2020
Notice of incident number: 2020188280003
Employers: Framing company; general contracting company (prime contractor)
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