Injury Type: Partial amputation of a finger
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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-Jan
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ID Number: 2016162930001
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A worker was using a circular saw to rip lumber when the circular saw kicked back and contacted the worker’s hand.
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Injury Type: Fractures of head and arm
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Core Activity: Plumbing, heating, vent, residential air conditioning, or central vacuum system installation or repair
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Jan
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ID Number: 2016122700001
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A worker was using a grade 1 fibreglass stepladder while performing plumbing work on an overhead sewer line. The worker fell about 8 feet from the stepladder to the concrete floor below.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injury to leg
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Core Activity: Plumbing, heating, vent, residential air conditioning, or central vacuum system installation or repair
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-Jan
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ID Number: 2016166710001
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A worker lost control of a wheelbarrow full of dirt. The wheelbarrow fell over sideways, taking the worker with it.
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Injury Type: Crush injury to leg
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction / Crane operation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Dec
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ID Number: 2016166960003
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A crane was moving a large concrete block. The suspended load struck a worker. He was injured by the impact and fell 8 feet from the platform on which he was working.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries to the head and lower body
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Core Activity: Traffic control
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Dec
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ID Number: 2015175280019
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A traffic control person was struck and run over by a motor vehicle while directing traffic in a one-way traffic system through a work zone. The work area was located in an active school zone; it was the end of the school day and people were picking up children.
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Injury Type: Fractured vertebrae
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
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Location: Northern B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Aug
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ID Number: 2015174590034
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A young worker was “boxing in” a floor joist in a newly constructed home. The joist hanger broke loose and the worker fell through an opening to a gravel surface.
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