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December 12, 2024
Incident summaries are based on information obtained as soon as possible after the incidents: they are preliminary and subject to change. Details have been edited to protect workers' privacy.
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Injury Type: Injury to head (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Cable or hi-lead logging |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024192870032 |
A young worker was positioned beside a guyline stump as the operator of a grapple yarder manoeuvred the guyline. The guyline was hooked under a 10-foot-long treetop. As guyline was tightened, the treetop slid down and struck the young worker. The guyline stump was below a road on a steep slope with accumulations of processor debris in the area.
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Injury Type: Injuries to back
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Core Activity: Oil or gas field servicing |
Location: Northern B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024170090027 |
A worker was trying to mount a three-wheel portable forklift onto a trailer. As the forklift was being raised to be placed on the trailer, it fell to the ground (about 3 feet) with the worker in the cab.
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Injury Type: Laceration, fractures
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Core Activity: Composting |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024167090038 |
A worker was operating a front-end loader about 90 feet from a wood grinder when a piece of steel was ejected from the grinder. The piece of steel penetrated the windshield of the front-end loader and struck the worker.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
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Core Activity: Drug, vitamin, or pharmaceutical manufacture |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024186450009 |
A worker was using a two-step platform ladder to close a valve on a hopper. One of the worker's feet missed the first step and got caught between the first step and the platform. The worker lost their balance and fell.
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Injury Type: Injuries to upper body (1 worker); Bruising (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Commercial marine vessel manufacture, service, or repair |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024210900002 |
Two workers were working from a scaffold about 8 feet above a ship deck. One worker descended to the ship deck. As the other worker descended the scaffold ladder to the ship deck, they fell, knocking the first worker to the ground.
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Injury Type: Fractures, injury to head
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Core Activity: Vinyl window manufacture |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024169730057 |
A worker was on a ladder, installing a window, when they fell about 6 feet to grade.
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Injury Type: Injuries to hand
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Core Activity: Baked goods manufacture |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024195040004 |
A worker was cleaning a dough sheeter when one of their hands became caught in the rollers.
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Injury Type: Injuries to hand
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Core Activity: Baked goods manufacture |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024157450021 |
After completing a cleaning process for a bun line mixer, a worker got one hand caught between the paddles of the dough pump (discharge auger) of the mixer.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Glass shop, window installation, or window glass repair or replacement |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024207310005 |
A forklift operator was loading a trailer when the truck started to slowly pull away. The forklift fell about 5 feet to the ground with the operator in the cab.
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Injury Type: Injuries to hand
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Core Activity: Woodworking or carpentry shop |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024207240022 |
A worker was trying to clear an obstruction in the dust extraction system of an edger saw. The worker shut down the saw and lifted a guard to access the jam. The worker's hand was injured by the saw blades, which were still in motion due to residual rotational energy.
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Injury Type: Injuries to hand
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Core Activity: Food product manufacture |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024181350020 |
A worker was injured while trying to remove an object from the infeed conveyor of an automatic dough-kneading machine while it was operating.
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Injury Type: Undetermined injuries
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Core Activity: Planing mill |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024207220007 |
A worker was standing beside a conveyor system where lumber was being graded. The worker was retrieving an item from a nearby shelf when they were struck by a piece of lumber that came down the conveyor.
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Injury Type: Injuries to head and neck
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Core Activity: Sheet metal fabrication |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024175270007 |
A worker entered a poorly lit area with an unguarded floor edge and fell about 14 feet into a pit.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Smelter |
Location: B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024203030043 |
While conducting nighttime plant watch duties, workers discovered liquid coal tar pitch spilling out from doorways of an un-staffed building with large holding tanks. The system feeding the pitch pumps was shut down to stop the flow and the employer's emergency response plan was initiated. It was determined that a pump valve had failed.
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Injury Type: Fractures
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Core Activity: Structural concrete forming |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024194900032 |
During the installation of vertical concrete formwork, a worker standing on a concrete footing lost their balance and fell into the excavation next to the footing.
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Injury Type: Injuries to upper body
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Core Activity: Excavation operation |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024171900014 |
The operator of a bulldozer was found between the tracks and the blade arm of the equipment.
