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Injury Type: Injuries to head
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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-Nov
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ID Number: 2014163750093
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During the operation of the permanent traveller (movable work platform) below the bridge deck, a worker’s head became pinned between the traveller guardrail and a steel cross-brace. The worker was evacuated by high-angle rescue crews.
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Injury Type: Concussion, lacerations
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Core Activity: Concrete pumping
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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: 2014161290101
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A worker at elevation was struck when another worker lost control of the delivery hose of a concrete pumper truck during a wall pour. The worker who was struck fell about 8 feet from a 2×10 plank to the ground.
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Injury Type: Close call
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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-Nov
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ID Number: 2014174000045
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A decommissioned elevator, with the cab removed and the elevator platform weighed down with about 1,600 pounds of counterweights, was positioned on the first level of a multi-level elevator shaft. A worker who needed to move a load of 4×6 wood posts to the top floor removed the counterweights from the elevator platform. As the worker stepped off of the elevator platform it suddenly released from the ground floor and began an uncontrolled rapid ascent. It struck the top floor and the elevator’s designed counterweights landed on and damaged the buffer on the ground floor. No injuries occurred.
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Injury Type: Broken wrists
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Core Activity: Steep slope roofing
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Nov
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ID Number: 2014175270012
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A worker preparing to install a vent on a 9:12 sloped roof of a new 2-storey townhouse complex fell about 28 feet to grade.
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Injury Type: Burns (2 workers)
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Core Activity: Commercial tank or boiler installation or removal
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Nov
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ID Number: 2014117670345
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As the gas line to a boiler was being disconnected, the ball valve locking out the gas failed, releasing gas that ignited, injuring two workers.
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Injury Type: Soft-tissue injuries to lower body
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Core Activity: Traffic control
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Location: Lower Mainland
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Date of Incident: 2014-Nov
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ID Number: 2014171890086
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A traffic control person was struck by a passenger vehicle while the vehicle was reversing at a speed estimated to be less than 10 km per hour.
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