Injury Type: Close call
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| Core Activity: Steep slope roofing |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jul |
ID Number: 2017114550019 |
| A worker fell about 8 feet from a narrow section of roof but his fall was arrested by a fall protection system. |
Injury Type: Fractured arm
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| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jul |
ID Number: 2017166710010 |
| A worker was on the top section of an aluminum extension ladder when the base of the ladder slipped out. The worker fell about 10 feet to a deck area, then another 5 feet to the ground. |
Injury Type: Close call
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| Core Activity: Crane operation |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jul |
ID Number: 2017182160007 |
| A malfunction of a tower crane allowed the load block to contact the trolley sheave, severing the load line and causing the load block to fall about 60 feet through one floor of a partially constructed building to the slab below. No injuries were reported. |
Injury Type: Scrapes and bruises, back pain
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| Core Activity: Traffic control |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jun |
ID Number: 2017122120019 |
| A worker was performing traffic control duties for city workers doing curb maintenance. The traffic control worker was struck by a slow-moving vehicle driven by a resident (non-worker) backing out of a driveway. |
Injury Type: Multiple injuries
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| Core Activity: Low slope roofing |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jun |
ID Number: 2017171900039 |
| A young worker was part of a crew re-roofing a low-rise apartment building. While working in a control zone next to an unguarded roof edge, the worker fell about 40 feet to the asphalt parking lot below. |
Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
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| Core Activity: Framing or residential forming |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jun |
ID Number: 2017122120018 |
| A new and young worker on the sheeted upper floor of a new townhouse was preparing the floor for the standing of walls. The worker picked up an unsecured 4×8 sheet of oriented strand board that was covering a stairwell and fell through the exposed opening. The worker landed about 12 feet below, in the stairwell leading to the basement level. |
Injury Type: Fractured finger, facial lacerations
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| Core Activity: Commercial refrigeration or commercial air conditioning work |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jun |
ID Number: 2017167040015 |
| A refrigeration technician was pressure testing a newly constructed refrigeration system. The inner stainless steel wall of the chiller barrel collapsed inward, causing an unsecured lid sensor rod assembly to eject from the barrel opening and strike the worker’s hand and face. |
Injury Type: Electric shock
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| Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jun |
ID Number: 2017171900038 |
| As a worker plugged a satellite panel receptacle (120/208 volt, single phase, 30 amp) into a larger satellite panel, the wiring within the receptacle experienced a conductor-to-neutral electrical short. |
Injury Type: Fractured ankle
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| Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jun |
ID Number: 2017182160005 |
| A worker was on a scaffold installing roof sheathing when he stumbled and fell about 6 feet to grade. |
Injury Type: Injury to back and foot
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| Core Activity: Steep slope roofing |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jun |
ID Number: 2017165370025 |
| A worker fell while transferring from a ladder to a roof. |
Injury Type: Close call
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| Core Activity: Crane operation |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jun |
ID Number: 2017174000054 |
| A tower crane without a load was slewing into an overlap area where a crawler-type mobile crane was refilling a concrete bucket. The boom sections of the two cranes contacted each other. |
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