Injury Type: Penetrating injury to arm
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Core Activity: Framing or residential forming
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Oct
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ID Number: 2015173250287
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As a worker was climbing a stepladder with a pneumatic nailer, it discharged two nails into the worker’s arm.
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Injury Type: Partial amputation of finger
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Core Activity: Structural concrete forming
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Oct
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ID Number: 2015114550124
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A worker was cutting a small section of plywood with a handheld circular saw. The saw kicked back, striking and partially amputating one of the worker’s fingers.
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Injury Type: Fractured leg, lacerations, contusions; possible head injury (1 worker); facial lacerations and abrasions (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Highway, road, or parking lot painting
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Sep
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ID Number: 2015157410106
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Two workers (one a young worker) were painting road markings when they were struck and injured by a passenger vehicle.
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Injury Type: Severe crush injury
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Core Activity: Framing or residential forming
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Location: Interior B.C.
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Date of Incident: 2015-Sep
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ID Number: 2015165870136
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A young worker was making adjustments on an erected roof truss assembly when a section of the assembly collapsed. The worker was pinned under the trusses and sheathing.
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Injury Type: Head injury
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Core Activity: Concrete reinforcing
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Sep
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ID Number: 2015114550121
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A young worker fell about 9 feet, along with a steel reinforcing column and one side of a concrete form column. The worker was attached to the steel reinforcing column.
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Injury Type: Fractured arm
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Core Activity: Plastering, lathing, or stucco work
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Sep
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ID Number: 2015173250283
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A worker climbed a ladder to access a sloped, cedar-shingled roof to paint the trim around a second-floor window. The ladder shifted and the worker fell 8.5 feet from the ladder to the concrete walkway below.
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Injury Type: Serious laceration to leg
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Core Activity: Concrete cutting or coring
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Sep
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ID Number: 2015171050031
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A worker was walking backward toward a floor saw and contacted the blade while the saw was running.
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Injury Type: Undetermined back and leg injuries
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Core Activity: Steep slope roofing
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Sep
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ID Number: 2015175280014
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A young worker fell about 35 feet to grade from a two-level house while installing metal roofing material.
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Injury Type: Serious injuries
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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: 2015-Jul
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ID Number: 2015177520031
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A worker was installing a sheet metal roof on a recreational property when he fell about 16 feet.
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Injury Type: Injury to head
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Core Activity: Cleaning roof
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2015-Jun
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ID Number: 2015105910005
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A worker fell from a cedar roof while cleaning it with a power blower.
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