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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.
Request a full report
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:
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Office
WorkSafeBC
PO Box 2310 Station Terminal
Vancouver BC V6B 3W5
Incident investigation report summaries
Worker seriously injured washing windows near power line
Date of incident: July 2021
Notice of incident number: 2021158750004
Employer: Window-cleaning company
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Worker fatally injured when vehicle moved unexpectedly
Date of incident: October 2021
Notice of incident number: 2021194900056
Employer: Mill machinery service company; wood products mill
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Faller seriously injured when dangerous tree came down
Date of incident: September 2021
Notice of incident number: 2021177910005
Employer: Manual tree falling and bucking company
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Traffic control person fatally injured at construction site
Date of incident: August 2021
Notice of incident number: 2021182130002
Employer: Traffic control services contractor; property development...