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June 5, 2025
Incident summaries are based on information obtained as soon as possible after the incidents: they are preliminary and subject to change. Details have been edited to protect workers' privacy.
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Injury Type: Contusions
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Core Activity: Log hauling / Integrated forest management |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-Apr |
ID Number: 2025161740015 |
The operator of a log transporter had just completed the self-loading of a log transporter on a 15 percent road grade. As the worker raised the transporter stabilizers from the controls on top of the log transporter, it started to roll down the road. The worker climbed partly down the ladder and jumped about 3 metres to the ground. The loaded log transporter travelled about 50 metres down the road, entered a ditch, and rolled another 25 metres before coming to a stop.
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Injury Type: Exposure to hazardous substance (3 workers)
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Core Activity: Pulp and paper mill / Scaffolding rental and installation |
Location: B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025140710003 |
Walking through the basement of a mill, three workers had reactions to an unidentified mist escaping from an overhead pipe. The pipe was later identified to contain white liquor.
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Injury Type: Injuries to head
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Core Activity: Plastic product manufacture (by injection moulding, thermoforming, or other moulding processes) |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025207150001 |
A worker was doing custom work on a machine when the machine ejected a piece of metal that struck the worker.
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Injury Type: Fracture
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Core Activity: Winery |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025165880015 |
A worker was conducting routine maintenance on a box builder. A horizontal shaft activated and struck the worker.
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Injury Type: Soft tissue injury
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Core Activity: Ready mix concrete manufacture and delivery |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025161530020 |
A worker stood on a stepladder to remove an out-of-service electrical conduit. While pulling on the conduit, the worker experienced sharp pain, stepped off the ladder, and fell to the ground.
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Injury Type: Exposure to hazardous substance (4 workers)
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Core Activity: Oil or gas production / Oil or gas field servicing |
Location: Northern B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025177910001 |
During well completion activities, workers were exposed to an uncontrolled release of an unknown hazardous substance.
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Injury Type: Injury to leg
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Core Activity: Planing mill |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025200670007 |
While pulling a cart of lumber (weighing 800 to 1,000 pounds), a young worker backed into another stack of lumber and was pinned between the cart and the stack.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Metal product manufacture |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025167040016 |
A fire occurred in a dust collector unit connected to a CNC machine centre. The workplace was evacuated, and the fire department extinguished the fire.
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Injury Type: Lacerations
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Core Activity: Wooden furniture manufacture |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-Apr |
ID Number: 2025160850017 |
A young worker was injured while removing wood debris from under the blade guard of a jump saw (an upcut saw) while the saw was in operation.
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Injury Type: Injury to upper body
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Core Activity: Awning or awning sign manufacture / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-Apr |
ID Number: 2025155270005 |
A worker was installing a window awning, working from a telescoping multi-position ladder (supported by a lumber bracket system on a 3:13 steel roof). The ladder kicked out and the worker and ladder fell about 8 feet.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Avalanche control |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025160850019 |
During avalanche control operations involving the firing of six explosive charges (4 kg each), one charge failed to function as designed. The employer's misfire procedures were followed, rendering the explosive charge safe. No injuries were reported.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
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Core Activity: Scaffolding, tent, staging, or display booth rental and installation |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025210680004 |
A young worker was stacking scaffolding platforms (18 by 4 inches, 5 feet long) at a height of about 6 feet when 12 pieces fell onto the worker.
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Injury Type: Burns (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Low slope roofing |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025210740009 |
Workers were completing roof membrane work on a commercial building. One worker was applying primer materials, and another was torching the membrane. Vapour from the roofing primer ignited, injuring the first worker.
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Injury Type: Injuries to fingers
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Core Activity: Pile driving / Excavation operation / Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025165370014 |
A worker was changing the drill bit on a large drill rig when some of their fingers were caught between the bit's shaft and the locking clamps.
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Injury Type: Fractures (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Window or glass installation, replacement, or repair |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025207140002 |
Workers were on the second tier of a manufactured scaffold, replacing a damaged windowpane. The window, which was being held in place with industrial suction cups, shattered, and one worker lost their balance and fell to grade.
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Injury Type: Laceration (1 worker); Abrasions (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Excavation operation / Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025188330009 |
In an excavation, workers were installing a pipe fitting to the main water connection for a building. Two of the workers were injured when the pressurized water main burst the cap and relief valve.
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Injury Type: Injury to upper body
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Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025210680003 |
A young worker was loading drywall scraps into a bin placed on top of two second-floor balconies. The worker fell through a gap (about 1.5 feet wide) between the two balconies and landed on a concrete surface about 11 feet below.
