Injury Type: Soft tissue injuries
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| Core Activity: Fire sprinkler system installation and/or service |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Aug |
ID Number: 2017165370048 |
| A young worker was walking on the floor of a building under construction when the floor material broke, causing the worker to fall between the floor joists. |
Injury Type: Penetrating injury to leg
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| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Aug |
ID Number: 2017154970037 |
| As a young worker descended a 5-foot stepladder, one of the worker’s legs contacted a nail gun. A nail was discharged and penetrated the worker’s leg. |
Injury Type: Multiple fractures, other undetermined injuries
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| Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Aug |
ID Number: 2017165370046 |
| A worker was on an extension ladder, installing a piece of plywood on a wall, when he fell about 15 feet to the hard gravel surface below. |
Injury Type: Burns to upper body (1 worker)
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| Core Activity: Industrial contracting or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Aug |
ID Number: 2017178110023 |
| Two workers were sent to the control centre to investigate problematic readings from a flow transmitter located on a half-inch line tapping off a process line connected to the mixed refrigerant (MR) accumulator tank. The MR accumulator tank contained propane, butane, methane, and ethylene. An explosion and fire occurred in this area, injuring one of the two workers. |
Injury Type: Facial injuries
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| Core Activity: Concrete pumping |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Aug |
ID Number: 2017165830044 |
| A concrete pump truck operator was using compressed air to try to clear a blockage in a pipe on the concrete delivery system. The worker released a clamp on the pressurized line. The cap on the end of the pipe struck the worker in the face. |
Injury Type: Fatal
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| Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Aug |
ID Number: 2017158930054 |
| A worker conducting painting preparation work fell 15 feet from an unsecured scaffolding system. Emergency services immediately attended the worksite, but the worker could not be revived. |
Injury Type: Undetermined back injury
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| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Aug |
ID Number: 2017154960030 |
| A young worker was climbing an extension ladder on the exterior of a house being renovated when the ladder base slipped out and the worker fell about five feet to a plywood deck. |
Injury Type: Injuries to head (1 worker)
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| Core Activity: Window or glass installation, replacement, or repair |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Aug |
ID Number: 2017154890008 |
| Workers were installing a wall cover panel (about 11 x 20 inches in size) to the outside of a wall on the tenth floor of a building when the cover panel fell about 20 feet and struck a young worker standing on the eighth-floor deck below. |
Injury Type: Sprained ankle, bruised ribs (1 worker)
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| Core Activity: Plumbing, heating, vent, residential air conditioning, or central vacuum system installation or repair |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Aug |
ID Number: 2017171900045 |
| A worker was in a 7foot-deep excavation, working next to a vertical cut clay wall, when a chunk of the clay face wall gave way and fell on him. A portion of the worker’s lower body was trapped by the falling material and the other two workers in the hole quickly starting digging the worker out. The worker was taken to the hospital by ambulance. |
Injury Type: Close call
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| Core Activity: Excavator operation |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Aug |
ID Number: 2017173340008 |
| An excavator was on a trailer attached to a truck. The trailer and the truck were parked on a minor incline. As the excavator was driven off the trailer, the excavator, trailer, and truck began to roll downhill. They crashed into a skid steer loader and some other materials, causing significant damage to all vehicles. No workers were injured. |
Injury Type: Puncture wound
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| Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jul |
ID Number: 2017181950012 |
| A worker was using a pneumatic nail gun to install a wall frame. When the gun activated, a nail ricocheted off a piece of wood and struck another worker standing about 7 feet away. |
Injury Type: Lacerated leg
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| Core Activity: Structural concrete forming |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jul |
ID Number: 2017154890003 |
| A worker was cutting plywood with a circular saw when the saw kicked back and cut the worker’s leg. |
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