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Injury Type: Injuries to hand
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Core Activity: House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024207180005 |
A young worker was guiding a load of 2x4 lumber onto the top floor of a residential low-rise apartment building when the load began to spin. The worker tried to control the load but could not, resulting in one of their hands being caught between the load and a large garbage bin stored beside the area where the lumber was being landed.
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Injury Type: Injuries to fingers
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Core Activity: Finishing carpentry |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024188270007 |
A worker was ripping plywood strips with a circular saw when one of their hands contacted the saw's blade.
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Injury Type: Bruising, laceration
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Core Activity: Wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work / industrial, commercial, institutional or highrise residential contracting or construction |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024155270004 |
During a wind event, an assembly of four unsheathed 2x4 roof trusses (26 feet long, 2 feet high) fell about 60 feet into a courtyard. One struck the falling object protection system (FOPS) of a telehandler, injuring the operator.
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Injury Type: Multiple injuries
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Core Activity: Electrical work / Metal product manufacture |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024157530022 |
An electrician was working on an energized 30-amp 600-volt fuse box, connected to a 100-amp 600-volt fuse box, intending to disconnect and move the 30-amp box. Electrical arcing occurred, causing a fire and injuring the worker.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Crane operation / Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction / General trucking, |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024181570010 |
A tower crane was hoisting three steel joists (about 20 by 2 feet, weighing 3,000 pounds each) from a flat-deck trailer. When the load was about 50 feet in the air, it shifted and the rigging failed, releasing the suspended load. One joist struck the flat-deck, knocking two additional joists into the driving lanes of the adjacent roadway. The other two joists landed in the worksite on the opposite side of the trailer. Multiple workers, including the truck driver, were working in proximity to the lost load. No injuries were reported.
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Injury Type: Lacerations, fracture
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Core Activity: Excavation operation / Consulting engineering, geological, geophysical, or geochemical consulting, or construction management consulting |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024161740044 |
A worker was backing up a loaded articulated rock truck on a gravel berm road at a construction site when the truck crossed the edge of the road, causing the truck and trailer to roll over and down the slope. They came to rest in a creekbed about 30 metres below with the worker inside the cab.
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Injury Type: Injuries to head
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Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024175270006 |
A worker on a pair of stilts was performing drywall tasks when they tripped on an electrical cord and fell.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Excavation operation |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024163500010 |
During an archaeological dig, an excavator was removing earth when its bucket ruptured a 3/4-inch liquefied natural gas line. Workers were not able to control the release, which continued for three hours, until the utility owner was able to expose and shut off a buried 6-inch main service line. The surrounding area of residential and commercial buildings was evacuated during this time.
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Injury Type: Multiple injuries
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Core Activity: Drywalling or acoustic board installation |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024210670006 |
A young worker was placing a sheet of drywall onto an 8-foot wall while standing on a 4-foot sawhorse ladder when they fell.
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Injury Type: Injury to head, soft tissue injuries (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Structural concrete forming / Construction labour supply or general labour supply |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024203080019 |
A worker was on an elevated platform (scaffold) stripping concrete formwork when a piece of formwork became lodged on top of the scaffold. When the worker dislodged it, the formwork hit a 20-foot vertically placed (standing) form, which fell and struck another worker.
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Injury Type: Electrical contact (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Mechanized tunnel boring construction |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024165370034 |
A worker contacted a low-voltage electrical current on a tunnel-boring machine during maintenance (a lockout and trouble-shooting operation). A fire erupted outside the tunnel next to the high-voltage cabinets. Another worker immediately put out the fire with an extinguisher.
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Injury Type: Fractures (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Welding services or ornamental metal installation / Heavy equipment, machinery, or parts manufacture or installation (greater than 500 pounds) |
Location: Northern B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024178760010 |
Workers were pressure-testing welds on an air intake system. During one test, a plug they were using released from the system and struck a worker.
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Injury Type: Injuries to arm
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Core Activity: Excavation, or private landfill or transfer station operation |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024194950014 |
The conveyor belt on a mobile rock screener malfunctioned. A worker was trying to resolve the issue when one of their arms got caught in the end spool.
