Injury Type: Close call
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| Core Activity: Crane operation |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jul |
ID Number: 2017175270007 |
| A tower crane was hoisting two concrete test blocks before the start of a daily shift. As the second test block was hoisted, the load line failed, sending the two test blocks and load block to the ground. No injuries were reported. |
Injury Type: Head injury
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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: 2017174000065 |
| A worker was installing metal flashing on the leading edge of a roof when the flashing contacted an energized 12.5 kV power line. The worker fell about 35 feet from the roof to a concrete area below. |
Injury Type: Fatal (non-worker)
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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: 2017175280012 |
| While taking a photograph of a person operating a drum roller compactor, a non-worker was run over by a skid-steer machine. The skid-steer machine was backing up while levelling the gravel driveway. The non-worker succumbed to his injuries. |
Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
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| Core Activity: Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jul |
ID Number: 2017182160008 |
| A worker was using the fly section of an extension ladder to install trim pieces around a second-storey deck column, about 10 feet above grade. The ladder slipped on the stamped concrete surface, causing the worker to fall. |
Injury Type: Fractured vertebrae
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| Core Activity: Siding, awning, or gutter installation, service, or repair |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jul |
ID Number: 2017117640009 |
| A worker on a secured ladder, installing membrane, fell about 8 feet to a pad with reinforcing steel in a grid pattern. |
Injury Type: Burns to hands
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| Core Activity: Decking application or waterproofing |
| Location: Interior B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jul |
ID Number: 2017165420011 |
| A worker was using a propane torch to apply a waterproofing membrane when other building materials caught fire. |
Injury Type: Upper-body fracture, injury to head
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| Core Activity: Electrical work |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jul |
ID Number: 2017165370034 |
| A worker was on a bakers scaffold reaching for a light fixture. The worker overreached and fell off the scaffold. |
Injury Type: Close call
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| Core Activity: Excavation operation |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jul |
ID Number: 2017165370032 |
| An excavator contacted a gas line during the removal of a residential house foundation. A utility locate had not been done before excavating began. The utility owner attended and shut off the gas supply. No injuries occurred. |
Injury Type: Cut 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-Jun |
ID Number: 2017117640008 |
| A young worker was using a circular saw with one hand to cut a 45-degree angle on a piece of lumber (2 inches by 4 inches). The saw kicked back, contacting the workers leg. |
Injury Type: Suspected injuries to upper body
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| Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
| Location: Lower Mainland |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jun |
ID Number: 2017165370028 |
| A young worker placed an aluminum form frame in an upright position without securing the frame. When the worker turned his back to the frame, it fell over and struck him. |
Injury Type: Fatal (1 worker); multiple injuries (1 worker)
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| Core Activity: Paving services or asphalt manufacture |
| Location: Northern B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jun |
ID Number: 2017124120043 |
| A 5-ton flatdeck truck with two occupants (both young workers) went off the highway into a ditch and rolled onto its side. The passenger died at the scene. The driver was transported to hospital by ambulance. |
Injury Type: Bruising
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| Core Activity: Painting or wallpapering |
| Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
| Date of Incident: 2017-Jun |
ID Number: 2017171900040 |
| A young worker was working from an aluminum multi-way ladder (a ladder that can be configured as either a stepladder, an extension trestle, or an extension ladder) set up as an extension ladder. The ladder was positioned at the front entrance of an exterior tiled staircase of a residential dwelling. The worker was on the top third of the ladder when the bottom of the ladder slipped out. The worker fell about 7 feet to the staircase below. |
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