Excavations
Excavations present a number of risks to workers, including contact with buried facilities and cave-ins. See our resources for information on working safely in and around excavations.
Resources
Worker fatally injured when excavator bucket fell into shoring cage
Date of incident: July 2020
Notice of incident number: 2020163750011
Employer: Excavation company
Incident summary
Click or call before you dig
Every time you dig, you risk injury, loss of life, or damage to property if you hit buried cables, conduits, pipelines, or other facilities. Contacting BC 1 Call is the best way to find out what is buried...
Excavated trench collapsed, burying worker
Date of incident: February 2016
Notice of incident number: 2016166920005
Employer: Excavation company
Incident summary
Electrical Safety: Underground Contact
In this video, a backhoe operator contacts an underground power line. Before any digging begins, contact BC One Call and locate all underground utilities to reduce the risk of electrical contact.
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