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ACCIDENT REPORTS
These Accident Reports represent a small sample of some of the serious accidents happening around the province. They include non-specific details from WorkSafeNB’s “Preliminary Accident Notification” documents, which are created when WorkSafeNB is notified of a workplace accident. Accident Reports are made public to New Brunswick’s employers and workers with the hope that the information will help prevent similar accidents from occurring.
* Please note, hospitalization is considered overnight and longer.
Results for: 2009
Injury Type: Broken arm
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Retail / Clerk
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-12-29
Worker slipped and fell in mall parking lot.
Injury Type: Shock
Hospitalized: Overnight observation
Industry/Nature of work: Sawmill / Truck driver
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-12-23
Worker had raised the self-loader boom on his truck; when he returned to his truck and backed up, the boom came into contact with a power line.
Injury Type: Broken wrist
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Retail / Department manager
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-12-21
Worker became dizzy while climbing a step ladder, and fell when she missed a step.
Injury Type: Swollen tissue and severe bruising
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Food processing / Mixer deck operator
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-12-11
Worker was checking for waste build-up on a conveyor belt roller while it was moving when his clothing caught and his arm was pulled in and around the roller.
Injury Type: Broken finger
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Municipal Government / Welder
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-12-10
Employee was pointing the end of a 3/8-inch steel bar when it caught his pinky finger.
Injury Type: Fractured leg
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Roofing / Roofer
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-12-08
Employee was working on a roof less than 3 metres from the ground; when he moved to the other side of the roof, which was higher, he slid on the snow and fell.
Injury Type: Amputation of two fingers and fracture of a third finger
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Sawmill / Operator
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-12-01
Worker had turned off strap chopper to remove some material that had jammed. As he reached under the machine his hand came into contact with the blade, which was still turning.
Injury Type: Broken arm
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Demolition / Welder
Location: Northeast
Date: 2009-11-30
Worker was cutting pipe into sections for removal as part of the demolition process. The pipe shifted, striking his arm.
Injury Type: Fractured arm
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Sawmill / Labourer
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-11-26
Worker was trying to unblock a jam when the poker he was using pivoted, pushing his arm into the air toward an overhead belt. His arm was pulled in between the belt and horizontal axle, lifting him into the air and fracturing his arm.
Injury Type: Fractured hip
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Steel erection/ Supervisor
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-11-13
Worker was helping a crane operator unload steel joists from a transport truck when he was pinned between the joists.
Injury Type: Finger amputation
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Food processing / Labourer
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-11-05
Worker was loading boxes of finished project onto a conveyor in loading area when his glove hand caught on an unguarded chain and sprocket and his finger was pulled into the conveyor.
Injury Type: Bruising and swelling to chest
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Auto repair / Mechanic
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-11-04
Worker was fixing the tail lights of a dump truck, using a bar to prop the tailgate open. As a co-worker walked by, his clothes caught on the bar pulling it out and causing the tailgate to fall and trap the worker between the tailgate and the dump truck body.
Injury Type: Cut to arm
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Car washes / Labourer
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-11-04
As worker was using a high-pressure washer, he slipped and fell; the spray from the washer hit his arm, severely cutting him.
Injury Type: Bumps and bruises
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Concrete forms / Owner
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-11-02
Worker fell four feet to the ground from a plank.
Injury Type: Fatality
Hospitalized: n/a
Industry/Nature of work: Auto repair / Mechanic
Location: Northeast
Date: 2009-10-30
Worker pinched his finger while working on a vehicle and fell to the floor. He died the following day in hospital from a cerebella hemmorhage.
Injury Type: Fractured leg
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Call centre / Trainee
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-10-30
Worker was walking to the smoking area at the rear of the building when she tripped over a cracked concrete slab.
Injury Type: Bruised leg
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Construction / Carpenter apprentice
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-10-29
While helping to clean up a yard, the worker moved some concrete fibre siding, which shifted and jammed into his leg.
Injury Type: Cuts to arm, requiring stitches
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Aquaculture / Site manager
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-10-28
Worker was using a crane to lift a buoy, and had attached the crane hook to the buoy handle. The handle broke and the buoy fell, striking the worker's arm.
Injury Type: Crushed foot
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Retail hardware / Yard foreman
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-10-27
Worker was standing to the right of the loader cab talking to the operator. The loader operator moved the loader forward and to the left, running over the worker's foot. (With this type of loader, the right rear wheel swings to the right when the loader moves left.)
Injury Type: Fractured elbow
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Sawmill / Labourer
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-10-26
Worker fell approximately 9 feet through an opening on the outside feeder deck to the planer mill.
