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
Three workers injured when awning and work platform fell
Date of incident: October 2021
Notice of incident number: 2021189770010
Employers: Demolition subcontractor; demolition firm; construction...
Worker seriously injured in fall through hole in roof
Date of incident: September 2021
Notice of incident number: 2021116110016
Employer: Metal fabrication company
Incident...
One worker died, another was seriously injured when floor of building being demolished collapsed
Date of incident: August 2021
Notice of incident number: 2021165370047
Employers: Construction company (2; one subcontracted by the other)
Incident...
Workers struck by car speeding in traffic control zone
Date of incident: September 2021
Notice of incident number: 2021162930004
Employer: Paving company; traffic control company
Incident...