Injury Type: Injuries to head
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| Core Activity: Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Dec |
ID Number: 2017145570060 |
| A worker set up a metal extension ladder to clean gutters at a residence. Both the worker and ladder were heard falling. The worker fell about 10 feet to grade, striking a vehicle in the fall. |
Injury Type: Suspected head injury
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| Core Activity: Framing or residential forming |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Nov |
ID Number: 2017173560043 |
| A worker was applying plywood sheeting to the exterior of a house. The worker was on a folding stepladder that was placed on a job-built work platform and leaning against the house. The worker fell and was found on the ground by a co-worker. |
Injury Type: Lacerated head, soft tissue injuries
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| Core Activity: Traffic control |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Nov |
ID Number: 2017139860125 |
| A traffic control person (TCP) was directing traffic around a construction site. The TCP was struck by a vehicle and landed on the ground. |
Injury Type: Injury to back
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| Core Activity: Framing or residential forming |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Nov |
ID Number: 2017122120026 |
| A young worker was assisting in cleanup activity on the third level of a townhouse complex under construction. The worker lifted a sheet of plywood from the floor and stepped forward into a floor opening, falling about 20 feet to the basement-level slab below. |
Injury Type: Close call
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| Core Activity: Crane operation |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Nov |
ID Number: 2017163750013 |
| A crane was transporting two wooden gang panels (30 by 12 feet) using two 20 foot synthetic slings in a basket formation. One of the sling straps slipped inward, and both gang panels dropped about 30 feet to the ground of the construction site below. |
Injury Type: Soft tissue injuries
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| Core Activity: Excavator operation |
| Location: Interior B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Nov |
ID Number: 2017131490064 |
| A section of retaining wall constructed of concrete lock blocks failed while a worker was operating an excavator near the top edge of the structure. The excavator, with the worker inside, slid down with the collapsed material and came to rest on its side, on top of the debris pile near the base of the collapsed wall. The worker was able to climb out of the excavator. |
Injury Type: Close call
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| Core Activity: Excavation operation / Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Nov |
ID Number: 2017154890018 |
| A worker was using a hydraulic drill rig to drill an anchor into the side of an excavation. The anchor struck a buried high-voltage electrical conductor (12 kV). No injuries were reported. |
Injury Type: Fatal
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| Core Activity: Traffic control |
| Location: Interior B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Nov |
ID Number: 2017163800031 |
| A traffic control person (TCP) was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic. The TCP was airlifted to hospital but later succumbed to the injuries. |
Injury Type: Multiple injuries (1 worker)
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| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Nov |
ID Number: 2017165370068 |
| Two workers (one a young worker) were emptying a job-built garbage box with a forklift. The box came off the forklift and struck the young worker. |
Injury Type: Lacerated head, soft tissue injuries
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| Core Activity: Decking application or waterproofing |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Oct |
ID Number: 2017171890021 |
| While completing the installation of a roll-on waterproofing membrane to the exterior of a building, a young worker fell about 6 feet from a manufactured scaffold system to the concrete sidewalk and compact ground below. |
Injury Type: Fatal (1 worker)
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| Core Activity: Plumbing, heating, vent, residential air conditioning, or central vacuum system installation or repair |
| Location: Interior B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Oct |
ID Number: 2017157580049 |
| When a worker entered an attic at a home to conduct mechanical work, the worker noticed an open vent from a propane hot water tank. The worker left the attic and shut off the hot water tank. Later, the worker and another worker entered the attic to take measurements. The first worker was found deceased at home the next day. The worker was potentially exposed to carbon monoxide. |
Injury Type: Multiple injuries
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| Core Activity: Telecommunication or cable television wiring |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Oct |
ID Number: 2017155070016 |
| A young worker was on a ladder installing fibre optic cable when the cable was snagged by a passing vehicle. The worker fell off the ladder, about 8 feet. |
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