Injury Type: Second degree burns to face and hands
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Sawmill / Electricians
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-10-24
Workers had removed and inspected a large breaker; they were burned when the breaker arced as they reinstalled it.
Injury Type: Bruises to shoulder
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Construction / Carpenter
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-10-22
Worker fell approximately 8 feet to the ground off a wall bracket platform as he was working on construction of exterior walls of a condominium.
Injury Type: Cut under eye
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Vehicle repair / Repair shop foreman
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-10-21
Worker was straightening a front-end component on a pickup truck with a mallet and chisel. The chisel was wedged in, and when the worker struck the component with the mallet the chisel flew out and hit him in the eye.
Injury Type: Cracked vertebrae
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Roofing / Shingler
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-10-21
Worker was climbing down a ladder when the bottom kicked out and he fell approximately 6 feet.
Injury Type: Puncture to webbing between middle fingers of one hand
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Paper products manufacturing / Maintenance tradesperson
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-10-19
While conducting maintenance, worker was dismantling a paper roll using an impact wrench equipped with a universal joint and jammed the webbing between his fingers.
Injury Type: Facial abrasions
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Wood preservation / Mechanic
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-10-19
Worker was removing a loader wheel and tire assembly to work on the front housing; he laid the assembly on the floor with the lock ring down. The lock ring blew off the rim assembly and the worker was struck in the face by sand and debris from the floor around the tire.
Injury Type: Fractured elbow, cracked pelvis
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Construction (Roofing) / Labourer
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-10-16
Worker was climbing onto a roof from a ladder when the ladder kicked out and he fell approximately 12 feet.
Injury Type: Bruised and swollen lower arm
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Potato farming / Labourer
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-10-13
While working on the dust eliminator, the worker reached into the unguarded area to pick up a rock and his coat sleeve caught between the rollers, pulling his arm in up to the elbow. The machine was immediately stopped and the fire department pried the rollers apart to remove his arm.
Injury Type: Bruised and swollen arm and hand
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Potato farming / Labourer
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-10-12
Worker was sorting potatoes on a bin pile loader; as he tried to remove a rock from between two rollers his glove got caught and his arm was pulled into the rollers.
Injury Type: Fractured vertebra in the neck
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Pits and Quarries / Heavy equipment operator
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-10-08
Worker was dumping a truckload on top of a stockpile; he backed over the berm and the truck rolled down the stockpile.
Injury Type: Bruising to back
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Farming / Labourer
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-10-07
Worker was climbing out over the side of the box of a potato truck when he lost his footing and fell approximately 8 feet.
Injury Type: Multiple fractures to face
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Mining / Labourer
Location: Northeast
Date: 2009-10-06
As worker was driving away after servicing a water pump his vehicle's ROPS caught the compressed air line, causing the projection of the compressed air hose and lubricator, which struck the worker in the face.
Injury Type: Fatality
Hospitalized: n/a
Industry/Nature of work: Salmon processing / Labourer
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-10-02
Worker was raising a buoy attached to underwater equipment with a hoist from a barge when the hoist cable broke and the buoy struck him. He died in the hospital 8 days later from severe head trauma.
Injury Type: Fractured orbital bone; cut to ear requiring stitches; cuts and bruises to face; one fractured wrist, the other sprained; bruised ribs; strained back
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Construction / Owner/operator
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-09-18
Worker was helping remove roof trusses; as he was backing up to pass a chain up to an employee on the roof he fell through an opening to the concrete floor below.
Injury Type: Burns to hands
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Gas pump installation / Supervisor
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-09-17
Worker was drilling a hole in a pipe running from a fuel tank to the pumps, to determine if any fuel was left in the pipe. Fuel began to escape and as the worker removed the drill, a spark from the drill ignited the fumes.
Injury Type: Mild concussion
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Automotive repair / Mechanic
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-09-11
Worker bumped his head on the undercarriage of a truck trailer while working in a bay pit.
Injury Type: Dislocated shoulder, fractured ankle
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Environmental Consulting/ Soil tester
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-09-02
Worker fell about 10 feet into a trench when the wall he was standing on gave way. He had been testing the soil in the bucket as it was brought to the surface by an excavator.
Injury Type: Fractured leg
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Residential costruction / Supervisor
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-08-26
Worker ws dismatling staging when it collapsed.
Injury Type: Fractured wrist
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Construction / Crackfiller/painter
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-08-21
Worker was on a mobile work platform (with wheels), about 4-feet high, when he lost his balance and fell onto a concrete floor.
Injury Type: Bruises, sore ankle, abrasion on forehead
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Waste treatment and disposal / Rock truck operator
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-08-20
Worker was driving the truck when he sneezed and lost concentration; the truck went into the shoulder of the road, and the truck tipped over onto its side.
