This short version of The Curtis Zanussi Story highlights the suddenness and severity of a workplace injury, and prompts youth to consider their rights to a safe workplace. This emotional video focuses on 24-year-old Curtis Zanussi, who was seriously injured while working on a golf course construction site. It highlights the hazards young workers face in construction and emphasizes the employer’s responsibilities for training and supervision. In this video, Curtis shares how he nearly lost his life after a trench he was working in collapsed. WorkSafeBC occupational safety officers talk about the effects that injuries sustained on the job can have on other workers and the employer. This video also reminds us of the risks to young workers when they’re not made aware of the hazards and risks on the jobsite. Excavations present a number of risks to workers, including contact with buried facilities and cave-ins. For information on working safely in and around excavations in British Columbia, visit
This guy has a YouTube channel he was injured at work on construction site.