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Injury Type: Fatal
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Core Activity: Excavation, or private landfill or transfer station operation |
Location: Northern B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024179460039 |
A worker was conducting maintenance on the frame deck (between the back of the cab and front of the dump trailer) on a transport truck when the brakes inadvertently released. The truck and trailer began rolling backward down a 5 percent grade. The worker tried to jump clear of the truck and landed under its front steering axle. The worker succumbed to their injuries.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Crane operation |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024190520001 |
A tower crane was lifting a load of metal pipes when the load became unstable, causing two pipes to fall about 150 feet. The falling pipes struck the transit trolley lines and the active roadway below before bouncing back into the jobsite. No injuries were reported.
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Injury Type: Fatal (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Structural concrete forming / Crane operation / House or other wood frame contracting, construction, or renovation work |
Location: Vancouver Island/Coastal B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Sep |
ID Number: 2024171900012 |
A worker was assisting a tower crane operator, handling and storing a newly constructed gang panel. The panel was placed against a rockface wall with a lean. As the worker climbed the back of the panel to disconnect the lifting clutches, the panel fell, fatally injuring the worker.
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Injury Type: Fractured leg
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Core Activity: Steep slope roofing |
Location: Northern B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Sep |
ID Number: 2024207290028 |
A worker was installing felt underlay for metal roofing on a steep roof of a three-storey house. They fell about 15 feet, landing on a partially completed deck.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential contracting or construction |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Aug |
ID Number: 2024181740010 |
A six-storey wood frame structure with two levels of parkade caught fire and burned to the ground. During the fire, the tower crane erected onsite separated partway up the mast and fell across a public roadway with the jib landing on a house. The fire department extinguished the fire. No injuries were reported.
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Injury Type: Injuries to lower body and head
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Core Activity: Window or glass installation, replacement, or repair |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Jul |
ID Number: 2024181740007 |
A worker climbed over a wooden guardrail to access the leading edge of a new commercial building. The worker, whose personal fall protection system was not connected to an anchor, stumbled while climbing over the guardrail and fell about 32 feet to grade.
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TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING
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Injury Type: Multiple injuries
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Core Activity: General trucking / Dairy farming or livestock auctioning services |
Location: Northern B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024170090029 |
A worker was helping unload round hay bales off a tractor-trailer unit. They were standing on the ground when bales fell off the trailer and struck them.
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Injury Type: Multiple injuries (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Home improvement centre |
Location: Northern B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024157440019 |
Three individuals entered a store. Two stayed by the door while the third picked up items. When a worker tried to stop the person with the items from leaving without paying, the person assaulted the worker with a weapon.
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Injury Type: Injury to leg (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Large retail store |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024194040004 |
Two workers were moving a large refrigerator using an appliance hand truck with flip-out casters. As they were tipping it back, the refrigerator fell over and struck one of the workers.
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Injury Type: Fractures (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Law enforcement |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024196540035 |
During a law enforcement and fire department joint training exercise, a worker on the roof of a bus slipped and fell about 9 feet.
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Injury Type: Close call
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Core Activity: Community health support services |
Location: Interior B.C. |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024202990008 |
A residential building was evacuated due to a natural gas leak caused by damage to a gas meter. The utility owner fixed the meter, and the utility owner and fire department cleared the building for re-entry. No injuries were reported.
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Injury Type: Injuries upper body (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Public school district |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024169730055 |
In icy conditions, two workers were trying to clear leaves off a second-storey roof. One of them was descending a ladder to the first-storey roof when the ladder slipped out and the worker fell to the roof.
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Injury Type: Injury to head
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Core Activity: Advanced education |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024167090044 |
A worker was on a ladder, troubleshooting a water leak inside a ceiling space, when they fell to the floor.
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Injury Type: Fracture, bruising
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Core Activity: Restaurant or other dining establishment |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Nov |
ID Number: 2024182710045 |
A young worker was on a 7-foot stepladder, hanging holiday lights on a tree in front of their workplace, when they reached out, lost balance, and fell to the sidewalk.
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Injury Type: Soft tissue injuries (1 worker)
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Core Activity: Landscaping, lawn or garden maintenance, or weed control |
Location: Lower Mainland |
Date of Incident: 2024-Oct |
ID Number: 2024181350018 |
A worker grabbed onto the inner frame of an excavator thumb with one arm and asked the operator to lift them. The operator refused and lowered the bucket. The thumb teeth dug into the first worker's arm.
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