Injury Type: Eye injury
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Construction / Lead hand, warehouse
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-08-20
Worker was about 10 feet away from a shunt truck that he was guiding when its rear tire exploded.
Injury Type: Severed fingertip
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Chemical manufacturing / Plant operator
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-08-17
Worker was removing a large container strapped to a pallet, As he was loosening the straps, the container shifted, jamming his finger between the container and the strap buckle.
Injury Type: Burns to lower arms, hands and legs
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Construction / Labourer
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-08-12
Several water pumps were in use at a construction site, draining water away. After 12 hours, one pump had stopped discharging, although was still operating. The worker was sprayed with hot water when he investigated and disconnected the discharge pipe from the pump.
Injury Type: Broken arm
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Retail / Clerk
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-08-12
The worker was unpacking a display that weighed about 200 pounds. The table was leaning and began to fall; the worker broke her arm as she tried to stop it.
Injury Type: One worker with broken wrist, one worker with broken ankle
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Construction / Construction workers
Location: Northeast
Date: 2009-08-11
Workers fell approximately 20 feet when the truss system they were working on collapsed while they were installing wood trusses.
Injury Type: Fracture to bone in foot
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Millwork / Labourer
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-08-05
Worker and a co-worker were piling hardwood on a deck. When the lumber slipped from one of the worker's hands and fell to the ground, the second worker (injured worker) dropped his end on his foot.
Injury Type: Thumb laceration
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Soft drink bottling / Lead hand (Sanitation)
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-08-01
Worker was cutting plastic wrap around a box when the knife blade slipped and cut him.
Injury Type: Serious burns to back, foot, arm and thighs
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Smelting and refining / Silver refinery operator
Location: Northeast
Date: 2009-07-23
Worker was transferring molten lead to a mold when the lead reacted (suspected water/humidity), spraying him.
Injury Type: Cut to forearm
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Auto repair / Body repair worker
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-07-16
Worker was using a pneumatic grinder when the wheel broke and a piece of debris cut his arm.
Injury Type: Ankle injury
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Sawmill / Truck driver
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-07-15
Worker had finished placing a tarp over the truck's load and was descending the tarping station ladder. When he reached the bottom of the ladder and put his foot down to the ground, it entered a rut and his ankle twisted.
Injury Type: Amputated fingertip
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Wood products manufacturer / Machine operator
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-07-08
While operating a finger joint press, the worker pressed the button for the top and side press to close, and at the same time, put his right hand on the back side of the finger joint; the side press caught his index finger, amputating it to the fingernail.
Injury Type: Pinhole burns to neck and face
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Sawmill / Saw filer
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-07-03
Worker was pouring molten lead into a pipe when it splattered and struck him.
Injury Type: Cracked and broken ribs
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Construction / Crane erector
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-06-23
Worker was inside the central ring (the swivel ring where the boom meets the centre column) while erecting a tower crane. As he climbed down the ladder to retrieve a dropped screwdriver, he slipped and fell from the bottom rung to the platform below, hitting the ladder and structure as he fell.
Injury Type: Bruised hip
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Concrete formwork / Carpenter
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-06-21
Worker was descending concrete formwork and fell approximately six feet when he lost his grip.
Injury Type: Leg fracture
Hospitalized: No, but must return for surgery
Industry/Nature of work: Farming / Labourer
Location: Northeast
Date: 2009-06-20
Worker and farm owner were carrying a sandstone block, each holding one end of the block. The worker, who was walking backwards, tripped and fell and the block landed on his lower leg.
Injury Type: Burns to back
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Convenience store / Clerk
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-06-17
Worker was using a pressurized deep fryer; when she turned her back on the unit, the top came off, striking her in the back.
Injury Type: Immersed in cleaning fluid
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Fish processing / Labourer
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-06-16
Worker fell into a vat of cleaning solution.
Injury Type: Thumb amputated at first knuckle
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Construction / Owner/Operator
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-06-16
Worker cut his thumb with a skillsaw as he was cutting a piece of wood.
Injury Type: Fatality
Hospitalized: n/a
Industry/Nature of work: Septic system installation / Heavy equipment operator
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-06-11
As a worker was unloading a bulldozer from a float trailer, the dozer rolled off and crushed him.
Injury Type: Scratches to face, dirt in eyes, exposure to natural gas
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Construction / Labourer
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-06-10
Worker punctured a natural gas line with a pick while hand digging to expose the pipe. The pressurized gas blew dirt in his face.
