Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Excavation operation
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2016-Nov
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ID Number: 2016165560015
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The bucket of an excavator ruptured a buried 2-inch natural gas supply line. A construction site and local residences were evacuated. First responders secured the area while utility workers repaired the damaged line. No injuries were reported.
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Injury Type: Soft-tissue injuries
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Core Activity: Scaffolding, tent, staging, or display booth rental and installation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Nov
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ID Number: 2016113830063
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A worker fell about 20 feet while dismantling a scaffold.
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Injury Type: Fractured leg
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Core Activity: Electrical work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Nov
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ID Number: 2016170880069
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While descending a 20-foot extension ladder, after installing an electrical box, a worker fell 12 feet onto bakery equipment below.
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Injury Type: Fatal
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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: 2016-Nov
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ID Number: 2016174000115
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A worker using a handheld circular saw sustained a fatal laceration.
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Injury Type: Fatal
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Core Activity: Dump truck operation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Nov
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ID Number: 2016162930012
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An empty gravel truck left the highway it was travelling on. The driver was thrown from the cab of the truck and sustained fatal injuries.
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Injury Type: Broken ankle bones, injury to back
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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-Oct
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ID Number: 2016119720013
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A worker was conducting clean-up activities on the top floor of a three-storey home under construction. The worker was in front of an elevator shaft and fell about 19 feet down the shaft to the concrete floor.
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Injury Type: Injury to head, multiple fractures
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Oct
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ID Number: 2016177720014
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A worker painting the ceiling on an elevated scissor lift fell about 15 feet to a cement floor.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injury to ankle
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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: 2016-Oct
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ID Number: 2016179030024
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A worker was dismantling a wood frame scaffold on site. The scaffolding collapsed and the worker fell about 10 feet to the floor.
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Injury Type: Fractured ribs
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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-Oct
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ID Number: 2016122120065
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A worker was sheeting the second floor of a new townhouse unit when an unsecured floor joist gave way. The plywood the worker was standing on shifted, and the worker fell onto and between two unsheeted floor joists.
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Injury Type: Laceration to arm
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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-Sep
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ID Number: 2016178050019
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A young worker was using a hand saw to cut fibre-cement board when the saw contacted the worker’s arm.
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