| CONSTRUCTION | |
| Injury Type: Puncture wounds to leg | |
| Core Activity: Framing or residential forming | |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. | |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Jul | ID Number: 2014110750110 |
| While using a nail gun, a worker discharged two nails into his leg. | |
| Injury Type: Head laceration | |
| Core Activity: House framing | |
| Location: Lower Mainland | |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Jul | ID Number: 2014155270034 |
| A carpenter was struck on the head by an overhead wooden beam that was dislodged from its support by a load of lumber being delivered by a truck-mounted crane. | |
| Injury Type: Lower body fractures, fractured wrist | |
| Core Activity: Exterior painting | |
| Location: Lower Mainland | |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Jul | ID Number: 2014155070048 |
| A painter fell about 20 feet from a ladder to grade. | |
| Injury Type: Broken ribs, facial lacerations | |
| Core Activity: Structural concrete forming | |
| Location: Lower Mainland | |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Jul | ID Number: 2014134520025 |
| A worker on a ladder was vibrating concrete into a 16-foot-high cardboard column form when the form suddenly collapsed. The worker fell from the ladder. | |
| Injury Type: Fractures | |
| Core Activity: Flashing installation | |
| Location: Lower Mainland | |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Jun | ID Number: 2014155270033 |
| A worker on a steep-sloped roof (6:12) was moving his fall protection lanyard from a hip D-ring to the back D-ring of his fall protection harness when he lost his balance, slid down damp building paper, and fell 18 feet to the ground. | |
| Injury Type: Close call | |
| Core Activity: Blasting | |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. | |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Jun | ID Number: 2014117640046 |
| Blast rock damaged the fence and deck and broke a window of the house next to a blast site. | |
| Injury Type: Fractured bone in face | |
| Core Activity: Drywalling | |
| Location: Lower Mainland | |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Jun | ID Number: 2014165370078 |
| A worker was standing on a sawhorse/stepladder while taking measurements overhead. He fell to the concrete surface below. | |
| Injury Type: Close call | |
| Core Activity: Structural concrete forming | |
| Location: Lower Mainland | |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Jun | ID Number: 2014174000024 |
| A rough-terrain telehandler was turning in reverse with an elevated load, on a slight incline (2 to 3 degrees) when the machine overturned. It landed on its side, trapping the operator in the cab. The operator broke the rear window with a hammer and escaped. | |
| Injury Type: Spinal fracture | |
| Core Activity: Building demolition | |
| Location: Lower Mainland | |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Jun | ID Number: 2014170000027 |
| Three workers were dismantling a free-standing golf simulator when the walls and ceiling of the golf simulator collapsed. One of the workers was struck and pinned by a wall 10 feet by 15 feet. | |
| Injury Type: Close call | |
| Core Activity: Excavator operation | |
| Location: Interior B.C. | |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Jun | ID Number: 2014163050060 |
| An excavator contacted a residential 3/4-inch gas stub line. Gas escaped into the crawl space of the home and was exiting through the sewer system. The neighbourhood was evacuated by the local fire department due to gas level readings found in the affected home. | |
| Injury Type: Close call | |
| Core Activity: Excavation work | |
| Location: Interior B.C. | |
| Date of Incident: 2014-Jun | ID Number: 2014165870099 |
| Two workers were in an excavation running equipment, working to establish the grid, placing crush, and moving lock blocks at the toe of the slope. A small slough occurred. The workers got out of the excavation and then a large collapse occurred. | |
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