Home Features & AnalysisWorker hurt after unsecured roof wall fell from shipping container, WorkSafeBC finds
Photo by Paul .T on Unsplash
Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety

Worker hurt after unsecured roof wall fell from shipping container, WorkSafeBC finds

by Todd Humber
written by Todd Humber
A+A-
Reset

A telehandler operator suffered serious injuries when an unsecured steel roof-support wall fell more than 2.6 metres and struck him at a construction equipment yard, according to a WorkSafeBC investigation…

Member Access Required

This article is available to registered Safety News Canada members. Membership is free and provides full access to our independent reporting on workplace health and safety issues across Canada.

Join Free - Sign Up Now

Already a member? Log in below.

Todd Humber is an award-winning workplace journalist who has been covering the HR, employment law, and workplace safety beats for 25 years. He is the publisher and editor-in-chief at Safety News Canada, published by North Wall Media.

You may also like

Canada’s warming climate raises heat-stress risk for outdoor and indoor workers, federal...

Human ‘safety drivers’ in Uber robotaxis could lose skills if all they...

Root cause analysis identifies 10 leading hazards in forestry driving

Forest roads pose greater risks than highways, Workplace Safety North warns

Wildlife collisions pose growing risk to Ontario drivers this fall: Workplace Safety...

WorkSafeBC proposes new fit standard for PPE, seeks feedback on changes

@2021 - All Right Reserved. Designed and Developed by PenciDesign