Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media / Chilliwack RCMP and ambulance personnel attend a construction site on Yarrow Central Road on Monday, March 31 after a trades worker fell from the site and onto the ground below.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Construction site fall

WorkSafeBC to issue report on fall at Yarrow construction site

Apr 3, 2025 | 10:51 AM

CHILLIWACK — WorkSafeBC says an inspection report could be issued next week in response to a reported fall earlier this week at a construction site in Yarrow.

Chilliwack first responders were dispatched to the 42400 block of Yarrow Central Road Monday morning (Mar. 31) after a trades worker fell from the construction site and onto the ground below. Emergency scanner traffic indicated the fall was approximately 20 feet.

“Members of the RCMP were dispatched to a report of a fall,” RCMP spokesperson Corporal Teresa Parsons said. “My understanding is that the injured person was transported by air ambulance to hospital but I do not know the extent of their injuries. There is not believed to be any criminal element to the incident.”

An air ambulance landed at Yarrow Community School at about 8:40 a.m. and departed at roughly 9:15 a.m. for a hospital. Students from the nearby school were not outside when the ambulance landed. Around the time that the patient was being transported from a ground ambulance to a helicopter, two RCMP units and an ambulance were stationed at a construction site at Yarrow Alliance Church on Yarrow Central Road.

The patient was airlifted to hospital in stable condition, a BC EHS spokesperson told Fraser Valley Today.

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Roughly two hours after the reported fall, WorkSafeBC was notified at approximately 9:30 a.m. about a serious workplace incident in the 42400 block of Yarrow Central Road in Chilliwack, according to WorkSafeBC spokesperson Yesenia Dhott. A WorkSafeBC Officer attended the scene.

While WorkSafeBC has not launched a formal investigation, its prevention team is in communication with the employer and will issue an inspection report.

An inspection report details findings of a worksite visit by a WorkSafeBC officer. It documents any points of discussion and recommendations and may include any orders or penalties that result from the visit.