Injury Type: Fatal
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Core Activity: Manual tree falling and bucking / Excavation, or private landfill or transfer station operation
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Jun
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ID Number: 2015161750050
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A worker (arborist) was falling a hemlock tree and was moving away from the tree as it started to fall. The tree kicked back, striking and seriously injuring the worker. The worker later succumbed to his injuries.
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Injury Type: Fatal
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Core Activity: Trucking / Road maintenance and repair
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Jun
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ID Number: 2015166960112
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A vehicle was crossing a highway when it was struck by a lumber transporter. The worker in the vehicle died; the worker in the transporter was not injured.
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Injury Type: Crush injuries to fingers
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Core Activity: Plumbing, heating, vent, residential air conditioning, or central vacuum system installation or repair
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Jun
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ID Number: 2015171900048
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A work experience student (a young worker) was crimping sheet metal collars on a power rotary machine. The fingers of one of the student’s hands were caught in the crimpling rollers as a metal collar was turned.
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Injury Type: Lacerated leg, dislocated foot bone
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Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-May
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ID Number: 2015170150028
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A painter (a young worker) was scraping loose paint off of a fascia board when he fell about 7 feet from an aluminum extension ladder to a concrete slab.
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Injury Type: Fractures in lower body, internal injuries
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Core Activity: Steep slope roofing
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-May
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ID Number: 2015110750145
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A worker fell 16 feet through a skylight opening.
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Injury Type: Broken ankle, bruised arms
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
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Location: Interior B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-May
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ID Number: 2015157270087
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A worker was removing a 4×8 sheet of 3/4 inch plywood from a stairwell opening to the basement. He fell through the opening to the concrete cement pad below.
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Injury Type: Soft-tissue injuries
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Core Activity: Paving services / Traffic control
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Location: Interior B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Apr
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ID Number: 2015177520007
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A paving company was conducting chaining (measuring) activities in the slow lane, which had been closed with a traffic control zone. A public vehicle operated by a non-worker collided with the back of a work vehicle with a flashing arrow board in the closed lane. The driver of the work vehicle (a young worker) sustained minor injuries.
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Injury Type: Temporary loss of consciousness; possible concussion; eye injuries
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Core Activity: Plumbing, heating, vent, residential air conditioning, or central vacuum system installation or repair
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Apr
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ID Number: 2015158910025
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A worker was pressure testing a buried 3-inch PVC water main with nitrogen. The worker sustained injuries to the head when a section of the pressurized PVC piping unexpectedly broke free and struck the worker in the head. Pressure escaping from the pipe also disturbed some loose sand/gravel in the area, resulting in this debris striking the worker in the face and entering the eyes.
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Injury Type: Fatal (2 non-workers); serious injuries (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Pre-engineered steel building construction
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Location: Northern B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Apr
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ID Number: 2015116110013
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Two workers were travelling southbound in a pickup truck from a local office back to the company’s head office when their vehicle collided head-on with a small car travelling northbound. One of the workers was seriously injured, and both non-workers in the car died.
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