Injury Type: Bruising to arm and back
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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: 2016-Mar
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ID Number: 2016163800005
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A young worker was installing trusses while on a work platform. An unsecured truss fell towards the worker, and the worker fell 8.75 feet from the platform to the floor.
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Injury Type: Fatal (1 worker); multiple fractures (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Concrete pumping
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Mar
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ID Number: 2016166960008
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Workers were pouring concrete on a suspended slab when the boom of the concrete pumper truck collapsed and came down on two young workers.
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Injury Type: Fractured ankle and vertebra
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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: 2016-Mar
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ID Number: 2016165420008
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Two workers were installing soffits from a ladder jack scaffold. The scaffold became unstable and both workers fell about 16 feet to grade. One sustained serious injuries.
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Injury Type: Fractured bones in arm, leg, upper body
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Core Activity: Framing or residential forming
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Mar
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ID Number: 2016161920005
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While stripping formwork from a concrete shear wall on the second floor, a worker fell through a floor opening and landed on compact gravel on the first floor (10 feet, 9 inches below).
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Injury Type: Fractures to both ankles
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Core Activity: Steep slope roofing
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Location: Interior B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2016-Mar
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ID Number: 2016163800004
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A young worker fell about 20 feet from the roof of a house.
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Injury Type: Facial fracture, muscle strains in upper and lower body
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Feb
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ID Number: 2016175290006
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A young worker was installing subfloor adhesive to the first-floor deck joists in a new house when he fell through a stairwell opening. The worker fell 9 feet to the concrete floor below and temporarily lost consciousness.
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Injury Type: Fractured skull, other injuries
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Core Activity: Framing or residential forming
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2016-Feb
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ID Number: 2016173550006
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A construction worker fell 11 feet, 2 inches from an exterior deck through a window opening that led into an interior stairwell opening. The worker fell down to the main floor concrete slab.
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Injury Type: Broken ankle (1 worker); bruising (2 workers)
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Core Activity: Concrete placing/Highrise residential construction
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Feb
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ID Number: 2016175290004
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Eight workers were placing concrete for the roof of a residential garage (8,000 square feet). About halfway through the pour, the supporting falsework failed, resulting in a total collapse of the poured section of the slab. Workers fell to the slab below.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Feb
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ID Number: 2016173250006
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A telehandler forklift was placing a full package of 2×8 lumber, 16 feet long, onto the tops of second-floor walls when the package broke through one of the top plates. One side of the load fell to the second floor, and the other side pushed the exterior north and west walls outward. The west wall dislodged and fell to the main floor concrete slab below. There were no injuries.
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Injury Type: Fatal
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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: 2016-Feb
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ID Number: 2016166920005
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A worker was working in a vertically cut excavation, about 7 feet deep, when one of the banks collapsed, burying the worker. The worker succumbed to his injuries.
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Injury Type: Undetermined head injuries
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Core Activity: Concrete placing
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Feb
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ID Number: 2016122120013
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A worker was placing concrete on a residential site while standing on top of a wall form about 14 feet above grade. The worker fell into the interior of the excavation, striking his head. The worker was extricated by a high-angle rescue team and transported to hospital by emergency services.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction / Blasting
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Feb
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ID Number: 2016163710005
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An undetonated booster or cap that was buried under a muck pile detonated during a mucking operation when it was hit by the bucket of a loader.
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Injury Type: Injuries to head
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Core Activity: Finishing carpentry
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Jan
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ID Number: 2016163750004
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A worker was on an extension ladder taking measurements. The ladder slid away from the wall it was resting against and the worker fell about 8 feet to the concrete surface below.
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