Injury Type: Lacerations, back pain
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| Core Activity: Steep slope roofing |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Oct |
ID Number: 2017155270010 |
| In order to access and descend an aluminum extension ladder, a roofing worker had disconnected his fall protection harness lanyard from a lifeline on a 12:12 sloped roof. The worker lost his balance and fell about 18 feet to grade, landing in a 2-foot-deep trench and striking his head on an adjacent concrete sidewalk. |
Injury Type: Fatal
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| Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Oct |
ID Number: 2017181740006 |
| A worker was conducting painting activities from a ladder, about 15 feet above grade. The homeowner later observed the worker on the ground next to the ladder. The worker was transported to hospital but later succumbed to his injuries. |
Injury Type: Fractured ribs, soft tissue injuries
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| Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Oct |
ID Number: 2017171890018 |
| While completing painting activities on a new single-family residence, a worker fell about 6.5 feet through a floor opening to the concrete floor of the crawlspace below. |
Injury Type: Laceration to hand, bruising
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| Core Activity: Electrical work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Oct |
ID Number: 2017178050014 |
| A young worker was installing pot lights in a ceiling while standing on the third step of a 5-foot stepladder. The worker started to feel lightheaded, lost footing, and fell to the ground. |
Injury Type: Head injury, injury to back (1 worker)
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| Core Activity: Tile work or terrazzo laying / Flooring store |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Oct |
ID Number: 2017161290018 |
| A tile setter returned to a retail flooring supplier’s warehouse to drop off waste materials. The worker had a warehouse forklift operator hoist him and the waste materials on a pallet to the height of the top of the refuse bin. The worker began to unload waste materials. As the load shifted, the pallet became unstable and the worker fell about 7 feet to the paved parking lot. |
Injury Type: Fractured vertebrae
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| Core Activity: Building demolition |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Oct |
ID Number: 2017122700010 |
| A worker engaged in demolition work was accessing a rooftop work area when the worker fell, about 14 feet, through a glass skylight to grade below. |
Injury Type: Back and shoulder injury, bruising
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| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Oct |
ID Number: 2017161290017 |
| A young worker tried to descend a steel frame/tube-and-clamp scaffold from the first level (height of 9.5 feet) using an aluminum extension ladder. The worker lost contact with the ladder and fell to the ground, striking a concrete electrical junction box stored at the base of the ladder. |
Injury Type: Concussion, fractures
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| Core Activity: Structural concrete forming |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Sep |
ID Number: 2017175280018 |
| A young worker forming a suspended concrete slab stepped on the 4×6 shoring timber. The timber broke, resulting in the worker falling 9 feet to the concrete floor below. |
Injury Type: Multiple fractures
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| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Sep |
ID Number: 2017165370054 |
| While leaning out a window to install building paper around the window opening, a worker fell about 9 feet to grade below. |
Injury Type: Fractured leg
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| Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Interior B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Sep |
ID Number: 2017177520024 |
| A young worker was cutting floor sheeting that was partially covering the third-floor elevator shaft of an apartment building under construction. After making cuts to trim the sheeting, the worker stepped on the freshly cut piece and fell 35 feet down the elevator shaft to the concrete pit at the bottom. |
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