Injury Type: Serious laceration of arm
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Core Activity: Commercial refrigeration or commercial air conditioning work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Nov
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ID Number: 2015147280109
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A worker was using a freshly sharpened chisel-edged scraping tool (a hand tool) to remove caulking from a refrigeration panel that was being prepared for installation. The tool contacted the arm of a young worker standing nearby.
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Injury Type: Loss of consciousness, head injury
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Core Activity: Concrete placing, finishing, surfacing, or repair
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Nov
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ID Number: 2015158910086
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A worker performing maintenance on a concrete pumper truck fell about 7 feet to grade.
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Injury Type: Fatal
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Core Activity: Deck, railing, or fence installation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Nov
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ID Number: 2015157520176
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A worker was renovating an existing house balcony when he fell to the asphalt driveway below.
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Injury Type: Suspected broken leg and arm
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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-Nov
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ID Number: 2015175290027
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A worker was preparing to install a tarp on a leaking roof. While accessing the roof to establish fall protection, the worker slipped and fell about 20 feet to the concrete below.
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Injury Type: Serious injuries including fractures
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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-Nov
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ID Number: 2015173250295
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A worker was standing on a low-slope metal roof installing stucco siding paper and mesh. The worker fell 15.5 feet from the roof to grade.
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Injury Type: Injuries to head and body
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction / Local government and related operations
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Nov
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ID Number: 2015147280096
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A municipal building inspector was carrying out inspection work at a location where buildings were allegedly being constructed without necessary permits. Two persons allegedly assaulted the inspector.
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Injury Type: Fractured ankle; multiple contusions
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Core Activity: Concrete reinforcing
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Nov
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ID Number: 2015163710055
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A worker tried to climb a manufactured formwork panel that was leaning up against a concrete wall on a construction site. The formwork panel became unstable and landed on top of the worker.
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Injury Type: Penetrating wound to leg
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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-Nov
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ID Number: 2015155730032
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A worker was installing framing material with a pneumatic stick nail gun. The nail gun contacted the worker’s body, causing the gun to fire a 3-inch nail into the worker’s leg.
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Injury Type: Fractured wrist, facial contusion
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Core Activity: Sign installation, service, or repair
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Nov
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ID Number: 2015173250294
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A worker was standing 3 feet up on an aluminum stepladder, using a power drill to complete the assembly of an aluminum frame/glass panel awning (10 feet by 14 feet). The awning collapsed partly onto the worker, causing the worker to fall off the ladder.
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Injury Type: Fractured bones in upper and lower body; internal injuries
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame general contracting, construction, or renovation work
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Location: Interior B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Oct
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ID Number: 2015158820124
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A worker on the second storey of a building under construction fell about 12 feet to a gravel surface when a temporary guardrail failed.
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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-Oct
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ID Number: 2015173250300
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A worker was climbing a ladder to access a metal frame scaffold. As he reached the top of the ladder, it slipped and the worker fell 11 feet to the deck below.
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Injury Type: Internal injuries
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Core Activity: Electrical work
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Location: Northern B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Oct
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ID Number: 2015136960211
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The operator of a 45-foot articulating boom lift was moving the machine in a flooded parking lot when the front wheels dropped about 8 inches off the paved portion of the parking lot, causing the operator (a young worker) to strike the control panel.
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