Injury Type: Fractured vertebra
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Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-May
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ID Number: 2016178740004
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A worker replacing a fascia board on a house fell from an extension ladder, landing on the ground about 22 feet below.
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Injury Type: Lacerations
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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-May
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ID Number: 2016166920014
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A worker’s hand contacted the rotating blade of a portable table saw.
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Injury Type: Lacerated legs
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Core Activity: Pier, wharf, or dry dock construction or repair
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2016-May
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ID Number: 2016154960034
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A worker was holding a tag line attached to a steel pipe (50 feet long, 2 feet in diameter) being hoisted by a mobile crane. The pipe struck the worker’s legs.
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Injury Type: Fractured arm
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Core Activity: Framing or residential forming
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-May
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ID Number: 2016165810015
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While setting trusses off a single-plank scaffold on a townhome unit, a young worker fell about 6 feet to the floor.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries to the lower body
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Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-May
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ID Number: 2016155730003
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A young worker was conducting painting activities from a combination ladder set up on a 5:12 sloped skirt roof. The ladder began to slip on the concrete tile roof surface. The worker jumped backward off the ladder, landing on the paved driveway about 12 feet below.
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Injury Type: Broken leg
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Core Activity: Water well, foundational, or directional drilling
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Location: Northern B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2016-May
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ID Number: 2016136020005
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The leads and boom of a pile-driving crane were laid down so that they could be disconnected. A worker went to flip the wedge socket and shackle over for easier access to the mollies and keeper pin. While doing so, the worker bumped the spreader bar, which was in the upright position. This caused the spreader bar to come down, pinching the worker’s leg between the bar and the lead cross-member.
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Injury Type: Abrasions, injury to hand, sprained ankle
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Core Activity: Framing or residential forming
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2016-May
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ID Number: 2016178110033
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The wood frame stairs on level 4 separated from the level 4 stair landing while a worker was on the stairs. The worker fell about 20 feet, landing halfway down the concrete stairs on level 2.
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