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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
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Core Activity: Low slope roofing
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Dec
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ID Number: 2014173920042
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A worker fell from a ladder while performing a roofing estimate.
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Injury Type: Abrasion, back strain
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Core Activity: Concrete placing / Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Dec
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ID Number: 2014175270014
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A worker was placing concrete for a suspended parkade slab when an area of the falsework collapsed, resulting in the worker falling about 10 feet to grade.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
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Location: Interior B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2014-Dec
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ID Number: 2014157270070
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A backhoe was being used to expose residential water and sewer lines when it contacted and ruptured a 1.25-inch plastic natural gas service line, causing an uncontrolled release. The utility service provider installed temporary valves to control and stop the gas release.
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Injury Type: Broken bone in upper body
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2014-Dec
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ID Number: 2014154970243
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A worker lost his balance while descending a stepladder. He crashed through a guardrail and fell 11 feet, 4 inches to grade.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries to head
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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: 2014-Dec
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ID Number: 2014175280003
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A worker was dismantling a chimney, working without a personal fall protection system near the unguarded edge of a roof. The worker lost his balance and fell about 10 feet to grade.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame construction
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Dec
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ID Number: 2014157410078
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A truck and trailer was delivering recycled concrete material to a construction site. As the 80-yard box was raised to dump the material, the trailer flipped onto its side and separated from the truck. The box struck one side of the construction trailer, which was unoccupied. The lifting ram for the box struck the driver’s side of the truck, causing significant damage to the vehicle.
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Injury Type: Broken leg
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Core Activity: Excavation, private landfill, or transfer station operation
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Location: Interior B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2014-Dec
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ID Number: 2014157270069
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A young worker fell about 7.5 feet from a lock-block retaining wall onto a cement pad.
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Injury Type: Fractured ankle
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Dec
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ID Number: 2014175270013
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A worker dismantling a work platform from a single 7-foot-high scaffold fell to the ground.
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Injury Type: Injuries to arms and ankle
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Core Activity: Painting
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2014-Oct
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ID Number: 2014173550092
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A worker fell about 20 feet from a work platform.
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