A private company working on the Pinetree Way enhancement project has complied with four WorkSafe BC orders after a worker was injured on the job last month.
On June 10, an employee of Wilco Civil Inc. was operating a grinder to bevel a section of PVC pipe, according to the WorkSafe report. The stone grinding wheel shattered, hitting the worker in the leg.
Coquitlam firefighters rescued the worker from the excavated area so he could be taken to hospital.
The WorkSafe inspection found the grinder stone that shattered was rated at a lower RPM than the angle grinder being used and that the machine did not have the proper guard or protective hood in place.
Wilco Civil has complied with all four of the orders since the report was issued.
The company was awarded the contract in April for the first phase of construction on the Pinetree Way enhancement project between Lincoln Avenue and Barnet Highway, including removing and transplanting median trees, removing the west-side curb and sidewalk and drainage works. At the time, the project involved work on a drainage pipe about two metres below the surface.
The work is expected to be finished next month.
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