Injury Type: Puncture wound to leg
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| Core Activity: Framing or residential forming |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Feb |
ID Number: 2018184480001 |
| A worker infilling an elevator core wall inadvertently discharged a nail gun into his leg. |
Injury Type: Upper body fracture, suspected head injury
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| Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Feb |
ID Number: 2018171900009 |
| A painter working alone fell about 7 feet from a metal access frame scaffold set up inside a building. |
Injury Type: Eye irritation
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| Core Activity: Bridge, overpass, or viaduct construction or repair |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Feb |
ID Number: 2018180140003 |
| While the boom on a rough-terrain mobile crane was retracting, the crane’s engine caught fire. A worker attempting to extinguish the fire was inadvertently sprayed with a fire extinguisher. The fire was eventually extinguished by the local fire department. |
Injury Type: Soreness
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| Core Activity: Structural concrete forming |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Feb |
ID Number: 2018183330001 |
| A worker was operating mobile equipment to place a 24-foot formwork panel when the mobile equipment rolled onto its side, injuring the worker. |
Injury Type: Concussion
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| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2018-Feb |
ID Number: 2018175280002 |
| A worker was on a manufactured scaffold plank on a single-stage scaffold, measuring a truss system. The worker fell 5 feet to the wood floor of the house under renovation. |
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