Injury Type: Fatal
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Core Activity: Traffic control
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Location: Northern B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2016-Aug
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ID Number: 2016130750023
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A traffic control person working at a municipal water main project was struck by a commercial vehicle and suffered fatal injuries.
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Injury Type: Broken leg
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Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Aug
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ID Number: 2016170150003
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While conducting painting activities from a roof, a worker fell about 20 feet to grade.
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Injury Type: Temporary loss of consciousness, concussion, broken bones (1 worker); neck injury (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Concrete pumping
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2016-Aug
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ID Number: 2016173340003
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Two workers were injured when the concrete pump hose they were operating kicked back and struck them.
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Injury Type: Facial injuries, fractured bone in lower body
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Core Activity: Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Aug
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ID Number: 2016155070011
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A siding applicator fell about 5 feet from a job-built wooden scaffold onto a plywood patio deck below. The worker landed on a circular saw and his own loaded tool belt.
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Injury Type: Injury to head and hand
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Core Activity: Concrete reinforcing
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Jul
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ID Number: 2016175270010
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A worker was standing on the whaler component of a perimeter gang form, on the 35th floor of a concrete highrise, tying off a vertical reinforcing wall zone. The worker fell about 9 feet to the flytable slab below.
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Injury Type: Burns
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Core Activity: Decking application or waterproofing
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Jul
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ID Number: 2016177720011
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A worker was heating a bucket of damp-proofing tar with a tiger torch when the tar caught fire and the bucket exploded.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Excavation operation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Jul
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ID Number: 2016175280010
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An excavator was being used to remove a stump. The excavator’s bucket punctured a 4-inch steel natural gas line.
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Injury Type: Electrical burns
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Core Activity: Electrical work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Jul
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ID Number: 2016178740006
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A young worker was installing lighting fixtures while working off a scissor lift in an underground parkade. The worker contacted a live 347/600-volt electrical circuit while working within the electrical box. The worker was forcefully broken free of the electrical current by a nearby co-worker.
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Injury Type: Laceration to head
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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-Jul
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ID Number: 2016175290014
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A worker was installing a metal-framed scaffold. As he was climbing over a foundation wall (3 feet high), he fell and struck his head on exposed bedrock.
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