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Injury Type: Bruising and abrasions (2 workers)
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential general contracting or construction
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Apr
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ID Number: 2015138190009
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Two workers in a boom-style elevating work platform were struck by sheets of plywood that fell about 30 feet from a concrete form system that was being repositioned overhead.
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Injury Type: Fractured wrist; bruised head and leg
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Core Activity: Electrical work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Apr
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ID Number: 2015157560088
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A worker was fastening EMT (electrical metal tubing) conduit onto a concrete wall in a parkade. He was working from a rolling scaffold. The worker fell 7-8 feet to the concrete below when the scaffold rolled away from the wall and down the parkade ramp.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Blasting or avalanche control
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Apr
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ID Number: 2015171900029
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Flyrock from a blast site damaged nearby homes and vehicles. No injuries were reported. The blaster’s certificate was seized and is under review by WorkSafeBC.
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Injury Type: Fatal
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Core Activity: Construction labour supply or general labour supply
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Apr
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ID Number: 2015165410475
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A worker was fatally injured when he fell 30 feet inside a newly constructed highrise parkade ventilation shaft.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
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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: 2015-Apr
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ID Number: 2015155730016
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A worker was gluing 6-inch drainage pipe together in a trench when an unsecured section of steel perimeter fence (5 feet by 10 feet) weighing about 80 pounds fell into the trench, striking him.
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Injury Type: Injury to finger
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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-Mar
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ID Number: 2015131490064
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A young worker was operating a jointer machine to plane the edge off a piece of wood trim. As the worker was pushing the wood trim through the jointer machine, one of his fingers contacted the rotating cutting blades.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
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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: 2015-Mar
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ID Number: 2015175370013
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A worker was using a box knife to cut tape away from an electrical box when the blade contacted an energized low-voltage electrical component.
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