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Injury Type: Injury to back
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Core Activity: Construction labour supply or general labour supply |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025155270006 |
A worker was placing concrete when they stepped into an opening (1.5 feet by 5 feet) in a suspended slab formwork deck and fell about 8 feet 8 inches to the concrete slab below.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Masonry |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025210680002 |
On a commercial construction site, a telehandler was retracting its boom while loaded with a pallet of bricks. The telehandler tipped over, landing on stored building material.
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Injury Type: Electrical injuries
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Core Activity: Electrical work |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025206760004 |
A worker contacted an energized 347-volt busbar in a low-voltage electrical panel.
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Injury Type: Injuries to upper body
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Core Activity: Insulation work or fireproofing / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-Apr |
ID Number: 2025155270007 |
A worker was installing batt insulation in a vaulted ceiling space while standing on a rolling scaffold platform (about 7 feet above grade). The platform connection failed at one corner, causing the worker to fall.
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Injury Type: Injury to upper body
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Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-Apr |
ID Number: 2025197990005 |
While climbing a baker's scaffold to work on a ceiling, a worker fell 6 to 8 feet to the ground.
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Injury Type: Burns
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Core Activity: Electrical work |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-Apr |
ID Number: 2025210650006 |
A worker was finishing work on an electrical panel when it arced.
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TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Commercial bus, shuttle operations, or public transit |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025175300001 |
Two public transit buses were being refuelled at a compressed natural gas (CNG) dispensing station when an alarm sounded, indicating a leak. The area was immediately evacuated. The fire department attended and advised that the area was clear of hazardous gases.
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Injury Type: Fracture
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Core Activity: Supermarket |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025200660004 |
A worker was walking out of an office when their foot caught the corner of a box of files, and the worker fell to the ground.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Home improvement centre / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025181570005 |
A knuckle-boom crane truck was parked on a slope (4 degrees) in a laneway, unloading building materials from a flat-deck truck. It was lifting about 15 sheets of drywall when it tipped over, damaging an adjacent delivery truck and a low wall.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
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Core Activity: Local government and related operations |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-Apr |
ID Number: 2025141250004 |
A worker was accessing an excavation using a 10-foot ladder leaned against the inside of a shoring cage. The ladder stood on loose gravel and was not secured at the base. As the worker descended the ladder, the base kicked out, and both the ladder and worker fell. The worker landed on a concrete water pipe.
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Injury Type: Exposure to carbon monoxide (2 workers)
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Core Activity: Domestic cleaning |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025210740010 |
Two workers were completing post-construction cleaning of a newly constructed modular home. The workers were using power from a portable gas generator inside the home. During the cleaning, the workers began to feel ill and went outside for fresh air.
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Injury Type: Smoke inhalation
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Core Activity: Building management, building rental, or mobile home parks and strata corporations |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025186450001 |
A worker responded to a fire on the sixth floor of an apartment building. While trying to extinguish the fire, the worker was exposed to smoke.
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Injury Type: Laceration
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Core Activity: Heavy equipment, machinery, or parts sales, rental, service, or repair (greater than 500 pounds) |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025178250009 |
A new worker was using an angle grinder to cut a bolt on a semi-truck when the grinding disk shattered. The grinder did not have a guard.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
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Core Activity: Tree services (not directly related to the forestry industry) |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2025-May |
ID Number: 2025188270002 |
A worker was using a rope access system to climb and trim trees on a residential property when they fell about 12 feet to the ground.
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Injury Type: Injuries to finger
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Core Activity: Landscaping, lawn or garden maintenance, or weed control / Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-Apr |
ID Number: 2025182130007 |
A worker was guiding a load of dirt in a crane-mounted clamshell bucket when one of their fingers was caught between the bucket and a synthetic rope.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Commercial laundry or linen, uniforms, or diaper supply |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-Apr |
ID Number: 2025211930005 |
A fire occurred in a large bag of freshly laundered sheets stored on a mezzanine. The building's automatic fire sprinkler system activated and extinguished the fire. Workers safely evacuated and no injuries were reported.
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Injury Type: Injury to head
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Core Activity: Blind or drapery track installation |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-Apr |
ID Number: 2025167090017 |
A worker had finished tinting windows, working from a scissor lift. As the worker was exiting the scissor lift, descending the access ladder, they fell backward from the second rung (about 3 to 4 feet) and hit their head.
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Injury Type: Injury to hand (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Security or patrol services |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2025-Apr |
ID Number: 2025203020002 |
While performing a routine security patrol of a large office building, a worker encountered a person (non-worker) in a stairwell. When the worker approached the person and tried to remove them from the property, the person became confrontational and bit the worker.
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