Injury Type: Fractured wrist
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Fish packing / Boxer
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-06-02
Worker was pushed to the ground by a co-worker.
Injury Type: Cut to back of head
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Automotive repair / Mechanic
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-06-01
Worker was under a car hoist; he bent over to pick up something and hit his head on the open car door when he stood up.
Injury Type: Crushed fingertip
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Manufacturing (packing materials) / Supervisor
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-05-26
Worker was adjusting equipment when he lost his balance and his finger was pulled between two rollers.
Injury Type: Nail in thigh
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Electrical contractor / Pallet maker
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-05-20
Worker was using a nail gun to build pallets. His finger was on the trigger of the nail gun, and when he reached for a board that had fallen, the trigger released, shooting a nail into his thigh.
Injury Type: Three broken ribs
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Fish processing / Fish plant worker
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-05-09
Worker was having difficulty closing the dock leveler, so entered the truck trailer for better leverage. The worker fell from the trailer onto the ground when the truck driver, who was unaware the worker was in the trailer, started driving the truck.
Injury Type: Concussion
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Retail / Stock Clerk
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-05-01
Worker exited store's back door; a co-worker heard a noise, looked out the door and found the worker lying on the ground.
Injury Type: Jammed ring finger
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Municipality / Truck driver
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-04-29
Worker jammed his finger in truck tailgate while dislodging a rock.
Injury Type: Fractured heel, muscle strain in hip
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Plumbing, heating, and air conditioning contractor / Technician
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-04-27
Worker was on a ladder, repairing a refrigeration unit and testing the electrical panel. He sustained an electrical shock and fell approximately 27 feet from the ladder.
Injury Type: Fractured collarbone, concussion and multiple scalp lacerations
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Government (transportation) / Truck and plow driver
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-04-27
Worker was unscrewing the snowplow attachment from a truck when the plow swung toward him, knocking him to the ground.
Injury Type: Both wrists broken, upper body injuries
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Property management / Labourer
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-04-26
A passerby found the worker lying among staging components.
Injury Type: Severe lacerations to hand, from wrist to knuckles
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Fence plant / Machine operator
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-04-23
Worker was operating a fence-assembling machine; when he tried to realign the wooden components that became misaligned, the machine advanced to its next position, catching his hand and dragging it through the mechanism.
Injury Type: Fractured and amputated ring finger
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Farming / Potato truck operator
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-04-20
Worker was loading seed potatoes onto a truck. As he was descending the back ladder of the truck he lost his footing, and as he was falling, his ring caught on a steel square edge of the ladder.
Injury Type: Amputation of index finger at knuckle
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Manufactured homes / Lead person, roofing department
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-04-20
Worker was using a mitre saw to cut fascia board and cut the tip of his finger off.
Injury Type: Soft tissue injury and severe burns to hand that will require skin grafting
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Hotel / Banquet worker
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-04-10
Worker was feeding sheets into a pressing machine; when the sheets did not return she looked in behind the machine and found that the rollers were not catching the sheets. As she pushed the material into the rollers under the guard, the sheets caught and pulled her hand into the rollers. A pry bar was used to free her hand.
Injury Type: Abrasion and bruising to leg
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Industrial cleaning services / Labourer
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-04-07
A worker was using a high-pressure water hose to clean; when he slipped the water jet hit a second worker on the leg.
Injury Type: Amputated finger tip
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Food service contractors / Cook
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-04-06
Worker jammed his finger in the locking mechanism of a walk-in freezer door as he was closing it.
Injury Type: Fractured ankle
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Municipality / Equipment operator
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-04-01
Worker was hand-salting an entranceway when he slipped and fell.
Injury Type: Laceration to back of hand
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Sawmill / Labourer
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-03-27
Worker was boring holes in cedar posts when his hand came in contact with the drill bit.
Injury Type: Electric Shock
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Electrical contractor / Electrician (co-owner)
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-03-19
Worker was pulling a 120-volt light switch cable from a conduit while standing on the second rung of an aluminum ladder when the cable shorted inside the conduit. The worker could not release the conduit/cable and kicked the ladder out from under himself. Still unable to release the conduit/cable, the worker kicked himself away from the wall, and fell backwards to the floor, finally releasing the conduit/cable.
Injury Type: Crushed leg, hip and pelvis
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Logging / Owner-Operator
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-03-17
Worker was unloading firewood from a dump truck; when the tailgate would not open he hit the gate with a sledgehammer. The gate released and the wood began to fall out, and, at the same time, the truck started backing up, pinning him under the tires. The parking brake was not on.
Injury Type: Asbestos Exposure
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Construction / Supervisor
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-03-12
Worker dismantled asbestos bearing pipes without proper precautions.
