A firefighter with the B.C. Wildfire Service was injured by a tree strike in Merritt, B.C., earlier this month, according to officials. WorkSafeBC included the incident in a roundup of recent workplace injuries and close calls published on its website Monday. The agency described the incident as causing “multiple injuries” to one worker. “A group of workers were conducting basic chainsaw training at a field site when a suspected dangerous tree (65 cm in diameter, 27 m tall), previously assessed as a safe tree for the work activity, unexpectedly fell,” WorkSafe’s summary of the incident reads. “The tree struck a young worker about 30 feet from the tree’s base.” …“Once assessed, the patient was discharged home.” …“As with any injury or accident, an investigation was conducted by the B.C. Wildfire Service and WorkSafeBC,” the service said.