Injury Type: Possible upper-body fractures; scrapes |
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential general contracting or construction |
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Location: Lower Mainland |
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar |
ID Number: 2015113830016 |
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A young worker was ascending a ladder to the top of a wall form (16.75 feet high). As he neared the top of the wall form, a piece of equipment he was wearing got caught on a rung of the ladder. His foot slipped from the step of the ladder and he fell 12-13 feet to the work platform below. |
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Injury Type: Fractured wrist |
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame general contracting, construction, or renovation work |
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar |
ID Number: 2015161740120 |
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A worker was descending from a scaffold via a portable aluminum ladder. The ladder buckled and the worker fell about 6 feet to the ground. |
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Injury Type: Close call |
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Core Activity: Structural concrete forming |
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Location: Lower Mainland |
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Date of Incident: 2015-Mar |
ID Number: 2015170880018 |
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A worker was replacing deck pipe on a concrete pump truck. The truck’s 52-metre boom was not extended but was raised about 10 feet and the outriggers were not extended. The truck became unstable and flipped onto its side, with the raised boom landing on and crushing two parked cars. No injuries were reported. |
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Injury Type: Fractured arm, leg pain |
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Core Activity: Low slope roofing |
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Location: Lower Mainland |
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Date of Incident: 2015-Feb |
ID Number: 2015117080092 |
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A young worker was 8-10 feet above grade on an extension ladder, removing tape and plastic from the underside of a skylight. The ladder slipped out from underneath the worker and he fell to grade. |
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Injury Type: Lacerated finger |
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Core Activity: Finishing carpentry |
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Location: Lower Mainland |
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Date of Incident: 2015-Feb |
ID Number: 2015166920008 |
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A carpenter was cutting a piece of baseboard when one finger contacted the rotating blade of a chop saw. |
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Injury Type: Serious injuries to head, neck, arm |
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Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering |
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Location: Lower Mainland |
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Date of Incident: 2015-Feb |
ID Number: 2015155070004 |
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A worker was seriously injured in a fall of about 10 feet from an aluminum extension ladder. |
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Injury Type: Pain in upper 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-Feb |
ID Number: 2015114550114 |
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During bridge repair work, alternating lane closures were in effect. A traffic control person (TCP) was struck by a vehicle that unexpectedly bypassed a line of vehicles being held back by the TCP. |
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Injury Type: Undetermined injury to lower arm |
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Core Activity: Concrete cutting or coring |
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Location: Lower Mainland |
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Date of Incident: 2015-Feb |
ID Number: 2015163710007 |
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After cutting a section of concrete wall, a young worker began removing the concrete cutting saw from the wall. The cut section of wall, which was being held by a crane, became unstable and crushed the workers lower arm between the saw and the wall. |
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Injury Type: Nausea, dizziness (2 workers); nausea (1 worker) |
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Core Activity: Structural concrete forming |
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
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Date of Incident: 2015-Feb |
ID Number: 2015146490006 |
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Two workers were on scaffolding, stripping ceiling formwork in the basement of a hospital construction site. They experienced nausea and dizziness just as they were being evacuated in response to a gas monitor alarm for nitrogen dioxide. A third worker (a young worker) had already left work due to nausea. All three received medical attention. |
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Injury Type: Concussion |
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Core Activity: Low slope roofing |
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Location: Lower Mainland |
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Date of Incident: 2015-Jan |
ID Number: 2015166710083 |
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While repairing a gutter, a worker disconnected his fall protection system to readjust his body position. As he did so, the worker slipped on some glue that had been applied earlier and fell about 10 feet to the ground. |
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