Injury Type: Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Electrical contractor / Electrician
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-03-05
Worker was finished his shift and felt ill, so went to the emergency room where he was diagnosed with CO poisoning; he was treated and released. Upon hearing of the incident the following morning, the contractor shut down the site and sent 16 workers to the emergency room to be checked.
Injury Type: Cuts, abrasions, pulled muscles in arm
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Paper mill / Machine operator
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-03-03
Four workers were feeding a process sheet of paper into a machine, when the edge of a tear in the sheet caught one of the worker's glove, pulling on his arm.
Injury Type: Broken wrist
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Electrical contractor / Electrician
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-02-24
Worker fell less than 5 feet from a ladder.
Injury Type: Ruptured spleen
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Bar / Waiter
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-02-21
Worker slipped and fell on a wet floor; he finished his shift and went out after work, but the next morning awoke in pain and called an ambulance.
Injury Type: Sore ribs
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Automotive repair / Mechanic
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-02-20
Worker slipped on spilt oil and fell on the garage floor.
Injury Type: Lacerated instep
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Sawmill / Labourer
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-02-19
Worker was cutting planing before chipping it with a chainsaw when the chainsaw slipped from the plank.
Injury Type: Broken right leg, fractured left ankle
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Hardware store / Supervisor
Location: Northeast
Date: 2009-02-19
Worker had signalled to the forklift operator to pick up a load. He had turned his back away from the lift truck and the operator reversed, knocking him down and running over both legs.
Injury Type: Lower leg injury
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Carpentry and Garage Door Contractor / Window/Door Installer
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-02-17
A co-worker was backing his pick-up truck out of a garage into an icy yard; when he applied the brakes his truck slid 4 feet, catching the injured worker between his truck and a parked van.
Injury Type: Fractures to lower leg and ankle
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Steel fabrication / Steelworker
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-02-10
Worker was using an overhead crane to flip a steel beam when the beam fell on his leg.
Injury Type: Amputation of one finger and severe damage to two others
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Wood shop / Maintenance/Operator
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-02-09
When finished working with a crosscut saw, the worker opened the panel and stuck a nozzle in to spray the blade. The saw had not been locked out, and the nozzle caught in the moving blade and pulled the worker's glove and hand into the blade.
Injury Type: Laceration to lower leg
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Municipality / Utility worker
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-02-06
Worker was using a chainsaw to cut wooden pallets for firewood, when it slipped and sliced into his leg. He was not wearing the proper personal protective equipment.
Injury Type: Broken leg
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Logging / Ponsee operator
Location: Northeast
Date: 2009-02-06
Worker hit his leg on the side of a harvester head when he jumped 1.6 metres from the fuel tank area into the snow.
Injury Type: Fatality
Hospitalized: n/a
Industry/Nature of work: Construction / Dump Truck Operator
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-02-05
Worker was killed when a dump truck rolled on top of him.
Injury Type: Broken bones in foot
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Insurance adjuster / Clerk
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-02-04
Worker missed the last step as she was descending a staircase.
Injury Type: Bruising and soreness in back, neck and side
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Retail / Warehouse employee
Location: Southwest
Date: 2009-02-02
Worker was on a homemade ladder retrieving Styrofoam from racking when he was found lying on the floor on top of the ladder.
Injury Type: Broken wrist
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Logging / Contractor (trucker)
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-01-23
Worker was preparing to unload his truck when he fell between the cab and trailer.
Injury Type: Broken kneecap
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Hardware store / Delivery driver
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-01-21
Worker tripped and fell to the ground as he was unloading boxes down a truck ramp.
Injury Type: Broken hip
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Logging / Operator
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-01-20
Worker was hauling a slasher with the loader truck down a steep slope; the truck started to roll over and he jumped.
Injury Type: Amputation of two fingers
Hospitalized: Yes
Industry/Nature of work: Sawmill / Sawmill operator
Location: Northwest
Date: 2009-01-07
Operator had locked out equipment to clear a jam in the U-saw but, once cleared, the saw started up and cut into his hand.
Injury Type: Fatality
Hospitalized: n/a
Industry/Nature of work: Mechanical contractor / Welder
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-01-06
The worker fell approximately 24 feet onto a concrete floor in the process of dismantling floor system made of 4' x 4' steel plates. Employee had been standing on a piece of metal that was no longer attached to its support. He died later in hospital from his head injuries.
Injury Type: Broken hip
Hospitalized: No
Industry/Nature of work: Restaurant / Cook
Location: Southeast
Date: 2009-01-05
Worker slipped on a piece of bacon and fell to the floor.
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