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VANCOUVER –  Another crane incident has occurred at the Oakridge construction site in south Vancouver.

“Yesterday afternoon at approximately 2 pm, WorkSafeBC was notified of an incident on the 600 block of West 41^st Avenue involving a crane. There were no injuries,” a WorksafeBC statement said. 

“A WorkSafeBC officer was deployed to the site and WorkSafeBC has launched an investigation to identify the causes, as well as any contributing factors,” the statement added. 

WorkSafeBC said the organization is unable to discuss specific details or provide timeframes while the investigations are ongoing. 

The Journal of Commerce has sent an enquiry to EllisDon, the company operating the site.

A previous incident occurred at the Oakridge construction site on Feb. 21 when a load from a crane fell on a building under construction. Yuridia Flores, a construction worker, was killed.

This latest incident occurred a day after WorkSafeBC introduced new crane safety regulations in response to both the earlier Oakridge incident and several other recent crane mishaps.

Earlier this year WorkSafeBC also consulted with stakeholders to create both the new regulations and an overall strategy to improve crane safety in the province.

A July 12, 2021 incident in Kelowna where five people were killed by a crane collapse began the re-examination of crane safety in the province and both the RCMP and WorkSafeBC have completed investigations of the incident.

The RCMP submitted its report in February of this year to the BC Prosecution Service for charge assessment for Criminal Negligence Causing Death.

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