Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Structural concrete forming
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar
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ID Number: 2015163750111
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A flyform was being guided down between the building structure and adjacent high-voltage power lines. A gust of wind pushed the flyform into contact with the power lines, resulting in a loss of power to buildings in the area.
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Injury Type: Facial injuries
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential general contracting or construction
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar
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ID Number: 2015165630061
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A young worker was using a small bottle jack to lift a 6×6 wooden beam to release the pressure on a section of suspended slab formwork. The jack shifted, causing the beam to strike the worker.
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Injury Type: Crush injuries to foot and leg
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Core Activity: Bulldozer operation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar
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ID Number: 2015115134338
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On a construction site, a tracked bulldozer backed over a worker’s foot and leg.
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Injury Type: Deep cut to hand
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Core Activity: Electrical work
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Location: Interior B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar
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ID Number: 2015129162263
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A worker was pulling a piece of sheet metal attached to a wooden plank. The worker’s hand slipped on a sharp edge of the metal.
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Injury Type: Multiple fractures of upper and lower body
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Core Activity: Concrete placing, finishing, surfacing, or repair
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar
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ID Number: 2015174000011
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A concrete pump truck with a 56-metre boom was pumping concrete when the dunnage under the right front outrigger failed. As the pump truck suddenly shifted to the right side, the boom struck a worker placing concrete.
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Injury Type: Ringing in the ears, burns (1 worker); ringing in the ears (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Electrical work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar
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ID Number: 2015128220013
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Two electricians were pulling non-energized wires through a live 600-volt electrical panel when an arc flash and arc blast occurred.
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Injury Type: Concussion, scalp injury
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Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar
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ID Number: 2015155070006
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A drywaller fell from a job-built wooden scaffold and landed on wooden stairs.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Excavation work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar
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ID Number: 2015166920012
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As an excavator was performing excavation work at a wood-frame residential development site, its bucket contacted underground conduit carrying a 347-volt conductor.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Excavation work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar
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ID Number: 2015161950096
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A backhoe was digging a trench when its rear bucket contacted and damaged a 2-inch-diameter natural gas line. Workers in three highrise buildings under construction were evacuated.
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Injury Type: Broken bones in feet
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame general contracting, construction, or renovation work
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar
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ID Number: 2015110750133
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A worker was accessing his safety rope when he slipped on wet plywood and fell 14 feet to the ground.
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Injury Type: Burns to hands
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Core Activity: Electrical work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar
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ID Number: 2015155500011
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An electrician was hooking up a ground wire to a panel in a live MCC cabinet. As the worker pulled the excess ground wire, the wire contacted the live bus bar, resulting in an arc flash.
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Injury Type: Electrical burns
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame general contracting, construction, or renovation work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar
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ID Number: 2015147100014
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A worker was preparing the garage floor for rebar installation by drilling into the concrete foundation wall of a new residential house. The drill contacted a live electrical cable, and the worker sustained electrical burns.
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Injury Type: Broken bones in upper and lower body
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Core Activity: Steep slope roofing
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Location: Interior B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar
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ID Number: 2015166950092
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A worker was accessing a roof from an extension ladder when the ladder slipped out from under the worker. The worker fell 15 feet to grade and landed on a pile of wooden shakes.
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