Injury Type: Broken ribs, lacerations to upper body (1 worker); bruising (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Framing or residential forming
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2017-Mar
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ID Number: 2017175280003
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Two workers at a house were pushing an exterior wall that had been lying over a floor opening. They fell through the opening to grade (about 10 feet).
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Injury Type: Laceration to leg
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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: 2017-Mar
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ID Number: 2017165830012
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A worker was using a 5-inch angle grinder fitted with a cut-off disk to cut a 1/4-inch-thick piece of steel plate, when the cutting disk contacted the worker’s leg.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Construction labour supply/Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2017-Feb
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ID Number: 2017171900010
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A worker was unloading windows from the forks of a rough-terrain forklift. The windows were secured to the forks with strapping. When the worker released the tension on the strapping, the load of windows shifted, fell, and struck another worker.
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Injury Type: Crush injuries to fingers
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Core Activity: Excavation operation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2017-Feb
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ID Number: 2017175270002
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A worker was helping to guide a concrete sump being manoeuvred into place with an excavator. The worker, whose hand was on top of the sump, was injured when the machine bucket came down onto the sump.
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Injury Type: Broken wrist and ankle
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Core Activity: Steep slope roofing
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Location: Interior B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2017-Feb
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ID Number: 2017179030002
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A worker inspecting a residential roof fell about 8 feet from the roof to grade.
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Injury Type: Fatal
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Core Activity: Welding services or ornamental metal installation/Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2017-Feb
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ID Number: 2017163640005
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While applying steel roof deck material, a young worker fell about 45 feet inside a building under construction.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Excavation operation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2017-Feb
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ID Number: 2017163750003
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Trenching work for the installation of six 3-inch ducts was being done adjacent to a electrical power pole. Shortly after trenching to the pole was completed, the pole began to lean towards a nearby home. The pole came to rest at about 45 degrees, held up by the power lines.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Industrial construction/Sawmill
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Location: Northern B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2017-Feb
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ID Number: 2017140710006
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A 50-ton rough-terrain crane was lifting a 13,000-pound piece of machinery into the open side of a planer mill when all four fabric lifting slings attached to the load failed. The machinery crashed into the side of the building and fell about 14 feet to the ground.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Crane operation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2017-Feb
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ID Number: 2017163750001
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A conventional tower crane dropped off a gang panel in the northwest area of a construction site, then slewed towards the northeast end of the site to pick up a load of plywood. In the process, the tower crane collided with the boom of a 120-tonne mobile crane that was occupying the same air space and was set up on an adjacent worksite.
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