Injury Type: Injuries to lower body
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| Core Activity: Framing or residential forming |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-May |
ID Number: 2017182160004 |
| A worker installing roof sheathing on a 10:12 sloped roof slid while clearing debris. He fell about 30 feet to grade. |
Injury Type: Penetrating wound to leg
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| Core Activity: Plumbing repair |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-May |
ID Number: 2017171900026 |
| A worker was using a powered handheld drain-cleaning machine to clear a clog in a 2-inch cast-iron kitchen pipe when the auger cable dislodged from the machine base. The cable, which was under tension, shifted and penetrated the worker’s leg. |
Injury Type: Fatal
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| Core Activity: Excavation operation |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-May |
ID Number: 2017114550012 |
| Construction of a new road involved a blasting operation. While moving a blast mat connected to its bucket, an excavator became unstable and tipped over. The operator of the excavator was found under its boom. |
Injury Type: Undetermined injuries to head and neck
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| Core Activity: Concrete pumping |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-May |
ID Number: 2017171900025 |
| A pump truck operator was unfolding the primed mast section of a pumper. The pumper mast bounced, causing the kinked section of hose to suddenly drop and strike a nearby worker. |
Injury Type: Close call
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| Core Activity: Electrical work / Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-May |
ID Number: 2017157410010 |
| In preparation for running low-voltage wiring for an irrigation system, a worker was feeding wire fish tape through an electrical conduit. The end of the fish tape contacted an energized 600-volt, 1,200-amp service panel, resulting in an arc flash and significant damage to the electrical panel. |
Injury Type: Injuries to upper body
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| Core Activity: Steep slope roofing |
| Location: Northern B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-May |
ID Number: 2017178140018 |
| As a roofer (young worker) was climbing down a fully extended ladder, the ladder collapsed. The worker fell 28 feet to the grass-covered ground below. |
Injury Type: Close call
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| Core Activity: Crane operation |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Feb |
ID Number: 2017175280002 |
| As a tower crane was slewing in preparation to pick up a load, its rigging chain contacted a 25-kV overhead power line, causing a power outage to about 3,500 homes. |
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