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
Sawmill damaged by fire when hog fuel ignited
Date of incident: July 2016
Notice of incident number: 2016173460016
Employer: Sawmill
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Worker seriously injured by falling tree
Date of incident: August 2016
Notice of incident number: 2016162930010
Employer: Logging company
Incident summary
Worker struck by train at busy rail yard
Date of incident: December 2016
Notice of incident number: 2016112010018
Employers: Railway maintenance company; railway operating company
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Worker struck by falling windows in intermodal container
Date of incident: July 2016
Notice of incident number: 2016117640011
Employer: General contracting company
Incident summary