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  • Fractured Arm

    Injury Type: Fractured arm
    Core Activity: Healthcare
    Location: Parkland Region
    ID Number: 762
    Date of Incident: January 2012
    Sector: Healthcare
    Details:

    A worker was lifting a 17-lb bag of laundry when the worker felt a sharp pain in the left arm.

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  • Near Miss

    Injury Type: Near miss
    Core Activity: Oil and gas wells
    Location: Westman region
    ID Number: 761
    Date of Incident: December 2011
    Sector: Mining, Quarrying and Oil Wells
    Details: Workers were performing routine work on an oil rig when the derek winch and the equipment attached to it free-fell approximately one metre to the floor. There were no injuries reported.

  • Fractured Leg

    Injury Type: Fractured leg
    Core Activity: Farming
    Location: Interlake Region
    ID Number: 760
    Date of Incident: January 2012
    Sector: Agriculture
    Details:

    A worker sustained a fractured left leg while hoisting a waste elevator with a forklift.  The chain slipped and the load shifted, striking the worker in the leg.

  • Laceration

    Injury Type: Laceration
    Core Activity: Grocery chain
    Location: Winnipeg
    ID Number: 760
    Date of Incident: January 2012
    Sector: Retail
    Details: A worker cut the left ring fingertip while attempting to adjust the meat in the carriage of a meat slicer while the slicer was in the on position.

  • Eye Injury

    Injury Type: Eye
    Core Activity: Metal working plant
    Location: Winnipeg
    ID Number: 759
    Date of Incident: January 2012
    Sector: Manufacturing
    Details:

    A worker was in the weld shop grinding out welds on a quill body, when debris flew up and broached the worker's safety glasses.  The worker used the eyewash station to flush the eye but continued to feel irritation to the area.  The worker went for medical attention and a small piece of metal was removed from the right eye.

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  • Unknown

    Injury Type: Unknown
    Core Activity: Transportation
    Location: Westman Region
    ID Number: 758
    Date of Incident: January 2012
    Sector: Transportation, Communication and Storage
    Details: Two workers were injured in a highway traffic incident vehicle rollover. The extent of injuries is unknown.

  • Near Miss

    Injury Type: Near miss
    Core Activity: Printing, engraving
    Location: Winnipeg
    ID Number: 758
    Date of Incident: January 2012
    Sector: Manufacturing
    Details: A suspended heating unit caught fire and resulted in an evacuation of the building. No injuries were reported.

  • Back Injury

    Injury Type: Back
    Core Activity: Concrete Work
    Location: Winnipeg
    ID Number: 756
    Date of Incident: January 2012
    Sector: Construction
    Details:

    A worker was working from a ladder to hang temporary lighting at a construction site when the worker slipped and fell off the ladder, sustaining a back injury.

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  • Wrist Injury

    Injury Type: Wrist
    Core Activity: Concrete Supply
    Location: Winnipeg
    ID Number: 755
    Date of Incident: January 2012
    Sector: Retail
    Details:

    A worker was walking in the company yard, slipped on some ice and fell. The worker put out an arm to break the fall and landed on the wrist

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  • Head Injury

    Injury Type: Head Injury
    Core Activity: Supermarket
    Location: Winnipeg
    ID Number: 754
    Date of Incident: January 2012
    Sector: Retail
    Details: A worker was restacking empty plastic milk crates on a pallet.  While tugging on the plastic wrap on the pallet, one crate dislodged, fell and struck the worker in the forehead.

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