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Injury Type: Fractured skull and arm
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Core Activity: Tower crane operation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Nov
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ID Number: 2014122700068
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A tower crane operator crawled through the crane mast onto an unsupported filler piece on the deck and fell about 3 m (10 ft.) to the floor below.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Excavation work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Nov
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ID Number: 2014175270011
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A backhoe was excavating a trench when it snagged and damaged a 2-inch gas line, releasing natural gas. The worksite was immediately evacuated.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Dump truck operation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Nov
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ID Number: 2014173250212
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A dump truck was delivering a load of gravel (3/4-inch crush) to a workplace when it contacted low-voltage electrical and telecommunications wires strung between a municipal distribution pole and a service pole on the workplace property. The dump box was in a raised position and pushed the wires as the load was deposited, causing the service pole to fall over. No injuries were sustained, no electrical wires were broken, and electrical power did not contact the dump truck.
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Injury Type: Fatal
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Core Activity: Painting
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Nov
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ID Number: 2014165890098
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A worker painting from a ladder fell about 10 feet to grade, sustaining fatal injuries.
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Injury Type: Fractures of arm and lower body, chest injuries, abrasions
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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-Nov
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ID Number: 2014163050081
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A worker was walking on wet metal roofing material. The worker fell onto his stomach and slid off the roof, landing on the ground 22 feet below.
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Injury Type: Fractured bones, internal injuries
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Core Activity: Road construction
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Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2014-Nov
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ID Number: 2014171900088
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The safety pin on a quick-change excavator attachment was not in place. This resulted in the bucket disengaging from the equipment and rolling backwards, striking a worker and pinning him against a cement sump.
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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: 2014-Oct
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ID Number: 2014175290008
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A worker was moving 2×4 lumber inside a partially formed basement. A gust of wind blew over a section of formwork 16 feet high by 36 feet long. As the worker tried to escape, he was struck on the back by the top plate and knocked to the ground.
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Injury Type: Fractured vertebrae
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Core Activity: Siding installation
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Oct
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ID Number: 2014155270041
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A worker was installing exterior wood siding at the second-storey level of a house under construction, without fall protection. The worker fell about 19 feet into a basement stairwell.
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Injury Type: Upper-body strain, bruising to both legs
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Core Activity: Hand digging an excavation
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Location: Northern B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2014-Oct
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ID Number: 2014175160014
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A worker on a construction site was digging an excavation by hand when the excavation collapsed, partially burying the worker.
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Injury Type: Head laceration, minor injuries to lower body
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Core Activity: Framing walls
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Oct
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ID Number: 2014173250202
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While constructing wood wall panels on an unguarded second floor, a worker slipped and fell about 11 feet to a concrete slab.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: House construction
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Oct
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ID Number: 2014173250203
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A full load of 7/16-inch plywood sheathing had been placed on roof trusses. Sometime overnight, the trusses collapsed and the sheathing fell through the roof framing and through two floors of framing, coming to rest on the bottom floor.
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