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
Worker seriously injured by arc flash in crane control cabinet
Date of incident: January 2020
Notice of incident number: 2020188280001
Employer: Structural concrete forming company
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Worker died after contracting COVID-19 at work
Date of incident: March 2020
Notice of incident number: 2020169730025
Employer: Social services provider
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Worker seriously injured when boom lift lowered
Date of incident: March 2020
Notice of incident number: 2020178040003
Employer: Motion picture and television agency
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Rebar structure collapsed, injuring two workers
Date of incident: April 2020
Notice of incident number: 2020178760013
Employers: Concrete reinforcing firm; bridge construction firm
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