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
Window-washing pole contacted power line, electrocuting worker
Date of incident: July 2016
Notice of incident number: 2016120030012
Employer: Window-cleaning company
Incident summary
Lift truck hoisting utility pole tipped over, fatally injuring one worker and seriously injuring another
Date of incident: August 2015
Notice of incident number: 2015173550131
Employers: Electrical contractor; general contractor; property owner
Incident...
Worker struck by cedar slab during log loading
Date of incident: July 2016
Notice of incident number: 2016155610010
Employers: Integrated forest management companies (3); logging...
Worker pulled into quicksand created at construction site
Date of incident: September 2015
Notice of incident number: 2015165420049
Employers: Excavation company; municipal government
Incident...