Three B.C. workers hurt in separate workplace accidents involving animals

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A grizzly bear, a dead pig and a tank of live seafood were involved in three very different workplace accidents recorded by WorkSafeBC in September.

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Three B.C. workers were involved in three widely different accidents involving animals last month, according to WorkSafeBC’s biweekly roundup of workplace injuries and deaths.

In one case, a worker died after he fell almost two-and-a-half metres from the top of a tank filled with live seafood.

According to a summary provided by WorkSafeBC, the worker was making a seafood delivery in the Lower Mainland using a flat-deck truck. He was standing on the lid of one tank to retrieve seafood from another when he fell.

In another incident, a worker…

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